Author Archives: aloadmin
UK Tattoo Industry Awards 2012 – Best Photographer – Al Overdrive
I’ve been away for two weeks in Japan ; one week was working on several assignments, and the second week working on a personal project. On the weekend I flew back to the UK, Liverpool was holding it’s annual tattoo convention, which is also the host of the UK Tattoo Industry awards. Tattoos and tattooing [...]
Tony Conigliaro; The man behind The bar with no name.
If you are a regular reader of the lifestyle sections of magazines and enjoy the finer things in life, then you are probably already familiar with the name Tony Conigliaro. Acknowledged as one of the UK’s pioneering drinks creators, he has received many awards for his cocktail creations and much of the press credited him [...]
Breakfast with Rachel Khoo of ‘The Little Paris Kitchen’
It’s been a week since Rachel Khoo’s TV show, ‘The Little Paris Kitchen’ first aired and the UK media has collectively fallen in love with her style and cooking. It is easy to see why; The first thing she said when she saw the kitchen we were shooting in was, “wow this is so much [...]
‘Samsung’ and ‘Digital Photographer’ Magazine – Photographer of the Year ; Honourable Mention
I am excited to be able to share that Photographer of the Year 2011 Competition by ‘Samsung’ and ‘Digital Photographer’ Magazine awarded me an “honourable mention” in the final. The portrait in question is one of Mo Copoletta, tattooist and owner of ‘The Family Business’ tattoo studio in Exmouth Market, London. The shot itself was [...]
Fabulous Baker Brothers and Easy Living Magazine
In January Easy Living commissioned me to photograph four features in preparation for the relaunch of it’s print and on-line magazines. The brand new look and format of their on-line magazine has been met with overwhelming positive feedback, and I am glad to see all their hard work has paid off. For the first shoot [...]
Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi : An ‘Interesting’ meeting of minds.
‘Steve Davis’ is a name you would normally associate with snooker, not psychadelic rock-and-roll. Yet this is the reason why I was commissioned to shoot him and Kavus Torabi (front man of the avant-pop band Knifeworld and former member of The Cardiacs) in a London pub last month. After a chance meeting the two gentlemen [...]
Behind-The-Scenes Video and Exhibition News
Last month I was invited to submit a print for the above exhbition, so I figured, “what the heck” and shot a special horror/Christmas piece for the Guys at Haunted. The print itself is a one off and half the proceeds from it’s sale will go to charity. It starts on Friday night, come down [...]
Rocksound Magazine – Photographs of the Year 2011
It’s December so it means magazines release their retrospective’s and round-ups of the year. The latest Rocksound features a series of ‘Photos of the Year’ posters, and I am pleased to see that one of my images from the final ‘Ghost of a Thousand’ show was included in the line up. You can see more [...]
Lifestyle and Catalogue Shoots for Attitude Clothing
Usually I am called by clients to shoot images for a editorial feature, or to shoot a series of images for use in a campaign. Over the last year I have been increasingly asked to shoot images for longer series, or for a full catalogue. In October ‘Attitude Clothing’ approached me to help shoot their [...]