Louise Roberts

I have been working with Jonathan on an informal basis for the past few years. Last year he went to Austin to record his debut album and in December I was brought on board to Creative Direct the whole project. The album will be released in August of this year. In the meantime there will be two single releases the first Blind Belief on April 29th. What is great about this project is the ability to utilise all my skills and talents as well as generate some new ones and to be part of a really close team. Initially I had to pull in styling, hair and makeup and create a bolder look for Jonathan without loosing his identity.  Jonathan is a singer songwriter of the pop genre and is at the other end of the manufactured pop spectrum so it was important to ensure that came across.

 

The past two months have been spent shooting stills for press, social media as well as for all single releases ... the design and build of a new website, brand and logo, plus cover artwork for the first release. I am currently putting artwork together for the Album Promo Sleeve which is used by the radio pluggers. Work is ongoing and I will also oversee all music promo's. It is a fantastic project to work on and has also given me the oportunity to work with some really amazing people ... Sara Silver, ex BMG VP – UK Marketing and Publicity, Justyna Dobrowolska (makeup artist) Timothy David (hair stylist) and Brendan @ Social Charm amongst many more ... 

Some of what I have been up too ...

 

Press Shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blind Belief Promo Single Sleeve

 

 

 

Blind Belief Single Sleeve

 

 

Website

 

 

You can check Jonathan out at www.jonathanwhiskerd.com or on soundcloud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellapaige Informal press shoot 

In January I started a project for Chiswick based World Class Nannies. I think it is also really important to work in your community if you can and support local business. World Class Teachers  / Nannies were looking to completely rebrand their businesses. I came onboard as a creative consultant for the website in terms of design and brand and then also shot all the photography neccessary for both the Teachers and Nannies websites. Imagery was used across all webistes as well as rebranding their social media platforms.

 

Again a really great project to work on as it allowed me to draw on more than one creative skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A relaxed and informal portrait session with Singer Songwriter Ellapaige.

 

 

 

 

 

The first time I got to work with both models animals made for an interesting evening! I was commissioned to shoot a promotional event for Radley by Yellowdoor PR during Vogues 'A Fashion Night Out'. We shot on location in South Molton St, New Bond Street, Trafalga Square and Covent Garden all in the space of 2 hours!

 

You can check out a little film that was shot of us all in action here 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I photographed Ellie earlier this year for the Youth Sport Trust. The images were to be used both by YST for PR purposes as well as Sainsbury's in relation to the School's UK School Games. She had been at an event at No. 10 and I got literally a few minutes with her in St James Park to shoot various different crops that could be used both in association with the sponsors as well as without - hense the tighter crop!

 

I was so inspired by the olympic games and Paralympics over the summer - barely watched anything else on TV! 

 

 

I shot the official photo gallery for Shambala last year and loved every minute of it. This year we covered it as a Burst Team. I really think that it is the most comprehensive and successful gallery to date. Shambala is a small boutique festival in the midlands with a massive heart and a lot of colourful people. This year they really excelled themselves in every way - oh and the weather was fantatsic, it was the first time in 2 years that my wellies never came close to being worn! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To view Bursts full gallery click here 

 

Our  live event photo agency Burst covered the official photography for Secret Garden Party. We took a team of 6, Danny, Andy and myself plus freelancer Richard Johnson and two interns. I co-ordinated the team and spent more time managing the gallery, liasing with the client and editing content - however I did manage to get out with my camera a little ...

 

 

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To view the full Burst Gallery click here 

 

I was commissioned by Capital Radio to shoot The Summertime Ball as part of a 4 strong team of photographers. We were uploading images to the Capital Website throughout the concert so worked in pairs, one shooting whilst the other edited. I was tag teaming with a great photographer  Carsten Windhorst. We were given side of stage to shoot which is an amazing place to shoot from although it was technically tricky due to a smoke machine positioned right behind to our shooting position! Although all images were uploaded to capital in colour, I felt that some of my images were better suited to black and white for my own portfolio. 

 

Here are a few of my personal favourites.

 

Justin Bieber

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessie J

 

 

Glade is an electronic music festival now run by Secret Productions (Secret Garden Party / Wilderness).  You can find all the Secret Productions trademarks here alongside a pretty awesome electronic lineup ... My highlight of Glade was to go up in a small 2 seater plane a couple of times to shoot ariel shots for the festivals production team which was awesome, ticket holders were also able to go up for a small fee!