Went out and shot some stock photography at the local park...

Then DTL for dinner with Becs. She cooked a lovely lasagne, with garlic bread.. yumm! 

Here's a few shots of Dizzee Rascal from the Engine Shed in Lincoln tonight...Not my thing at all but the crowd certainly seemed to getting it.

Spent the day with Becs today which has been lovely as usual...We had fish and chips with a pot of tea, how english are we? 

Here's a couple of pics of 'camp' Reemer who are touring with McFly...

and i've just uploaded two promo shoots from my archives, here's Jenny Beck, and there's more here...

here's Turning Tides, see more...  

I'm loving 'lith' right now...            

"too hungry to sleep, too tired to eat."

I'll be in the next edition of Snorting and Cavorting, a fanzine for all you Courteeners out there.. I'll post up here when its out. Friday I photographed McFly in Birmingham, see here. Saturday I edited the photo's and then went to see this with Becs. Safe to say she enjoyed the film more than me. On Sunday we chilled, Becs made the best flapjack ever, and then went back home...

I'm tired and cold, winter is here. Got a few days off so i'll read some Raymond Carver and Classic Rock.

Here's a treat, one of my first ever music photo's, taken three years ago of Think Floyd guitarist Lewis Hall. It's still one of my fav's...

There's plans i'll be uploading around 50 of my favourite photo's to a seperate gallery soon. Watch this space for some unseen photo's... i've also got a new page which explains a little about photo sales, check it out :)

Fight Like Apes. If only everything in life was Black or White...

Some of my photo's in the November issue of Pukka magazine. There's also a review and photo of The Courteeners in there too..

Have done a bit of uploading...

Feeder from Cambridge. More here.

There's a Paddingtons gallery from Sunday in Leeds up here.  

Get up very early in the hotel and drag myself back to HQ to upload photo's from last nights Last Band Standing/The Paddingtons event. I actually quite enjoyed the pads last night. They were much better than when I saw them in Hull, and gave me quite a bit.. If you get me. Photographed them a bit back stage too afterwards before heading to bed. 

Then, set off for Cambridge, via Lincoln (well actually it's en-route) to pick up Bex. She's on the guest list tonight with thanks to Mark, and for the journey she's brought half of Marks & Spencers food section! yumm yumm. Get to Cambridge and go to see Mark backstage. Watch The Chemists from the VIP balcony, they are rubbish. I'm going to stick to my guns and hold firm on my opinion on this one...Bex even comments with 'the guitarist looks like he's going to have a fit.' Feeder, as always it seems, are superb. The crowd go crazy for them tonight...it's a good atmosphere at a really different venue. Grant still eludes me (though i get some good stuff of him that i'm happy with), i'm considering wearing a clowns outfit or something at the next gig to get some eye contact..

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Decide its best not to stay afterwards, so head back to Lincoln for the night. Here's some more McFly below, from Friday night in Sheffield. I've read a few reviews on the gig and they're all spot on, they were fantastic. This review has two of my photo's with it..

The Paddingtons sign off from their UK tour in Leeds..

Get some nice emails and comments...apparently i've gone universal.

This from Kasin, in Turkey..

"hey! ur photos re amazing ! i hope u re also going to Newcastle for Mcflys gig !! i'd like to see that gig from ur camera :) an' its my birthday i really wanted to go that gig but i'm in Turkey now :((( anyway again u re such a good photographer!!"

.. from Julie in France..

"Your pics are amazing !
I am French and I love McFly ! ♥ 
Thank you very much for these pics ♥ ♥ ♥"

and Natalia in Argentina..

"Heey hi im natalie from argentina, and a huge mcfly fan :P i love your pics!..
actually, i love taking photos.. im finishing high school this year and dunno what im going to do next lol but well.. photography is one of my chances.. hehe".

On an average day I get around 300 hits, today at 7pm, i've had nearly 3,000.

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Oh, incase you hadn't noticed, my photos of McFly are now up here.

Drive to Sheffield Arena to photograph McFly. Meet Tommy, their tour manager, who gives me my AAA pass for the night. Then get passed onto Gray, who passes me onto their head of security. My god this guy is big. I mean i'm 6'3", but this dude is a real GIANT. He shows me where I can go.. and then passes me back to Gray.. who tells me that I have to clear the pit after three songs as the band have a floating stage, and the pyrotechnics will be quite dangerous if I stay in there. 

I then meet 'head of pit security', and surprisingly i cant remember his name... He tells me that as McFly's photographer "You're allowed to move around in the pit, whereas the three press photographers aren't. They are being escorted out after 3 too, so they won't be under your nose long." Shoot the first three, trying to move in-between the two big screen camera operators, who move pretty damn quick on those rollers..and without warning! The first song is a no goer as the band are hidden by a huge smoke cloud, and then retire to the sound booth, which is where the floating stage moves to...see image on the left...

I'm actually really impressed by the band tonight. Great sound, and a fun eventful set which keeps me on my toes. I'm looking forward to my next gig with them next week. Here's a few photo's from the show...

Finally finished editing images ready for press at 330am

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