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    Saturday 25 July 2009

    Amy Winehouse In Court

    The world of Amy Winehouse is nothing short of crazy and her appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court on an assault charge proved just that.
    Amy photographs are used worldwide so it was no surprise to find 50 plus photographers from different fields and news crews awaiting her arrival from 7am onwards. Showbiz photographers were out in force as well as paps and news photographers making a real cross over of different genres and a lot of snappers we'd not normally come across.
    Her arrival was pretty straight forward - we were all behind a barrier allowing her easy access to walk with her father and solicitors into court.
    However, mayhem ensued when she came out for a cigarette break as paps broke from the behind the barrier to sorround her and it was during this small time period that I got my best pictures of her. In seconds there was a media frenzy around her, with her security forming a ring around the singer as she stood against a wall and casually puffed away.
    Thinking on my feet I climbed some stairs to the side of her to get a better view. The image below shows the scene.



    Knowing I need her to look up in my direction to get a decent photo I called to her a few times, she heard me, looked up for a second and I got a couple of great images.




    The next day, the picture of her smoking was used in the Metro (below) and I'm hopefully these two images will be used a lot more in the future.




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    Wednesday 22 July 2009

    Guardian Front Page!

    I'm delighted to have got the front page of The Guardian today!
    It's a photo of La Roux, I took about 10 days ago at the Roundhouse in Camden and was used in conjunction with her being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize along with a host of other female artists.
    It was used pretty big and included a byline. Brilliant!


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