12Feb 2014

Portrait Photography: John Bramwell

12 Feb 2014 Music Photography, Portrait Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Music Promo Photography, Promotional Photography, Urban Portrait Permalink 0

Portrait Photography: John Bramwell
Location: The Train Station, Crewe
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Portrait Photography: John Bramwell

We were commissioned by John Bramwell of I Am Kloot to get a set of promotional portrait photos. John wanted a set of images to use for publicity purposes for his latest solo tour. John decided on the location and we met up on the platform at Crewe Station. Complete with winter hat and guitar in it’s travel case we made a set of images for John to use.

Although John is well known for I Am Kloot, he is embarking on a solo tour in the first few months of 2014. He also has a live CD out to compliment the tour.

10Feb 2014

Business Portrait Photography: Heather

10 Feb 2014 Commercial Photography, Portrait Photography Business Portrait Photography, Cheshire, Crewe, Nantwich, Promotional Photography Permalink 0

Business Portrait Photography: Heather Carter
Company: National Sales Academy
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Business Portrait Photography: Heather

We were recently commissioned to produce a set of portrait images of Heather Carter, founder of the 1st National Sales Academy. I spent some time to get to know Heather so I could really represent Heather in the portrait photography. I decided to photograph Heather in her workplace, as well as a few outdoor shots to compliment the selection.

Heather is currently using the portrait photos on her social media profiles. The images were also used in a short promotional video as stills overlaying audio. Heather is a thoroughly engaging character and I had great fun meeting and photographing her!

02Feb 2014

Commercial Photography: Swansway Group Long Service Dinner

02 Feb 2014 Commercial Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Crewe Hall Permalink 0

Commercial Photography Client: The Swansway Group
Venue: Crewe Hall, Crewe, Cheshire
Photographers: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury

Commercial Photography: Swansway Group Long Service Dinner

The Swansway Group head office is in Crewe, Cheshire. Our first commission with The Swansway Group was to create a set of images to celebrate their Award as 37th in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list. Every year The Swansway Group hold their Long Service Dinner at Crewe Hall Hotel in Cheshire. Simon J. Newbury Photography were commissioned to photograph the event, as last year. As well as the presentation of the long service pins to all their employees from across the North West who have been with the company for five years and ten years the evening has entertainment and a presentation by the company directors.

22Jan 2014

Music Photography: The Doors Alive

22 Jan 2014 Music Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Promotional Photography, The Box, Winsford Permalink 0

Music Photography: The Doors Alive
Venue: The Box, Crewe. DeBees, Winsford
Photographer: Tina Newbury (The Box), Simon J. Newbury (DeBees)

Music Photography: The Doors Alive

The Doors Alive recently made their debut at The Box in Crewe. Tina went along to photograph the tribute band. It represented the second time that Simon J. Newbury Photography has photographed the band. Back in 2007 we photographed them at DeBees in Winsford. As memory serves this was their first gig with their singer (an absolute dead ringer for Jim Morrison). The Box gig was well attended and below is one of Simon’s photos from back in 2007 followed by some of Tina’s photos from The Box, Crewe!

01Dec 2013

Press Photography: Crewe Christmas Lights Switch On

01 Dec 2013 Press Photography Cheshire, Christmas, Crewe Permalink 0

Press Photography: Christmas Lights Switch On
Location: Crewe Town Centre
Photographer: Tina Newbury
Date: 28th November, 2013

The Crewe Christmas Lights switch on event took place on Thursday. Simon J. Newbury Photography was in attendance to photograph the music, fun and switch on! The lights were switch on by Crewe Town Mayor, Irene Faseyi and KT Perry (tribute to Katy Perry). Tom Seals played at the event and Santa and the Grinch stopped by as well! The switch on was accompanied by a firework display by Blitz Fireworks.

