Photographer Dad. Photolog of Simon Jay Price.

Sir Reality

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:01:00 +0000

Here is the new RPS Awards Website with my picture of Ivan Fischer showing his award through his eye. He was great fun to photograph and a completely nice guy.

Flamingo

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:29:00 +0000

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Another job I like doing is being one of the official photographers for the Rosenblatt recitals at the Wigmore Hall. Here a nice shot of italian tenor ALEX ESPOSITO.

In the meantime my son posses the question is life one big highway or a giant carpark. Matchbox cars galore on the decking and ig his room.

Collide A Scope

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000

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Recently it was Record Store Day, It has a beautiful hot day at the end of April. The roads in the Berwick Street part of London were closed to traffic and the crowds were huge.

Rockshot have run some images and a story. Here is the link.
http://rockshot.co.uk/dir/7155/photography-wire-record-store-day/

In the meantime my daughter has invented a game and made a video of expanding gases.

Imagination

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:01:00 +0000

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Party photography. Working for a great party company if you want the details then message me.

My son asked when the first clocks were made how did they know what time to set it to!

Bobby Womack Le Figaro

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:18:00 +0000

Just discovered this picture of mine in the French news media Le Figaro. Very sad to see that Bobby Womack has Alzheimer disease. My Bobby Womack pictures have also appeared in the Independent News paper in the UK.

Some links to my Rockshot Images site here.

http://rockshot.co.uk/dir/5904/photography-bobby-womackdamon-albarn/

and

http://rockshot.co.uk/dir/5912/photography-bobby-womack-the-forum/

CULTURE Musique

Bobby Womack souffre d'Alzheimer

Mots clés : Bobby Womack, Alzheimer, Damon Albarn
Par Alice BosioPublié le 02/01/2013 à 17:14 Réactions (1)

Bobby Womack en concert à Londres en novembre dernier. Crédits photo : B5100/Photographer Simon Jay Price
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Le chanteur soul américain de 68 ans a annoncé qu'il montrait les premiers symptômes de la maladie neurodégénérative.

Robert Dwayne Womack, dit «Bobby» Womack, souffre de la maladie d'Alzheimer, rapporte l'hebdomadaire musical anglais NME . L'icône soul de 68 ans, dont le premier single est paru en 1954, a confié rencontrer des problèmes pour se souvenir du nom des ses chansons et de celles de ses collaborateurs.
«Les docteurs disent que ce sont des signes de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Ce n'est pas grave pour l'instant, mais cela va empirer», a-t-il déclaré selon NME. «Comment puis-je oublier des chansons que j'ai écrites? C'est frustrant. Des pensées négatives m'assaillent et c'est parfois difficile pour moi de me souvenir.»
Womack, qui s'était remis d'un cancer du colon en mai dernier, a sorti l'album The Bravest Man In The Universe en juin, co-produit par Damon Albarn, le leader du groupe Blur. «Le plus embarrassant sera quand j'annoncerai la nouvelle à Damon et que je ne me souviendrai plus de son nom de famille», a commenté Womack.

Plus de 50 ans de carrière
Bobby Womack a été intronisé au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 2009, pour une carrière de plus de 50 ans. Son premier single, Buffalo Bill, est sorti alors qu'il n'était âgé que de dix ans, enregistré sous le nom Curtis Womack et les Womack Brothers. Le groupe fut découvert par Sam Cooke qui décida de les prendre sous son aile. Dans les années 70-85, Womack fait carrière en solo, avec notamment la bande-originale Across 110th Street.
Plus récemment, l'artiste a fait les choeurs sur Stylo de Gorillaz, le groupe créé par Damon Albarn et Jamie Hewlett.

Bobby Womack avait également annoncé l'an dernier qu'il travaillait sur la suite deThe Bravest Man In The Universe, intitulée The Best Is Yet To Come, souligne le magazine britannique.
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Par Alice Bosio

Party

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:21:00 +0000

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Last week...a party! Great event hosted by Mirage Parties in Bletchingly. Recently I have worked with them on many themed parties including a Prohibition theme, Chavs and Wags and Disney.

We turn the pictures round in few days and you can have your entire party portfolio online to download or order larger prints.

School Websites

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:16:00 +0000

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Over the summer I have been working with various private schools to help update their websites.

Schools have to be even more commercial to attract new students and an up to date site with photos and design that shows off the facilities goes a lot way to attracting prospective parents.

