Newton Faulkner - Cambridge Corn Exchange

The Cambridge Corn Exchange is very quickly becoming a venue that I'm getting used to shooting at. As I only work 20 minutes away, it's really easy for me to get to after work and it's almost technically on my way home to Peterborough.

Last week I got to shoot Newton Faulkner for Darkus magazine. There were only two other photographers in the pit, which was great as I was shooting with my 50mm so it gave me plenty of room to stand back to get some space in the frame. My experience shooting at the Corn Exchange has been all good so far, and the security are always really lovely and helpful.

Here's a few shots from the night, you can see the full set on Flickr.

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Bloc Party - Cambridge Corn Exchange

Last week I got to shoot Bloc Party at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. The venue is only about a 20 minute drive from where I now work ( I started a new job in a January), so shooting gigs in Cambridge is quite convenient for me.

I'd seen a mix of photos from previous dates and a lot of people seemed worried about the lighting, so naturally I assumed it would be quite a difficult one to shoot. While the lighting was quite colourful throughout, at times it was spot on. The photo above is my absolute favourite from the full set! I hadn't seen Bloc Party live before, something I definitely regret having seen them now, it was such a lively show and hearing old songs definitely felt like a blast from the past.

See the full set of photos on Flickr 

Images taken for Darkus Magazine

All images © Jemma Dodd Photography 

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Pop punks not dead

I first saw Bowling For Soup over ten years ago at the Carling Academy in Birmingham. A few years ago they announced their last ever UK tour and sadly I didn't get the chance to go along and shoot it. Fast forward to 2016 and they've come back for 'another round' proving that pop punk really isn't dead.

The lighting at the O2 Academy in Birmingham was really good for this show and I'm really happy with the photos. Jaret even spotted me singing along at one point and posed for the camera!

The Dollyrots

McLars 

See the full set of photos on my Flickr

View my photos from the Birmingham show over at Mosh.

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Vintage shoot with Tayyab

My first shoot of 2016 was with Tayyab, a model who I had previously met on a shoot I assisted on. As my portfolio lacks male models shooting with Tayyab was a great way to start 2016. I decided to go for a smart/casual vintage theme and thanks to Bethany Wine and the Sue Ryder Vintage store in Peterborough we had some amazing outfits to work with. All clothing and shoes pictured is from their store!

For this shoot I shot with my 50mm f/1.8 prime lens and had one off camera flash set up with a Lastolite Ezybox.

 

These final images were taken using only natural light...

All images © Jemma Dodd Photography 

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Becki Lloyd Set 2

I really need to get better at blogging more often. This one is very delayed...

Back in March I shot with Becki Lloyd and posted the first set of images from our three sets. To make the most of our time Becki brought a variety of clothing. I also took this opportunity to try out a few slightly different editing techniques to achieve something a little different to my previous work. I also decided to shoot with just my 50mm at f1/8, here are the results...

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 For these next few shots I decided to add a pink tint to give them a vintage feel. I really like how this effect works, so will definitely be trying something similar again.

This final shot is VERY different from anything I've done for a while. I've come across a lot of merged images lately and wanted to give it a go. I really liked the background in these, so I thought I'd experiment. I don't think the results are too amazing, but there's something I really like about it.