http://stevegerrardphotography.com Birmingham wedding, portrait and music photographer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:23:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just before Christmas I received an email from Los Angeles. It was from a band manager looking for a photographer to shoot some portraits of a guitarist called Aydin who is hoping to take the leap into the big time and a potential sponsorship with Fender Guitars. Aydin came to the ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/aydin-rocks/ Anneliese was on her way over for a family shoot in the park when the skies blackened. By the time she arrived with her husband Richard, their three kids, her brother and his family, the weather was looking somewhat grim! I put the kettle on... Luckily it wasn't too long before ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/portrait-shoot-in-a-blizzard-almost/ At the end of each year I like to put together a round-up of the past 12 months as a way for friends and family to see what we've been up to. Quite a few read my blog regularly so will know already but for those that don't it's a ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/08-becomes-09/ After a relaxing Christmas with the family, this morning we woke up to the news that my brother and his wife, Goong, had had a baby boy at 6am. It's their first baby together and everyone is doing well. As they live in Dublin I'm not sure when I'll get to ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/my-new-nephew/ T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even Elliott! He's a bit too young to be excited about Christmas yet I suppose. We have all that to come in future Christmases I'm sure. Hopefully he'll still enjoy opening his presents in ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/a-very-merry-christmas/ As a Birmingham photographer and life-long music fan I was honoured to be invited to shoot a portrait of Black Sabbath guitarist, Tony Iommi. This man has played alongside Ozzy Osbourne for 40 years and is responsible for some of heavy metal's all-time classics. "Paranoid" anyone? No big productions, just a ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/tony-iommi/ Stef Lewandowski is the "ideas guy", super-blogger, man behind Odadeo (a great site for dads) and a good friend of ours. He has just published his list of "50 Birmingham Twitter users you need to follow" and I was pleasantly surprised to find myself about halfway down his list! Since ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/i-made-it-onto-a-list/ I'm a big fan of Biffy Clyro, especially their latest album "Puzzle", so I was pleased to get a call from Rock Sound magazine asking if I could shoot their Birmingham gig on Thursday night at the Academy. My friend Dave Musson was covering it for Birmingham Live... or so we ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/mon-the-biffy/ There are so many Birmingham wedding photographers (go on, Google it!) that it must be daunting for couples who are planning their wedding and have no idea where to start when it comes to finding their photographer. I often mention to couples that they spend thousands of pounds on the ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/wedding-photographers-in-birmingham-the-west-midlands/ Last week I got to shoot one of my favourite live bands - Canada's Cancer Bats. This is a band who put 110% into their live shows, the whole thing becoming a huge party involving both the band and their audience. Singer, Liam Cormier, has trouble staying on the stage, ... http://stevegerrardphotography.com/cancer-bats/