Haven’t posted properly since the last diving event well over a year ago – in fact only ever seem spurred to post diving events despite working shooting stuff all the time so now it’ll be much more regular! Flew up to Edinburgh this past weekend for a 3 day stint covering the FINA/Midea Diving World Series at the recently refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool (affectionately known as ‘the Commie’). A good venue to get a feel for as it will be used for the Glasgow Commonwealth games next year. Tom Daley tends to be the main draw for both fans and the media at any diving event in this country and this was to be his first taste of Senior international competition since the Olympics….. he didn’t disappoint, ending up with a Gold Medal.
Friend and colleague Joe Meredith has recently launched a new online Sports Magazine called eMotion Sport. It’s just getting started and theres lots to come. The professional clubs in the region are getting behind it so expect great features as well as reporting.It’s going to be covering all levels of sports in Bristol and Somerset (for now) with an emphasis on great writing AND photography. If your in the region or just like your sports please check out the promo issue above and if you enjoy there’ll be the first full version coming i’m told before the end of May. Support much appreciated as I may showcase some work in here!
Well I’m here, and the Olympic Games have started in London – been a long time coming! I’m sat on the Victoria Line tube making my way back to Clapham Junction where I’ve the misfortune of staying….. Some good friends have put me up but I’m further out than ideal which means a journey of 45mins to 1hr30 to get to and from the site everyday. It’s tedious to say the least and also means the most sleep I can expect in a night is 5 hours……. (more…) «Olympics well Underway!»
Just a brief note on the Olympics…. So the promised updates to my site haven’t materialised and it’s still ridiculously out of date and completely unrepresentative of my body of work so sorry for that! I’ve just been too busy which is no bad thing at all. The long awaited London Olympics start this week and I’m incredibly happy to be there photographing the whole event for a small UK agency. I’m thinking of blogging to give everyone a small insight from a photographers perspective (IF I HAVE THE TIME), but I’ll be trying my best……
First of all apologies for my lack of updating on this site since my last post about Photographing the 2010 LEN European Aquatics Championships. I have been extremely busy with my Photography ever since, shooting Premiership Rugby, International Rugby, and Champions League Football (which I will blog about soon!). For now some unusual content for a photographers website…. “My 10 Car Dream Garage” featuring photos which I didn’t take!!……….. (more…) «Motoring: “My 10 Car Dream Garage”»
I’ve been back from Budapest now for a few days now and only just had a chance to get some images up here on my personal website due to a last minute house move!…. For those who don’t know I was out there photographing the 2010 LEN European Aquatics Championships, with a focus on GBR Athletes. If you are just looking for photos click here for Swimming, or click here for Diving. These links will take you straight to my archives where you can search by competitor name, event, etc to find what you are looking for. Awimming images are mainly of Brits, but there are competitors from other countries in the Diving galleries, and more will be added when i have time! I cannot sell through here for editorial use due to the agreement with my agency, but if you need editorial images contact me and I will sort you out. If you want to read a bit more about my trip, and about the championships, follow the link……………. (more…) «Photography: 2010 European Aquatics Champs’»
There has been a huge wave of anger directed at Ferrari because they ‘appeared’ to issue an instruction to Felipe Massa to allow Fernando Alonso overtake him for the lead of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim (Watch the overtake here on the BBC iPlayer). This is completely against the rules of the sport, and as such Ferrari have been fined $ 100,000 and referred to the World Motor Sport Council for bringing the sport into disrepute. That is not enough for a lot of fans, but against the general public consensus, I personally do not believe the crime was all that severe. Here’s why…… (more…) «Motorsport: German GP Controversy»
Ok so this post has absolutely nothing to do with Photography or Motorsport, but this video from mjdelaneyfilmshas being doing the rounds on the web for a few days now. Its had over 1.5million views on YouTube, and is bloomin’ hilarious! If you haven’t watched it you MUST. Newports answer to Jay Z and Alicia Keys’ massive hit ‘Empire State of Mind’ (only Uk #2 mind)………Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)! It’s even going to be released as a single……. (more…) «General: Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)»
This weekend I was at the Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire shooting the Lohen team’s MINI. Lohen are this year competing in Class B of the Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup. Russian Driver Andrey Magiy is competing for the first year with only trackday experience, yet was leading the class coming into the Combe Weekend. Other categories racing include the Radical UK Cup, MINI Challenge UK, BMW CSL Cup, Autosport Young Guns, and others. My Gallery from the event is here. My views on the meeting are after the jump….. (more…) «Photography: Castle Combe Great & British»
Images of Britains 10metre Platform diver Tom Daley (GBR) in action at the 2012 FINA VISA World Cup Diving event at the Olympic Aquatics Centre in London
