Matt Thomas

Learning Resource Centres

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:34:07 +0000

A quick hour round the Learning Resource Centres of John Moores University to grab some shots for new welcoming packs for students. As well as the usual books and journals, there’s some pretty nifty tech in these places too. Related posts:Tom Reilly Lucy and Chris LJMU Graduation 2010 – Pt 1 Related posts:

The Laze – Classic Rock presents Prog

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:33:56 +0000

The Laze and I have been threatening to do a photo for ages. We have one big elaborate idea for a shoot but it contains a live horse which is actually kinda hard to source when you need it! Last week I was asked to shoot them for an upcoming issue of Classic Rock presents [...] Related posts:

Bed-In at The Bluecoat

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:22 +0000

“Bed-In at the Bluecoat celebrates John Lennon’s commitment to peace and pays homage to one of the actions that he and Yoko Ono carried out in 1969, immediately after they were married. Their week long bed-ins for peace, staged first in Amsterdam then in Montreal, were expressions of non-violent protest against war.” I shot some [...] Related posts:

Recent: Twilight Garden Party

LJMU Graduation 2010 – Pt. 3

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:33:04 +0000

Final part of the graduation photographs. Here’s a final selection from the last couple of days. Featuring Gerry Marsden, Brian May and Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt ‘papping’ me! Theres a ton more shots from the week obviously, I’m sure you’ll see them around in LJMU communications. Related posts:LJMU Graduation 2010 – Pt [...] Related posts:

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:37:39 +0000

I went and shot A Hawk and a Hacksaw for Tract (new online photography and review orientated live music site) who were playing in one of my favourite Liverpool venues The Kazimier. Supported by the intriguing Trouble with Books and the ballistic a.P.A.t.T. – the show was pretty killer. Hawk and a Hacksaw are pretty [...] Related posts:

LJMU Graduation 2010 – Pt 2

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:59:53 +0000

Middle of the week saw Chancellor of the university and guitar legend Brian May make an appearance. OK, I was a little star struck, but I held it together Got to talk to him briefly and photograph him inside the cathedral too which was a good laugh. Liverpool legend Alison Steadman received an honorary fellowship [...] Related posts:

LJMU Graduation 2010 – Pt 1

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:32:48 +0000

Last week was probably as close to working 9-5 I’ve done in the last year or so. Liverpool John Moores University held its annual graduation week. Two ceremony’s a day, 5 day’s a week. I was commissioned to capture the great vibe of the week and to profile some of the many high flying students [...] Related posts:

Liverpool Supersing 2010 at Echo Arena

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:51:15 +0000

I spent Monday afternoon photographing the rehearsals for the new Liverpool School Supersing event at Liverpool’s Echo Arena. The event features numerous schools from the local area forming a kind of mega choir and MEGA they were. It’s pretty amazing hearing that many kids singing stuff from The Beatles right through to High School Musical [...] Related posts:

Phil and Laura’s Wedding Day @ Record Reveal

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:11:48 +0000

I photo blogged a recent wedding I shot over at my wedding website Record Reveal. Phil and Laura have been friends for a good few years so it was a real delight to be able to photograph their big day. Amazing weather, amazing venue – perfect. Related posts:Recent: Phil Disley Mandeville @ Hoylake Oxjam Wirral [...] Related posts:

Lucy and Chris

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:09:40 +0000

I’ve been shooting some profiles of some of Liverpool John Moores’ exceptional students over the past few weeks. Here’s a couple of ‘out-takes’ from the shoots with Lucy and Chris. Thought I’d recognised Lucy before, turns out I photographed her as part of the Twilight Garden Partyat Sefton Park Palm House last year. Mean violin [...] Related posts: