01Aug 2013

Music Photography: Kendal Calling 2013

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Event: Kendal Calling 2013
Photographers: Tina Newbury, Simon J. Newbury

The busy summer of music continues and we spent the weekend photographing at Kendal Calling in Cumbria. The festival boasts a wealth of great bands, many of which we had previously photographed in Crewe. The three Main Stage headliners were Basement Jaxx, The Charlatans and Primal Scream. Also performing over the three days were Ash (former Crewe Live headliners), I Am Kloot, Seasick Steve, The D.O.T., The Lightning Seeds, British Sea Power, Beans On Toast, Public Enemy, Johnny Marr, Mystery Jets and The 1975. We had a great time visiting all the different stages and photographing a great number of smaller bands on the other stages as well as the bigger names appearing on the Main Stage and the ‘Calling Out’ Stage.

These are a small selection of images from Kendal Calling 2013:

Cheshire music photography live festival Kendal Calling

Ash

British Sea Power

Public Enemy

Cheshire music documentary photography live festival Kendal Calling

Kendal Calling 2013

Public Enemy

Kendal Calling 2013

Lightning Seeds

Kendal Calling 2013

Basement Jaxx

I Am Kloot

The Charlatans

Primal Scream

Johnny Marr

Seasick Steve

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22Jul 2013

Commercial Photography: New Nantwich Town FC Kit

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Client: Nantwich Town Football Club, County Insurance
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

The new football season is nearly here and there is a lot of anticipation at The Weaver Stadium ahead of Nantwich Town’s first season under new manager Danny Johnson. There has been a lot of transfer activity at the club with a lot of new arrivals.

The club has a new look home and away kit this term with the sponsors, County Insurance from Crewe, signing up for another season of sponsoring both kits. The new logo is much bolder than last year and should show up very well in the match action shots!

Nantwich Town Chairman Jon Gold has decided to make some large advertising boards with the new kit photographs. The photos will be displayed at life size at the club’s Weaver Stadium!

New Nantwich Town Kit 2013-14

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10Jul 2013

Music Photography: Hybrid.9 Promo Shoot

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Cheshire live and promo music photography

Music Photography: Hybrid.9
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Music Photography: Hybrid.9 Promo Shoot

Cheshire band Hybrid.9 took advantage of our special offer on band photography to celebrate this years Crewe Live. After our consultation we decided on a location shoot and using the Urban Portrait series as inspiration we chose a location in Crewe that offered us a variety of backdrops in close proximity.

The photos certainly fit in well with the Urban Portrait project and Hybrid.9 are pleased with the results:

The band arrived one light-fading evening at a location suggested by Simon & Tina to give a fantastic local backdrop to the band photos. Working inside & out the pair worked with us to achieve some great band shots which are really happy with. It was our first photo shoot so not entirely sure how it was going to go, but we were in good hands. The pair had ideas which fitted well with our expectations and produced some strong imposing shots, even though most of the time we were having a laugh. Really pleased with the photos, and had some very positive comments about them.
Thanks to Simon J Newbury Photography.
Hybrid.9: James, James, Kyle, Keith

Hybrid.9

You can see more of our band promo photography on our website!

09Jul 2013

Music Photography: The Charlatans – Delamere Forest

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Artists: The Charlatans, The View, The Velveteen Saints, John Ainsworth
Venue: Delamere Forest, Cheshire
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

This was our first visit to Delamere Forest for live music photography. It’s certainly a great venue for live music and the weather was perfect. The Charlatans were playing a home gig and sounded amazing. They were supported by The View, Glasgow’s The Velveteen Saints and John Ainsworth.

We last photographed The Charlatans in Crewe. It was our first time with the View, who are using one of our live photos from Delamere on their official Facebook page! Here is a selection of live images from Delamere!

John Ainsworth

The Velveteen Saints

The View

The Charlatans

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09Jul 2013

Music Photography: New Order & Johnny Marr – Live From Jodrell

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Artists: New Order, Johnny Marr, Public Service Broadcasting
Venue: Jodrell Bank Observatory: Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 005
Photographer: Tina Newbury

Sunday was a busy day of live music photography for Simon J. Newbury Photography. There were two big music gigs taking place in Cheshire and we were at them both. Simon headed over to Delamere Forest for The Charlatans and The View. Tina headed over to Jodrell Bank for the second show of the weekend. On the bill at Transmission 005 was New Order, Johnny Marr and Public Service Broadcasting.

Some of Tina’s photos:

Public Service Broadcasting

Johnny Marr

New Order

Live From Jodrell Transmission 005

You can check out some more of our live music photography on our site!

