Back To Blogging Last Week Paul Rose, The Holloways, And Brian Wilson

I have been very busy with photography and I have neglected my blog - which I will try and get back to updating regularly.

All being well I will recap all my activities in the past months in a separate blog.

Last week was a busy week it started with a photo shoot in the studio with guitar virtuoso Paul Rose. It was an experimental shoot using the painting with light technique. Overall I was pleased with the results and it will be an avenue I will explore further.

I have put some of the images on my Flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwala/sets/72157621230793994/

Last Thursday ( 9 July) I made a visit to Carlisle and to one of my favourite venues The Brickyard - there is always a good atmosphere there and the people who run it are always cool. I was there to shoot The Holloways who were playing some summertime gigs before the release of their new material.

I ran everything through with their PR Stephen who arranged for me to shoot the gig and get a portrait of the band. The band Alfie, Bryn, Mike and Edwin , as well as roadie Barbs could not have been more helpful with sorting out the portrait before the gig and generally keeping me in the loop.

The gig was rocking I put a short review of the gig on Last FM - the link is here:

http://www.last.fm/user/davidwala/journal/2009/07/10/2uy880_band_and_crowd_as_one

I also put some photographs on Flickr and I will be putting them on my website. The link is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwala/sets/72157621091342573/

Last night I was the only person granted a photo pass for the legendary Brian Wilson at Gateshead Sage - it was an all round night of two hours of good vibrations. Last night I made some new friends from his crew and would like to thank them Chopper, Randy and John - as well as my old friend Michael for making it happen

I have put a few of my images on my website I will be adding more soon. The link is here:

http://www.davidwala.com/gallery_253326.html

I have been submitting my images to newspapers and magazines and it made me think of a famous Woody Allen quote:
"show business is dog eat dog ? It's worse than dog eat dog, it's dog doesn't return other dog's phone calls."

Anyhow I will be updating my blog again soon