2007 is dead… Long live 2008!

I’ve been incredibly flakey of late, unable to really find the time to update the live archive on my website or this blog, which has gotten a bit stale.

Nevermind, 2007 was a great year for my photography, which ended with a flurry of published work, a couple of which were in the NME (a nut I’ve been trying to crack for a long while) in consecutive weeks! A tear-sheet of each article can be found here and here.

I also had my first front cover (that I’m proud of, the less I talk about the previous one, the better!), which was on the final issue of Music Mart Magazine – September 2007. This can also be seen here.

I remember at the end of last year, I was chuffed enough with getting myself into three proper music festivals, and a couple of other one day events. In fact, I had described 2006 as a busy year… compared to 2007, I barely scratched the surface! In 2007, I managed to get myself to no less than seven individual festivals, and two of those were overseas! Both Hove Festival in Norway and Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik, Iceland were a joy to shoot. Hopefully I’ll get more similar opportunities in the coming year.

So now, 2008. What can I hope for this year? More of the same would be great, but of course, when I say more I mean I’d like this coming year to eclipse 2007 in terms of business, and in the quality of my output. The way my work has improved is what has pleased me the most about 2007. I can only hope I continue at the same rate in 2008!

Oh, and that’s another thing. If anyone reading this were to see one of my pictures printed/published somewhere that I haven’t mentioned on here, I’d appreciate it if you could let me know. I often don’t find out where my pictures have been until well after they’ve been published, so it’s often too late to grab a copy of the mag/advert/etc. Seeing a bit more of my printed work would surely make my 2008 a good’u!

Cheers, and best wishes for the New Year!