2014 got off to a quiet start. but within a few week s I found myself at the Club Academy shooting The Strypes.  What an energetic band they are...

I didn't stay until the end , but wish I had. Prince was playing next door and there were still tickets on sale.

I shot Toy again in February, for their performance at Gorilla in Manchester. Another very low light gig of theirs, making getting a good shot difficult. But I managed to get one of Tom Dougall.

March was the month I photographed the lovely Nina Nesbitt during her set at the Ritz. I only stayed for the first 3, as Shirley our reviewer was writing the review, but after reading her review I wish I had stayed :(

Later on in March and I got to shoot Toy again, this time a portrait shoot, on location at Liverpool 1. The venue had a lovely fireplace with a little light coming from a window high up on the right.  I got this shot...

... and then had a little play on Photoshop to get the additional effects.


A couple of days later I got to shoot Nile Marr during his band,Man Made's, performance at the Night and Day Cafe.

A few weeks later Gareth from Night & Day asked if my image could be used for a poster here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amandajwindowuk/14284323944/


John Cooper Clarke, The Punk Poet, performed at the Palace Theatre in May. An untraditional gig as such, poetry is an art within itself,  but what a hilariously fun packed night it was.

Summer came and the festivals started, so the gig venues in town have a break and the photographers don their wellies and go shooting outdoors.

September came round and the sun was still shining as we headed out to the Welsh mountains to Festival Number 6 in Portmerion.

 The Main stage by night

 The Doc Martens Shop

 Viv Albertine  (Book signing)

 Toy

 Jimi Goodwin

 The Undertones

 Martha and the Vandellas

Looking up towards the main stage

What a fabulous venue this was, the setting was perfect, the weather couldn't have been better.  I met up with some other tog friends from Twitter, Ken Harrison, Hayley Taylor and Andrew Benge. The only downside was that I couldn't shoot the main artists Beck and the Pet Shop Boys (Agencies Only) and Peter Hook and the Light had a rights grab contract, so I didn't shoot them either - My choice!

Some months come and go with no shoots at all, then, like buses, they all come at once. October brought Caro Emerald performing at the Manchester Arena. A venue I love to shoot at - mainly because the lighting is good...

... and Johnny Marr at the Apollo 

So... what does November have in store?

Well you'll just have to wait and see...