09Jul 2013

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

09 Jul 2013 Music Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Holmes Chapel, Jodrell Bank, Live Music Photography Permalink 0

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!

07Jun 2013

Music Promo Photography: Beth England

07 Jun 2013 Music Photography, Portrait Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Hassall Green, Promotional Photography, Sandbach Permalink 0

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

19May 2013

New Website Launch

19 May 2013 General Cheshire, Crewe, Family Photography, Kids Photography, Nantwich Permalink 0

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

06May 2013

Band Photography Special Offer

06 May 2013 Music Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Crewe Live, Nantwich, Offers Permalink 0

The month of May means Crewe Live. We have been the official photographers to Crewe Live for four years now and we are very much looking forward to photographing this years music event.

To celebrate we are running a special offer on our band promo photography. The offer runs throughout the month of May and gets a full band shoot, either studio or location, for just £65!

We have photographed many bands both local unsigned bands and nationwide touring bands including: Elbow, Sham 69, Funeral for a Friend, Flaming Lips, Dodgy, The Bluetones, Human Condition, Son of Shinobi, Junker, Skeletal Damage and Kill The Doctor…

As well as being published regularly locally and online our work has featured in many nationwide magazines including a full page poster in Kerrang! We can help get your band some attention!

Here is some info on our music photography special offer:

band, music, promo, photography, special, offer, Crewe, Live, Cheshire

Band Promo Photography special offer details

The bands on our poster are Pulled Apart By Horses photographed during last year’s Crewe Live and Son Of Shinobi.

Check out more of our music photography.

21Apr 2013

Andy Hamilton & Jamie Caven Photography

21 Apr 2013 Event Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Crewe Alex, Darts, Exhibition Permalink 0

We have been offering event photography to WTD Promotions for a while now. We have been pleased to photograph many leading professional darts players including Terry ‘The Bull’ Jenkins, Simon ‘The Wizard’ Whitlock, Andy ‘The Pieman’ Smith and Kevin ‘The Artist’ Painter.

The latest exhibition event saw Andy ‘The Hammer’ Hamilton and Jamie ‘Jabba’ Caven head to Crewe for a great evening of darts. As with all the other players we made a portrait of each player as well as offered our event photography. We are able to photograph fans with the famous players which are then printed immediately and signed so the customer can take the print away with them there and then!

Our events ‘photobooth’ is available for parties, guest speakers or proms. If you are organising an event get in touch to see what we offer!

The latest portraits of Andy and Jamie:

Andy ‘The Hammer’ Hamilton

Jamie ‘Jabba’ Caven portrait photograph. Darts professional photography

09Apr 2013

The Eyres Promo/ Live Photography

09 Apr 2013 Music Photography Boxjam, Cheshire, Crewe, Live Music Photography, Promotional Photography Permalink 0

Local band The Eyres have recently undergone a lineup change as well as a change in name. We have provided photography for the band in it’s Sink Or Swim guise. They have also headlined the charity event we organise every year at The Box in Crewe, called Boxjam. Since that performance there has been the changeover of members and the new branding of the band as ‘The Eyres’.

New members means new promo photos so ahead of an article in the local Chronicle and another headline slot at The Box we produced a set of images for the newly named band. We got a nice range of group shots as well as some individual portraits of the band members.

The Eyres have just released a new EP. Their logo was designed by Tina who as well as being a photographer at Simon J. Newbury Photography also does all the graphic design for our bespoke wedding books and does various logo and artwork designs.

These are a few of the promo group photos:

Crewe band The Eyres promo/ promotional photography. Music photography South Cheshire

The Eyres performing Live at The Box, Crewe:

The Eyres Live At The Box, Crewe

The Eyres new logo, courtesy of Tina:

The Eyres Logo designed by Tina Newbury

Check out some of our band promo photography here.

04Apr 2013

Portrait Photography: George Borowski

04 Apr 2013 Music Photography, Portrait Photography Cheshire, Northwich, Promotional Photography, Urban Portrait Permalink 0

Portrait Photography: George Borowski
Location: Northwich, Cheshire
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Portrait Photography: George Borowski

You may recall that last month we had the pleasure of doing some Urban Portrait photography with George Borowski. As well as the portrait photograph for my Urban Portrait series I did a selection of other portraits for George to use for promotional purposes!

