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My Passion for Music and Photography

Music and photography captures and reminds you of a moment in life

These moments tend to be happy joyful experiences, which trigger emotions by simply looking at images from places you have been, people you have met or listening to a music track from a period in your life. All types of music from Jazz, Soul to Country have lyrics and musical arrangements which resonate with people and create emotions in the same way photographs do. Music today is very much a visual experience and I would like to think my photographs project that.

 

Photography is not there to capture the sound, its there to capture the feeling and emotion. The musicians expression or the movement, the stage lighting and the audience reaction. Hopefully it all combines to create the perfect image and projects the intimacy of the event.

Music photography is an art form as is producing the music itself. However it does tend to go unnoticed. It can be technically challenging with constantly changing light and moving subjects. You not only require a very steady hand, patience and technical ability but importantly you require artistic creativity.

 

The photograph should not just represent the emotions of the musician it must also show the authenticity of the event.

 

For me personally listening to the music and being able to capture it in a photography is simply emotionally rewarding.

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An Evening with Shakatak at St Gregory's church, Sudbury, Suffolk
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The Hunter Club at Bury St Edmunds with Danny Ilett
The Dunwells at The Wetherby Brew, Yorkshire.
Jack Savoretti at The Wardrobe Leeds, Yorkshire.
Jo Harrop performing at The Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds 
The Hadleigh Jazz Club with Joanna Eden
The Ipswich Jazz and Blues Festival
Jo Harrop at Hadleigh Jazz Club

ALBUM COVER 
The Wild Folk

SHAKATAK in Lavenham

SHAKATAK in Lavenham

An Evening with the musiclal director at Ronnie Scotts James Pearson

An Evening with the musiclal director at Ronnie Scotts James Pearson

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The Ipswich Jazz and Blues Festival
B-Natural Music Ferstival Bildeston, Suffolk
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An Evening with the musiclal director at Ronnie Scotts James Pearson

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Lindisfarne at The APEX Bury St Edmunds

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'Jazz at the Movies' promotional photographs 

The RAT PACK at THE APEX Bury St Edmunds

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SHAKATAK at THE APEX Bury St Edmunds

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RONNIE SCOTT'S ALL STARS at THE APEX Bury St Edmunds

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AMERICAN FOUR TOPS AT THE APEX BURY ST EDMUNDS 

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Robbie Gladwell at The Spa, Felixstowe 

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Clare Teal at The Apex 

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Jools Holland and friends at The Spa, Felixstowe 

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Kristian Bush at The Apex 

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The Shires At Lavenham 

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Jazz at Christmas at The Apex

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Joanna Eden at The Quay Theatre Sudbury

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STEVIE WONDER TRIBUTE , Derek Nash at The Apex.

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Jo Harrop at The Hunter Club

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Curtis Stigers at The Apex

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Derek Nash at the Hunter Club Bury St Edmunds 

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