Battle of the Bands - round 3

It's that time of year again when the bands of Llanelli get together to fight it out to see who will win the Battle of the Bands. As Gphotography sponsor a prize of a photo-shoot for the winning band I like to pop along now & then to see what the standard of the competition is like. Today Jay & I headed off to the Turnstyle & we were not disappointed. It was unfortunate that we could only stay to catch the first two bands as later that night I was heading off to photograph Feeder in Cardiff.

Watch out for Gphotography @ The Masons Arms on the 8th August for round 4!

Dizzee Rascal @ Global Gathering 10

Day two of Europe's top electronic music festival & Faithless would be a tough act to follow. A long night's dancing, not much sleep & a long day's dancing and then along came The Bloody Beetroots & Dizzee Rascal to name but a few, AWESOME!

Faithless @ Global Gathering 10

It's been 10 years since Europe's no1 electronic music festival started & Global Gathering has gone from strength to strength. Four of those years Jay & I have travelled to Stratford Upon Avon to capture it live in a BIG way. This year's Friday's headliners were the mighty Faithless.

The Phoenix Choir

Swansea's Phoenix Choir were looking for a new image & set of images, images for their posters, CD's etc. Sunday morning came & off to Swansea Bay we went looking for 30 men that just so happened to be hanging around waiting for a photographer.

Llanelli Skaters

What started out as a photo-shoot on the skateboarding ramps @ Peoples Park in Llanelli for the Llanelli Skateboarders turned into one mad rush for cover after just 5 mins! Yes you guessed it it rained, well we are in Wales! Not to be put off the guys & I headed off to find some shelter & some fun in the town centre & we managed to get a few pix in the bag too.

Thank you guys, we will have to finish off what we started on the ramps real soon!

The Storys - Grand Cru

All good things must come to an end! Well that's the saying but Jay & I @ gphotography along with many others thought we would never see the day The Storys called it a day. After following the Swansea based band from Swansea City to Venice our mate Andy Pearson & I entered the stage door of the Swansea Grand Theatre to document the bands final gig. We were given Access All Areas to the gig with a view to publishing a book Grand Cru.

Never say never & we all hope to see the guys getting back together again to either gig or record.

Beachbreak Live

After much speculation the doors opened on the UK's largest student event (attendance approx 20,000) the Beachbreak Live at the Pembrey Country Park & Gphotography was there to capture the event in all it's glory. Students came from all over the UK to soak in the sun & surroundings of the stunning Pembrey Country Park. This Three day event had a laid back feel during the day but at night the tempo went up a few notches & this is when the big names hit the stage, names like Plan B, Ellie Goulding, The Futureheads, Calvin Harris & Vampire Weekend.

The powers that be were so impressed by the 2010 event that it will be back next year, bigger & better & Gphotography will be there to capture it!

Sound City Burning

New band Sound City Burning were in the market for some profile pix for their MySpace, PR etc so they dropped me a line. Always up for a new challenge I met them at an old derelict timber mill & we worked together towards their final image.

Escape into the Park

It's June, it's sunny, it's Escape into the Park! For the 5th year gphotography were asked to cover Wales' biggest festival.

Singleton Park Swansea is the home to Wales' premier club for the day. No trouble just dance, fun & sun!

V0iD album launch

It was a longtime in the making but it finally arrived V0iD's second album 'Zero'. To bring Zero to the world the South Wales rockers played a gig @ Swansea's Milkwood Jam. It was the hottest day of the year so far & it was the fullest the Milkwood had been for a while. V0iD were there to entertain & entertain they did!

Cut Ribbons supporting V0iD

To warm the crowd up V0iD enlisted fellow Llanelli band Cut Ribbons.

Carmarthenshire Football League – Under 12;s

If you are a regular follower of this blog & my work you would know that football is not really my thing. I'm more at home at the side of a stage than the pitch. Anyway with no gigs to cover I headed off to Llanelli's Stebbonheath Park to capture the Carmarthenshire Football League Under 12's Cup Final between in the Kidwelly & Llangennech. I don't really know much about the round ball but I know that Kidwelly's win of 5-2 was impressive! Well done boys.