Look out for our complete school design service coming soon.

More commercial pictures on www.simonjayprice.com

Bike Rides Through the Farm

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:38:00 +0000

On a bike ride with the kids and their sleepover fiend, ooops that should be friend, we discovered a beautiful stream that runs through the farm land nearby. Shallow enough for paddling it is a great spot for using fishing nets, catching butterflies, watching dragonflies and culling mink.

Mink? Well thought it was an otter but Farmer Dave told us all about the old Mink farms in the Surrey Hills and how profitable they were in the 1980's. However Mink popularity waned and with it the hundreds of Mink that were eventually set free from the farms.

Many were culled as they became a danger to farm animals but some have adapted to the free life in the Surrey Hills and roam around beauty spots without a care in the world.

We cycled about 4 miles my aim, of course, was to exhaust the kids and their sleepover fiend so that by the time we arrived home they would eat a little supper and go to bed.

Having arrived home at eight in the evening and then eaten I never thought they would be determined to stay up for a midnight feast. At one time I even caught their heads drooping and eye-lids closing. As soon as this happened they were put to bed and I could then read Game of Thrones, Book 61 Part 5 "A Boxing of the Ears".

Hours later the laughter and jokes from the sleepover room are still going on, how much fun can be had with a game of Tummy Ache anyway. My wife came home and found they were all still up at midnight. I think she thought tipped up boxes of dominoes, packs of cards strewn across the floor, Monopoly and Frustration fused together in a mess of packaging and chocolate not very funny.

"Where's Daddy" she asked

"Oh, he went to bed hours ago" They chirp.

"No he didn't" I shout from the room next door. I am so in trouble!

Review: WOMAD @ 30

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:43:00 +0000

Review: WOMAD @ 30

WOMAD AT 30
Thirty years ago, when WOMAD held its first Festival, it was 60 acts from 20 countries. In 2012 it’s 90 artists and bands from 40 countries, all packed into four days on seven main stages. It was the biggest WOMAD ever. Even so, it has lost none of its distinctive charm.

Needless to say, the 37,000 people who came Charlton Park are really here to listen, to discover and explore the music – and you get the feeling that for the most part they really are great listeners – but there’s so much more to WOMAD.

It’s the best of the established Festivals for the experience. Neither too big nor too small and beautifully organised – epitomised not by the giant screen organisers had laid on to relay the Opening Ceremony from the Olympics but by the fact that there’s almost always paper in the portaloos. The Festival is a feast for the eyes – not to mention the stomach – with a selection of food drawn from almost as wide a field of countries as the music. The weather was great again this year too – with just a couple of brief showers on Saturday.

For kids its a paradise. A field devoted to them includes tents full of free craft activities, story-telling, circus skills workshops, a double decker playbus, water sports (don’t ask!) and opportunities to make mud monsters and Mexican pinatas.

There are unexpected things to see and do around all corners of the main Arena, but there are real joys to be had around the edges. A particular treat is the shady Arboretum – home to the Radio 3 Stage – where you can soak in gong bath, treat your back or feet with massage, have afternoon tea or watch the kids run and play among the trees.

A new addition there this year was the introduction of The Human Library, where The Bookshop band – a trio of musos who have been inspired to write songs which tell the stories or capture the essence of their favourite books – have carved out an individual and engaging niche which inspired a small but hugely engaged audience in the comfort of large yurt. I expect to hear more from them in future as they move from bookshops to the big time.

Less of a joy for those of us with kids who get up with sun was Molly’s Bar. Here the more ordinary ‘electro-swing-jazz’ of The Mellowtones and Biscuit Head and the Biscuit Badgers seemed slightly out of keeping with the rest of the music-making of the Festival and didn’t didn’t really get going until 1a.m. Even feeling grumpy in my tent passed midnight though, I have to confess that Professor Elemental managed to turn my mood!

The most talked about act of the Festival was The Manganiyar Seduction – a 40-strong band of singers and musicians from the Rajasthani desert – in a spectacular show designed by theatrical director Roysten Abel. A four-storey stage set of little red boxes surrounded by bulbs, each filled with a single performer and illuminated at different times. Definitely the audio-visual feast that was promised.