09Jul 2013

Music Photography: Australian Pink Floyd & Hawkwind – Live From Jodrell Bank

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Artists: Australian Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, The Time & The Space Machine, The Lucid Dream, Forecast
Venue: Jodrell Bank Observatory: Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Quite possibly one of the best backdrops to a music festival, Jodrell Bank in Cheshire makes a wonderful setting and all the more nice in the summer sun! Simon J. Newbury Photography has photographed every ‘Transmission’ to date and this year the events were kicked off with the Australian Pink Floyd and Hawkwind.

We have photographed both bands previously and I know that both bands put on a wonderful visual show. Hawkwind have a series of fantasy characters and the light show put on by Floyd is amazing. It was also great to see Forecast on the bill. We have photographed them many times locally at The Box and even gave them their first ever gig at Boxjam a few years ago!

These are a few photos from Transmission 004:

Australian Pink Floyd @ Live From Jodrell Bank 004

Australian Pink Floyd Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004

Live From Jodrell 004

Hawkwind Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004

Dr Tim O’Brien

The Time & The Space Machine Live From Jodrell 004

The Lucid Dream Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 004

Forecast Live from Jodrell Bank transmission 004

You can check out some more of our live music photography on our site!

10Jun 2013

Wedding Photography: Soughton Hall

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Soughton Hall Wedding Photography: A Look Back!

Photography: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury
Venue: Soughton Hall, Flintshire

Wedding Photography: Soughton Hall

During the summer of 2012 we had the enormous pleasure of photographing the wedding of Karen & Mark at this wonderful venue in North Wales.

Choosing a wedding photographer is a very important task. The investment you make in your photographs and album will be something that will last a lifetime. Long after the confetti has blown away and the chair covers are packed away it’s the memories and your wedding album that last! As well as offering a great price and quality photographs it’s important to get along with your photographer. You will be sharing the most important day of your life with them! Our brides will find us down to Earth and we treat our clients like good friends.

07Jun 2013

Music Promo Photography: Beth England

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Music Promo Photography: Beth England

To celebrate being the official photographers to Crewe Live for the 4th year running we ran a special offer throughout May. The promotion was very popular and we booked a lot of bands and musical artists. The most recent shoot was with Knutsford singer/ songwriter Beth England.

Simon J. Newbury Photography is available for a whole range of music photography. As well as live music photography at gig venues across Cheshire and the North West (and most frequently at The Box in Crewe where we are the official photographers) we offer music documentary photography, festival photography, promo photography and album artwork photography. We can photograph either in a studio environment or out on location.

Beth opted for a location shoot and we decided that a rural shoot would suit her image and style of music. For some reason Lock 57 in Hassall Green came to mind and the location was perfect. We chose our time very well as the field alongside the canal lock had just been mowed with the tractors and agricultural vehicles working away in the distance which made for the most romantic of rural Cheshire backdrops. Not only that, we were fortunate to have a beautiful red barge pass through the lock which made for the perfect colour co-ordination with Beth’s red hair!

Although the number 57 has nothing to do with Beth’s music, she is considering writing a song to go along with the number of the lock! Beth was an absolute pleasure to work with as well as being a fantastic musician! Please check out her Facebook page via the link below!

Beth said:

Thank-you so much for doing them for me, I’m so happy with how they’ve turned out! Amazingly happy!

Beth England Music Promo Photography, Cheshire

Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Client: Beth England

23May 2013

Haslington Hall Wedding Photography

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Haslington Hall Wedding Photography: A Look Back!

Photography: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury
Venue: Haslington Hall, Cheshire

Haslington Hall in Cheshire is a wonderful venue for weddings. It’s a really beautiful building with the facilities for both indoor and outdoor weddings.

In 2012 Simon J. Newbury Photography was privileged to share Becky & Adam’s wedding day. Thankfully the weather was onside and the wedding was in the gardens. It was a lovely day and the final album was very well received by the Bride & Groom!

19May 2013

New Website Launch

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We have been working on a brand new website behind the scenes and are now very pleased to announce that our main photography website is now live.

We recently launched a brand new dedicated website for our wedding photography and we also have a dedicated site for our Urban Portraits. All sites are now live and all part of the Simon J. Newbury online family!

The new site has all the galleries that our old site had as well as a new offers page where we will be running regular photography special offers. We have also added some share buttons for Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus so you can share your favourite photos with your friends!

We really hope you enjoy the new site!

Simon J. Newbury Photography

Simon J. Newbury Wedding Photography

Urban Portraits by Simon J. Newbury Photography