Les Fantomes du Pont des Arts

Le Pont des Arts is a famous footbridge in Paris, particularly popular with young lovers. It crosses from the Louvres to the Institut de France. I was trying to shoot it in a way that was different from all the classic shots.

Bob is Sharp!

Bob Brozman is one of my favourite musicians and certainly my favourite performer. Catching him isn’t easy though as he’s constantly in motion.

A Musical Bear

This little sheet paper bear means a lot to me. It was a gift from my mother in law on my first christmas with my wife’s family. I also find it makes for an interesting photographic subject. This was one of my early attempts at still life photography.

Jumble of Clocks

Arman’s statue « L’Heure pour Tous », just outside Saint-Lazare train station in Paris is a constant subject of fascination to me. I have tried to capture it on photo many times, and this interpretation is the most interesting so far. I like how the pigeons nest there, oblivious to the fact that they live within art.

Going Nuts

This photo was a very early expression of my fascination for patterns and textures. It was shot at the flower market in Amsterdam.

Through the Rainbow

Soap bubbles fascinate me. Whenever I cross one those street artists in Paris making giant soap bubbles, I have to try for shots. This one is my favourite so far.

Chiaroscuro Will

One of the major differences between concert shots today and concert shots 50 years ago is that with the equipment available back then, low-light photography was necessarily constrained. Today, high-ISO capability and really fast lenses means that often you can capture a hell of a lot of detail. However, as I was looking at some of these old pictures I found that there was a mood there, an esthetic of embracing the shadows that was rarely found in my concert photography. This portrait of Will Holhouser playing with David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness is an attempt at embracing those shadows.

Mercury Sea

One of the wonders of doing long exposure shots of water is you don’t really know before hand what the final picture will look like. That’s because you’re never quite sure what amount and texture of light will be hitting the water during the exposure. It’s only when I was processing Mercury Sea ( a shot of the cove of Port Mélite in Groix) that I noticed that metallic glint on the water that really makes the shot (in my opinion).

Joe’s Rainbow

Joe Daley is not just a wonderful musician, he’s also a classy gentleman and a superb subject for concert photography. This is probably my favourite concert shot to date. It won second place at the Nancy Jazz Pulsation 2011 Photo Contest, and was selected by the 500px staff in their Editor’s Choice.