08Mar 2013

Steve Phillips & Tom Seals Charity Photography

08 Mar 2013 Portrait Photography, Press Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Crewe Alex, Football Photography, Nantwich Permalink 0

Quite recently we had the privilege of photographing Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper Steve Phillips on the pitch at the Alexandra Stadium. We’ve also worked with the talented Tom Seals many times. The two are working together to raise funds for two charities. We obviously were very keen to help so did the photography of the pair for publicity purposes!

Tom is including the club fans favourite ‘Blue Moon’ on his upcoming album release and the track will be released as a charity single. The funds will be for Leukemia & Lymphoma Research and Caudwell Children.

Tom’s Pledge page is here: Tom Seals Music Pledge

Keep up to date with Steve’s Fundraising efforts on his Facebook page: Steve Phillips Fundraising Facebook Page

You can even pledge for a set of these signed photos on Tom’s page!

We are very proud to be involved and wish the pair all the very best in their efforts!

Steve Phillips & Tom Seals Charity photography

22Feb 2013

Oli Ng EP Artwork Photoshoot

22 Feb 2013 Music Photography, Portrait Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Nantwich, Old Hall, Promotional Photography Permalink 0

My good friend Oli of Sink or Swim fame, now called The Eyres, is soon to be releasing a solo EP. Oli has an amazing talent for someone so young. I was really proud to be asked to work on the artwork for his debut solo EP. Oli also appeared in my Urban Portrait series.

We sat down and had a good chat about the sort of image he wanted for both front and back. I’ve previously worked on artwork for releases from Thick As Thieves, The Longshanks, Son Of Shinobi, Tim Gallagher, James Gardiner, Steve Bonham, Midnight Lycan Party, Chloe and Jon Tarplee. It’s always important to sit down and moot ideas before heading into a shoot. Thankfully we came up with our idea for front and back and decided on some locations.

We headed out to Queens Park, Crewe and thankfully the weather was on our side! The park has a wealth of locations and I have often shot wedding couple shots there. I was also busy photographing the stills for a few scenes of Gridiron UK. The late afternoon light was perfect for some moody monochrome photographs and we got all the photographs we wanted.

We then headed off to Sandbach for our indoors part of the shoot. I have to say a huge thank you to the staff at The Old Hall. Such a lovely place and they were very kind to allow us time to photograph there. The backdrop of the open fire and old fashioned wall decor and windows created exactly the mood that Oli was looking for.

You can check out some of my music promo work on the website here.

These are some of the final images from the shoot:

Oli Ng Promotional Music Photography

13Feb 2013

Urban Portrait Photography by Night

13 Feb 2013 Portrait Photography Cheshire, Crewe, Nantwich, Promotional Photography, Sandbach Permalink 0

Since the summer of 2012 I have been shooting the Urban Portrait series. I had always been interested in photographing the urban landscape and as an accomplished portrait photographer the series has become a huge passion.

I was really moved to get a foreword to the series from the hugely talented rock photographer Ian Tilton. Ian has just released his new book on the Stone Roses and is famous for his iconic images of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and the Manchester music scene.

The ongoing project is hopefully destined to become a book and I am currently looking for partners. These partners will get an advert within the book as well as package of goodies! Please do get in touch if you would like to be involved!

As a slight side project I undertook a few Urban Portraits with a difference. These are Urban Portraits by Night. I had two volunteers, Max and Connor and we hooked up in Crewe to do some portraits under the yellow/ orange glow of street lighting. My flash lighting needed to be slightly different to the day Urban Portraits as I wanted to maintain that colour cast. The experiment worked very well and the two images work very well as part of the overall Urban Portrait series!

I am also available for private commissions. If you fancy your own shoot then make a booking and you can select a location. Its just £49 and the price includes an 18×12 inch print of your favourite image!

Urban, portrait, Crewe, Cheshire, Simon J. Newbury Photography

Night Urban Portrait by Simon J. Newbury Photography

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