Now that's different ..

Busy couple of weeks for yours truly, including two jobs that were 'first time' for me ..

Firstly, I had a portrait session at my studio - with ten adults! - but the two 'different' jobs both came last week in the shape of a gig and a wedding ..

Now, of course, I've photographed lots of gigs in my time but I've never actually been commissioned to shoot one before. Amazing as it sounds, it's true. So I was delighted when a local band called !GeRald! (And that's how they spell it) asked me to photograph one of their gigs. Rock on, boys ..

The second unusual job, the wedding, was different because both the bride and the groom were in their (let's say) very late sixties!! Didn't stop it being a great day though, and I loved being the only English person there, giving me an extra challenge on top of handling the photography.
Felicitations, Odile et Michel ..

Now, time for a breather. I'm not used to all this work ..   

Punk's not dead ..

A lot of people look at my Joy Division photographs and say "Isn't the audience young?" Hardly surprising when you consider the gig was held in a youth club, but those teenagers had nothing on some of the people in the crowd at a gig last night ..

I was asked to photograph at a little music festival in a town near here, and found out straight away it was going to be a bit of a family affair. These kids were there to support their Mums and Dads, all playing in the groups. (Either that or the parents were trying to save on babysitters!) Whichever way, the nippers were having a blast, bopping away and singing along to songs they knew.

Punk's not dead, and it won't be for a long, long time looking at these lot!