Gavin Skelhorn is frontman to Rock and Roll band The Boom Boom Booms. Originally from Liverpool, Gavin has grown up ensconced by the city’s great musical heritage and now performs in London not only with the band but also cast as Billy Fury and Eddie Cochrane, amongst others, in an [...]
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For the Spring issue of Transmitter magazine I sprung out of bed early (boy it was early) with my intrepid writer friend Jessica Johnson to track down local dog walkers. Crystal Palace Park is a haven for many social groups around the area albeit fitness boot camps, joggers, freelancers who [...]
Looks like I have sold a picture! Very exciting that it is full page too, woop!
In this months WI Life there is a big feature with the bubbly northern chefs/tv personalities/stage performers on set of their theatre extravaganza ‘Hairy Bikers World’. Designed to be a showcase of their entertainment talents, the show fuses an eclectic mix of cookery, stand up comedy and the odd element [...]
So here it is, my first cover!-BOOM I have been so excited for this to come out as it was shot in autumn last year and you never know which set up they will finally choose for publication. I am thrilled they went with this one. It’s so colourful and [...]
At the start of the year I was asked to photograph Manchester band Dutch Uncles for The Fly. As with many editorial features, I was merely given a date, a time and a rough geographical location (within a five minute walking radius of the venue they would be playing at [...]
In my hysteria of being allowed to photograph James McAvoy I went crazy and did several set ups which is why I have broken down the shoot into two posts. Not only was I being commissioned to photograph James, I was also photographing his Macbeth director Jamie Lloyd. Although less [...]
In this months WI Life you will find a double page feature of an interview with Debra Stephenson which I photographed late last year. We were lucky enough to find a bright airy London location for the shoot which complimented perfectly with Debras bright and cheerful nature. Even after having [...]
I am aware that most blog posts I write describe the subjects of my shoots in a glowing manner. Often I use such adjectives as ‘lovely’ and, ‘wonderful’…all of which must portray me to be sycophantic and over embellishing the truth. The reality is that most people I have photographed [...]
My final shoot of 2012 saw me in a studio which I was kindly able to borrow for the morning from the very generous and lovely Tom Oldham. It was another job for The Fly and was of the super cool singer Christopher Owens. Having been in the band Girls [...]