With so many acts and artists to photograph you have to chose carefully and get your name on the list early. I arrived late on Friday and was locked out of Jimmy Cliff. Sometimes unexpected or unknown artists are a joy to photograph. BBB (Balkan Beat Box) came on stage and were slow and played a lifeless dirge for a minute or so and then they erupted in to joyful beats and dance. Throwing themselves in photogenic groups and poses. A photographers dream.

Cornershop originally from Leicester and Wolverhampton gave one of their best live performances of recent times. Their sound was crisp and their playing free and easy, I just wish Tjinder Singh would smile a bit more.

The Pine Leaf boys produced a slick show of Cajun music lead by accordion player Wilson Savoy from that fine family of players from Louisiana

Musical legend Femi Kuti took the stage in the golden glow of the day on Saturday and had the crowd dancing to the afro-beat. Ever the showman in this fathers footsteps he produces original songs that have a dance feel but still have the edge of political right cast over them.

The king of Rai Khlaed came on for a very rare UK performance. I remember when he used to be called Cheb (with means young) Khaled.
It is the big name stars who dominate the main stages but the joys of WOMAD are the smaller stages, Charlie Gillet, BBC Radio 3, Siam Tent where some of the real discoveries are made.

Alien Eggs SuperGoo

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:50:00 +0000

Recently my children were rewarded with a trip to the local shop. It was a first time outing for them on their own. (No it wasn't they, say. But I say yes it was because I am writing this!)

They were asked to spend their pocket money wisely and guess what they came back with..Alien Eggs.

Alien Eggs in their plastic cases look great and they are supposed to represent a baby alien in the foetal stage, so a scientific toy. The rubber toy has some goo around it that looks like the stuff they use to mount CDs on to a magazine. To cover the alien you need a lot of this.

My children being children were not content with looking lovingly at them from a distance decided to take them out of the egg and pour water on them to make them grow...big mistake. Once this goo gets wet it turns into some sort of superglue monster attaching itself to everything that comes into its path.

This means towels, used to dry them once they got wet, carpet under their beds that they were put on to dry out afterwards and clothing. Of course not knowing they were actually doing any of this it was a bit of a shock (I went ballistic) to find hard lumps of dried out alien goo or alien supergoo attached to towels, carpet and clothing. You cannot get this stuff off.

Needless to say Alien Goo is now banned from our house and the moral of the story is never let your children go to the shop on their own, you never know what they will bring back next!

Joe Scotland

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:18:00 +0000

Gallery Manager at Studio Voltaire. Taken for the Genesis foundation and Lufthansa Magazin.
Photo: Simon Jay Price 2012
Copyright: Simon Jay Price.

Clients: Genesis Foundation & Lufthansa Magazine

Kiril Karabits

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Classical music conductor Kiril Karabits taken at Pout Studios in London on a warm sunny February afternoon. The photos were used for his new portfolio and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra brochure.

There were plenty of interesting locations nearby and the park & playground that was used in the film "Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall" is just across the road. Here is a couple more from that shoot.

Clinets: Albion Media and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Portrait: Marc Boothe

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Marc Boothe is an independent producer and founder of B3 Media, a successful media arts agency which has been responsible for a number of innovative initiatives ranging from new media to digital cinema.

Marc Boothe @ Genesis by Simon Jay Price

He is also responsible for creating the UK-wide and award winning digital shorts film scheme, Blank Slate, which unearths new talent and explores fresh and practical approaches to showcasing film created by black and minority ethnic artists and film-makers.

Simon Jay Price's photostream

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:46:00 +0000

Simon Jay Price's photostream on Flickr.

Hamish Dunbar

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:48:00 +0000

Genesis Foundation Prize winner Hamish Dunbar for the Cafe Oto. A mix of ambient and flash at a very posh residence in Chelsea. A great night amongst very interesting and somewhat powerful people. More portraits to follow in the few days. ' '

Hamish Dunbar

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:45:00 +0000

Maida Vale Studios

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:06:00 +0000

BBC Maida Vale Studios is a place I shoot quite often. I have to say they have done a great job with the new seating layout.

The seats really make the place look even bigger and when full Studio 1 really comes alive.

Great for audience participation.

This shot was proceeded in Lightroom 4 which does a truly amazing job of correcting the balance when shooting at high ISO. There is something awesome about LR4 that makes images even sharper and crisper without using too much ....sharpening.

Olympic Ball

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000

Just a quick post about The schools Olympic Ball. They made me be official photographer...that's if they did not like the pictures. They did like the pictures so of course I volunteered and gave my time freely.

I set up a private page using the really useful Zenfolio site where ball goers could buy prints and downloads. I also offered all the proceeds from the sales to the school too!

Lots of sales so far..........................

PS: Hermann the sour dough cake is doing well and has been baked by my daughter who did all the fluid ounce (American cups) measuring and we are now making one for my son. It takes 10 days to prepare it for cooking.

Product Photography & Sausage Smells

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:31:00 +0000

A very busy week.....continues with some product photography for Evape. Electronic cigarettes!

Blended logos and white balance with levels all the rage!

The children have been very busy this week also making a "sausage" smell from herbs in the garden.

They put Chives and Rosemary in a pot covered it and asked me to smell it with my eyes closed. I thought they had put slugs or frogs in it so I refused at first then my sons toothless grin got the better of me and I smelt.

They were right it was just like sausages and no slugs or frogs, however I have obviously just given them ideas for their next surprise.

I forgot to mention that with Evape you can smoke sausage flavoured cigarettes....well almost.

Party Photography

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:14:00 +0000

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A very busy week.....2 parties, a gig, a product photography session, a wedding album and a sour dough cake called Herman.

Wedding Album

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:53:00 +0000

The children have continued with being ever-so- helpful phase, getting dressed for school (super early so they can play), Doing homework without being asked, practicing instruments without being asked an earning numerous "house points".

My beautiful wife also worked from home today so i was able to complete a Jorgensen Wedding Album. The JAD software is both a joy and a pain, I think it is time for a workflow make over.

So many double checks to make, which is good, but no of it intuitive.

More weddings and portraits pictures here: http://www.portraitsweddings.co.uk

Band of Skulls

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:58:00 +0000

What a great treat to photograph this band. They have been steadily growing a reputation in the USA and then as support for the Black Keys on their UK tour. This Southampton formed trio, they are British, have a very American look even if their sound is a mix of early Nivarna and very early Queen in terms of song structure. Their live songs are solid and violent and knocks socks of the record . [photoshelter-gallery g_id='G0000ZPiSesArx5k' g_name='Band-of-Skulls' width='600' f_fullscreen='t' bgtrans='t' pho_credit='iptc' twoup='f' f_bbar='t' f_bbarbig='f' fsvis='f' f_show_caption='t' crop='f' f_enable_embed_btn='t' f_htmllinks='t' f_l='t' f_send_to_friend_btn='f' f_show_slidenum='t' f_topbar='f' f_show_watermark='t' img_title='casc' linkdest='c' trans='xfade' target='_self' tbs='5000' f_link='t' f_smooth='f' f_mtrx='t' f_ap='t' f_up='f' height='400' btype='old' bcolor='#CCCCCC' ]

The Crypt

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:28:00 +0000

A party with a difference at The Crypt. London EC1.

I was the official photographer but the guest list was secret. So no pictures.

So here is a nice picture of the entrance sign.

www.simonjayprice.com

Beth Hart @ O2 Shepherds Bush

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Last Saturday I was photographing all day long starting with a studio shoot for a PR company in Pout Studios and then a quick dash over to Shepherds Bush to catch Beth Hart.

More images appear on Rockshot UK www.rockshot.co.uk

Ramblers

noreply@blogger.com (Simon Jay Price) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Picture of the new head of the Ramblers Assoiciation.
Benedict Southworth.

We did the shoot on Limpsfield Chart on a cold day at the beginning of December.

We were expecting snow that afternoon which eventually came in February.

For more commercial shoot information and contacts go to www.simonjayprice.com

Photographer Dad. Photolog of Simon Jay Price.

Sir Reality

Flamingo

Collide A Scope

Imagination

Bobby Womack Le Figaro

Bobby Womack souffre d'Alzheimer

Le chanteur soul américain de 68 ans a annoncé qu'il montrait les premiers symptômes de la maladie neurodégénérative.

Party

School Websites

Bike Rides Through the Farm

Review: WOMAD @ 30

Review: WOMAD @ 30

Alien Eggs SuperGoo

Joe Scotland

Kiril Karabits

Portrait: Marc Boothe

Simon Jay Price's photostream

Hamish Dunbar

Hamish Dunbar

Maida Vale Studios

Olympic Ball

Product Photography & Sausage Smells

Party Photography

Wedding Album

Band of Skulls

The Crypt

Beth Hart @ O2 Shepherds Bush

Ramblers