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Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:12:59 -0500

November update

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:35:38 -0500

I’ve been really busy over the last few months working on various projects of my own and for other people.

I have a short film, which I wrote and directed, ‘coming out’ soon (hopefully by the end of the month) with a short film I DoP’d on being worked on by the Director in Germany and will hopefully be hitting the festivals in 2013!

I’ve also shot a few trailers for a theatre in Notting Hill called The Print Room - all of which can be found on my website.

I’ve just written a new short comedy and still have a mockumentary that I wrote at the beginning of the year in the pipeline as well as working on the script for Backlight Films first feature film.

Awoken

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:47:00 -0400

Last week I shot a trailer for new novel Awoken by debut author Billie Jade Kermack.

It was a 2 day shoot with plenty crammed in. The footage looks great though and once it’s cut and graded it should look awesome.

As DoP I made the decision to not shoot any lower than f2.8 as I wanted to get a specific look and feel to the project. I shot on my Canon 7d and used my own lenses; the 17-55 IS f2.8, 70-200 IS f2.8 and 50mm f1.8.

For more information on the author and to see production stills head over to facebook.

The future of Canon

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:21:40 -0400

The future of Canon

Tenacious D!

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:27:02 -0400

Tenacious D!

Stereophonics

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:21:00 -0500

Let’s get some Stereophonics action on the go…

My film ‘TFP - Time For Prints’ is now also on Youtube…check it out! In this picture I am pondering…

Cheers!

Time For Prints

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:58:00 -0500

As well as taking the odd photograph I have been known to make films, generally of the short variety. A few months ago I teamed up with a friend of mine to create Backlight Films - we have just released our first short as Backlight Films entitled ‘Time For Prints’ and it can now be seen on vimeo by clicking on ‘Time For Prints’.

I hope you like it!

Adam

Katy B

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:44:00 -0400

My photos of Katy B on The 405!

In Photos: Katy B - Shepherds Bush Empire 24/10/11 by The 405 | The 405

Katy B

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:36:00 -0400

Some of my photographs of Katy B performing at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire - Archive

You can see more on my website!

That’s all folks!

In Photos: Gruff Rhys - Shepherds Bush Empire, London 12/10/11 by The 405 | The 405

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:14:00 -0400

In Photos: Gruff Rhys - Shepherds Bush Empire, London 12/10/11 by The 405 | The 405

Live At The Castle

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:54:00 -0400

Bizarrely having recently gone global with my new website www.adamrb rownphoto.com, nice plug there, only last week email correspondence took place with Global Media which resulted in me shooting Live At The Castle, a mini festival in the grounds of Leeds Castle near Maidstone in Kent.

Despite harrowing conditions and some questionable event planning I think it went well and i’m pleased with the results! I also got to photograph The Wanted which, as far as I know, makes at least 60% of the population jealous of me. Apparently.

Just days before I found myself at Somerset House shooting Oasis spin-off Beady Eye. When I was still dreaming of being able to photograph bands of any level I thought to myself that all I wanted was to one day photograph Oasis. Obviously that’s not gonna happen any time soon, if at all, but when I was standing there with Liam Gallagher just feet away from me and a camera in my hand I couldn’t help but wonder how this had all happened. Here’s hoping it continues for many years to come!

Also i’ve made a new background collage thing for my Twitter page which I am perilously close to 1000 followers. So if you want to get more updates than my terrible ones on here, head over to twitter and follow me @adamrbrownphoto

New site!

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:12:00 -0400

I have been working on a new website recently which, I hope, is a bit easier to navigate and will allow people looking at the site to see more of it more easily (I think that’s just being easier to navigate but whatever).

It is pretty much done, got a few tweaks and it’s obviously an ongoing process as I’m sure I will find problems when it comes to uploading new stuff and not just old archived stuff.

Anyway, I would be most pleased if you’d take a look and perhaps even let me know what you think (I am well aware that I’m probably talking to myself but I can dream).

It’s over here - www.adamrbrownphoto.com (that’s right, i’ve gone global!)

Thanks.

Eliza Doolittle

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:04:00 -0400

Last night I got the chance to photograph the delightful Eliza Doolittle. While i’m happy with the shots I was in no mood to be there as i’d spent the day working dosed up on cold & flu tablets and drinking hot blackcurrant. Needless to say I wasn’t best pleased to find at least 10 other photographers plus 2 guys preparing to film the gig.

This may sound silly but I was preparing myself to shoot, whilst feeling ill, for the first time. I assumed that my concentration level would be the same as it had been all day, pretty much non-existent but nonetheless I convinced myself that i’d rather do my best to shoot for 3 songs rather than miss out altogether.

Having got home I decided there was no rush to editing my pictures so sat down to relax and hope i’d feel better. A few hours later I realised I wasn’t going to get to sleep any time soon and thought I may as well upload the shots and perhaps have a little look to see if i’d got anything good. Next thing I know it’s 3am and i’ve edited everything i’d selected.

I have no idea what i’ll shoot next but as I said on Wednesday I hope it’s something soon!

As always follow the links (on the side) to facebook, flickr or my website to check out the results of my saturday night with Eliza.

Interpol & The Pigeon Detectives

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:02:00 -0400

I’ve not posted anything for a little over 2 months now and no one is more angry about that than me.

It’s not that I haven’t done anything worth talking about but with my website, facebook and twitter to update plus the sending out of images to anyone using them by the time that’s all done I usually either don’t have the time or just don’t want to update something else.

You’ll be pleased to know i’m attempting to work (in collaboration) on a new site which will incorporate this/a blog.

I shot The Pigeon Detectives last night, which went a lot better than I expected considering how much the lead singer runs and jumps around.

A couple of weeks ago I also shot Interpol, which I still can’t quite believe. It was a bit awkward as despite the small pit the middle of it was sectioned off, I assume it had something to do with the microphones as it was being recorded for XFM. Luckily there weren’t too many photographers but it was still pretty crammed. Not that i’m particularly bothered as i’m really pleased with my shots.

Here’s hoping it’s not too long before I get to shoot something else!

NME Awards Show

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:23:00 -0500

Wednesday night I shot the first of the o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire’s NME awards shows. Los Campesinos! headlined with GROUPLOVE and Summer Camp supporting.

What's better than a Puppy?

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:05:00 -0500

I went home for Christmas and my uncle has got there lovely new dogs.

As always there are more on Facebook so make sure you check them out.

Cash

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:32:00 -0500

Last weekend I made my way to Islington to shoot the ridiculously good Cash - THE best Johnny Cash tribute band in the world!

You should definitely check them out if you’re ever in the same town…I personally can’t wait to see them (and shoot them) again!

KT & Slow Club

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:00:00 -0400

Despite hoping to get back into this whole photography lark big time I have, for whatever reason, just not managed it. I don’t think there has been a time, since I first picked up a camera, where I have shot so little. (Technically that’s not true as I can shoot hundreds of frames of some bands, but you know what I mean).

There used to be a time when I could go anywhere with my camera and come back with a nice selection of pictures which i’d look at, be pleased with, show my family and some friends and put them on flickr. But now, it’s all changed. It’s not that I couldn’t take the pictures, i’m not lacking inspiration particularly. I just seem to be finding it easy to ignore. I never thought i’d say “that’d make a good picture” but have no intention of shooting it.

I don’t want to sound, well, I don’t know really but what i’m thinking is that with the more serious I have taken photography and the more i’ve tried to push it into becoming my career, the more i’ve become worried about what I post.

I can shoot a band at 9pm and have a good selection edited before bed but rather than post them straight away I seem to dwell on them and the thing that bothers me is that I don’t really know why i’m doing it.

Anyway…

I took some pictures the other day, it’d be nice if some people looked at them. I only saw 3 songs of KT Tunstall but I was not offended by what I heard (that may not sound like a compliment but it really is, doubt it’ll make it onto a poster for her album though). Slow Club were…I don’t even know. Amazing? Possibly. I would definitely see them again, I would probably consider paying as well (yep, really) and you don’t get much of a higher accolade than that, not from me anyway!

Anyway (Part ii)…

KT -

Slow Club -

Cheers

In the words of Bjork...

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:34:00 -0400

It’s oh so quiet…

Well I have been at least, but I intend to change that (again!).

Right well first of all I got shortlisted (yay!) for the NME photo awards thing (linked) that I posted about a while ago, it was my Paloma Faith shot and it was doing rather well but has since dropped off a tad so i’d be ever so greatful if you could check it out.

Last week I shot Blood Red Shoes at Camden’s Electric Ballroom for The Girls Are, it was my first time shooting for them but hopefully not the last!

You can see the shots on their website, on mine or on Facebook.

I’m hoping to update the whole website/blog thing and maybe make it into one easy to access hub of photographic enlightenment (or something) or if that’s too hard I might just jazz it up a bit.

Also watch this space for shots from Lemonade Live and my shoot with 50ft Woman! They will, fingers crossed, be up very soon!

Until then why don’t you tweet me up, buttercup? - www.twitter.com/adamrbrownphoto

Mr & Mrs Berry and a trip to Wales.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:25:00 -0400

Bit of a 2 in 1 post here after a couple of weeks of nothing. I was back in Kent to shoot a wedding, my first this year, and i’m quite pleased with how it went.

As always there are quite a few more on my website and Facebook so feel free to check them out.

A couple of weeks later I went to visit some family in North Wales in an attempt to get away from the craziness of London. My trip included a day in Liverpool as i’d never been before so I thought it was only right to explore the historic city.

On Sunday I did a promo shoot for 50ft Woman and then in the evening was the photographer at Lemonade Live - Britain’s Premier Music Showcase, the results of both will be up soon so keep an eye out and feel free to let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Adam