James Hope photographer

2009-06-29T13:43:00.001-07:00

few more shots from the MOJOs , seasick steve , joe elliot & ian hunter and the legend johnny marr .

2009-06-29T13:35:00.000-07:00

well ive had a few months of due to personal circumstances,life gets out of control every now and then , but , had a great start back covering the MOJO awards in London , great day made even better by the people who i got to meet and photograph , shooting stars like Yoko Ono , yes Yoko Ono!! Chris Rea , Mark Ronson & Paul Weller to name a few , i had a top time , made even better from my client on the quality of my images ...

2008-11-25T11:30:00.001-08:00

few shots from the extreme gig on sunday night .

2008-11-24T05:04:00.000-08:00

well i interviewed and photographed Justin Hawkins last night , strange 20 mins , he seemed quite quiet , everything was answered but in a round about way , although the eurovision question didn't go down very well , Hotleg themselves are just like marmite , you will love or hate them , Extreme showed just what we have missed for so long , great first half of the show , strangely pear shaped after that untill last 2 songs , for me Gary Cherone stole the show , what a front man , IL hopefully have some shots tomorrow night .....

2008-11-23T05:36:00.000-08:00

Great day yesterday , started shoot at 1 from the brides house , arrived at venue and the weather took a turn for the worse , got the group shots outside but had to quickly get the hotel staff to strip down the ceremony room to continue the shoot inside , so dissapointed with the weather felt like minus 10 , going through the shots whilst batterries get a recharge for tonights Hotleg & Extreme shoot , interviewing Justin at 6-30 , rock and roll.........

2008-11-21T12:55:00.000-08:00

busy few days , shot Opeth on Wednesday night , nice evening of black doom metal , Saturday im photographing a wedding , Sean & Rachel just ouitside Oxford at a very nice golf/spa resort , then on my return sunday its straight to the academy in Birmingham for a meet up with my favourite camp rock star , Justin Hawkins ( ex the Darkness ) who now has a new band called Hotleg , looking forward to seeing him again , and then the headlinners of the evening are Extreme , the massive rock band from the 90s , back on a reunion tour , very busy but should be fun , il get some opeth shots up when ive got a mo ........

2008-11-11T11:02:00.001-08:00

Met up with "the stone gods" again on Wednesday night , great to see them again, they even remembered that last time we met i had my son Bradley with me , they have come along way since "the darknes"and the exit of Justin , their new classic rock style is awesome , and with Ritchie heading things up from the front you cant go wrong , they are all top blokes , i could do with more than 20 mins with them , time goes so quick , rock3`s interviewer Mel did a great job and kept the lads in order , Headlinners Airbourne were amazing , just like AC/DC with Bon Scott , pure 100 % rock and roll , Joel the lead singer introduced himself backstage , happy chap , but then again you would be fronting the new kings of rock and roll and with all the awards their getting .
Thats my boy !

Derron & Kathryn 01/11/08

2008-11-11T10:59:00.000-08:00

Met with Derron & Kathryn at Ardencote manor to discuss the wedding plans , a beautiful morning , although really cold , its a great setting with a golf course / lake / stunning greenery , a photographers dream , and yes Derron , your very photogenic

Hotleg

2008-08-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

The return of Justin"Dave"Hawkins , The Darkness front man returns with his new project "Hotleg" its camp rock at its best...

Thin Lizzy

2008-07-31T13:10:00.000-07:00

The legendary Scott Gorham , straight down the lense......

whitesnake

2008-07-31T13:00:00.000-07:00

out of all the shoots this year , this whitesnake shot still remains my favourite .

slaves to gravity

2008-07-31T12:53:00.000-07:00

slaves to gravity , tuesday night in birmingham , these are gona be massive , they look the part , sound the part , even bought the cd whilst there...!!!!!!

welcome

2008-06-27T07:20:00.000-07:00

hello and welcome to my new blog site , i had been toying with doing this for a while , then , a friend of mine , Michelle, who is shooting for "rock3" and also "brumlive" , a top midland based site keeping people informed of gigs with reviews and pictures , so , i had a look at the site , and thought what a great way to post your shots and thoughts quickly and easily , so yes , here's mine , all you need to know about me is in the"about me" area , along with what else I'm up to , IL try and keep things brief with load of photos , so i hope you enjoy occasionally checking it out , thanks , James ....

recent shots

2008-06-27T05:28:00.000-07:00

i was going to put up a few archive images but then i thought , you can just check my myspace or website for that , so il start a fresh with upto date gig shots , its been a proper busy fortnight , what with download / NASS 08 / all the pre-download gigs ,then whitesnake / def leopard / bon jovi etc . so i will start and add images to the blog . James