25Nov 2013

Music Photography: Moving Moscow Promo

25 Nov 2013 Music Photography Boxjam, Cheshire, Crewe, Promotional Photography, The Box Permalink 0

Music Photography Clients: Moving Moscow
Promo Photographer: Simon J. Newbury
Live Photographer: Tina Newbury

Music Photography: Moving Moscow Promo

Every year since 2009 Simon J. Newbury Photography has organised (with lots of help from volunteers) Boxjam. Boxjam is a charity music/ variety event held at The Box in Crewe. This year was Boxjam V, spread across two stages with nearly 30 music acts.

We had the pleasure of having a very special band perform for the very first time. We opted to create a buzz about the band and Boxjam by keeping the identity of the band members a secret. After a meeting with the band we arranged a sinister looking photo-shoot of the band appearing to be hostages, complete with burlap sacks covering the band members faces.

17Oct 2013

Wedding Photography: New Website Launched

17 Oct 2013 Wedding Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Crewe Wedding Photography, Nantwich, Nantwich wedding photography Permalink 0

We launched our new main website a few months ago. Since then we have worked hard to update our dedicated wedding photography website. We are now very pleased to launch the site!

15Oct 2013

Wedding Photography: Crown Hotel Nantwich – Kathryn & Simon

15 Oct 2013 Wedding Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Crown Hotel Nantwich, Family Photography, Nantwich Permalink 0

Clients: Kathryn & Simon
Venue: The Crown Hotel Assembly Room, Nantwich, Cheshire
Photographers: Simon J. Newbury, Tina Newbury

Wedding Photography: Crown Hotel Nantwich – Kathryn & Simon

We were back in Nantwich recently for another wedding at the historic Crown Hotel Assembly Room for the wedding of Kathryn and Simon. It was an intimate wedding in the wonderful surroundings of the historic Nantwich Hotel. After the wedding ceremony the guests mingled upstairs before the main reception in the evening in the ceremony room. The historic building is over 400 years old and maintains a good deal of its original features (including the wonderful wonky staircase!) and makes for a great location for wedding ceremonies.

29Sep 2013

Commercial Photography: Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

29 Sep 2013 Commercial Photography, Portrait Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Model Photography Permalink 0

Client: Calico Heslop Make Up Artist
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Simon J. Newbury Photography were asked to produce a set of commercial images for Calico Heslop. Calico is a make up artist and needed a professional set of photographs for online use and for social media to advertise her services.

We held a studio photoshoot to create a nice set of images to show off Calico’s wonderful work. Calico brought along four models and we had a great shoot in Crewe.

Calico said:

When we arrived at the shoot location they had set everything up and were ready and waiting to go. They were patient and great with my models, who I think felt much more at ease after only a few minutes in front of the camera. Simon was very willing to listen to what I wanted from the shots and really got what I was trying to achieve for each model. I was completely happy with their service, from start to finish, including the editing of the final pictures done by Tina, which I thought were fab!

Here are just a few from the shoot:

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

You can find Calico on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CalicoHeslopMUA and on her Blog: http://offtojointhecircus.wordpress.com/

Simon J. Newbury Photography are available for commercial photography as well as beauty photography! We are likely to be photographing Calico’s wonderful make up work again soon on a wedding day!

25Sep 2013

Music Photography: James Porter

25 Sep 2013 Music Photography, Portrait Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Music Promo Photography, Promotional Photography, The Box Permalink 0

Client: James Porter
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

We met James a few years ago through Boxjam, the charity event we organise every year at The Box in Crewe. When we ran over 2 days James’ then band travelled over from Anglesey to play both stages over 2 days. We have remained in touch ever since and James got in touch to get some new publicity photos for publicising his new material as a solo musician.

James was very interested in the Urban Portrait style of photography so we did some photography in that style as well as some great black and white photos. It was great to work with such an enthusiastic musician who had travelled some way to work with us. We listened to James’ newest recordings in advance of the shoot to help get some inspiration.

We had a really good Sunday afternoon of music photography in Crewe and here are some of the results: