London Photographer Bernie Greene

Several months ago Dave Press and I met up for an ideas session on promo images. We had coffee and talked and I came up with an idea he wasn’t sure of at the time. Nevertheless I did shoot several images for this idea. When it came to processing I didn’t think I had all the parts I needed and so didn’t even begin to put them together. The missing ingredient was a jukebox and I hadn’t got one. Time was limited and finding the right jukebox wasn’t a priority. Other images were made. They were used and the original idea was forgotten.

Until a few hours ago. Then I was looking over some images for another purpose entirely and I came across the girl. I loved the shape. I guess I’m funny that way. And so I played around with it and then remembered what it had been shot for. Just for the hell of it I decided to go ahead with a different composition and see how it would turn out without the jukebox. I think it turned out okay. The jukebox was more of a prop rather than a character in the original idea. It was to be there to provide the “motivation” for the girl.

But the main point of the image was layers of interest and depth. I wanted to see if I could have an obviously sexy woman in a major part of the frame and for her to somehow not be the centre of interest.

You be the judge. What is the story here? If you had to write a caption about it what would it be?

…. from last Saturday’s live band shoot. This is the guitarist from Tenyson. When I get his name I’ll edit this.

Tenyson Guitarist

As mentioned a week or two ago Roger Nunn wanted some promo type images. I’d been looking forward to this session for a while and had dreamed up a few scenes. On the day the weather wasn’t kind and it was also quite late in the day when we began.

We started on a roof in the heart of the City of London.

Looking south towards the Thames.

Looking north. Yes that is St Paul’s Cathedral.

Looking west toward Blackfriars. It was quite tricky getting Roger on to that platform. I told him I was insured but he still took a little persuading.

Roger is basically a nice guy but looking like one isn’t always called for. So we went for a sinister kind of thing here.

And lastly the sulking in an alley type look which is compulsory for all rock musicians. In this case Roger wanted coffee and there was none to be had.

Recent posts have drifted away from Rock and Roll so this is to get the blog back on track. Louise was fun to work with. This was shot on the roof of her flat somewhere near Holloway in London one evening about a year ago I think.

I’m about to move and I’m not entirely sure where I’m going yet but will likely arrive there within the next day or two. I’m aiming to do a lot more work along these lines in the near future.  So if you’re any kind of artist reading this and you like what you see let me know.

This project began months ago. It involved three seperate shoots and a lot of post work.

I’ve known Dave Press for more than a decade and always respected his musical ability. So when he asked if I would shoot some work for publicity posters and an album cover I was delighted. We discussed a lot of ideas but in the end went with something completely different to our initial thoughts. These are some of the results.

Press Gang poster

This was shot as a poster with space for tour details etc.

Press Gang CD/Album cover

This one is the intended album cover. Shot in a pub car park in Merton (The Prince of Wales). The pink Cadillac was possibly the most beautiful vehicle I have yet seen.

Dave

Some individual shots of the band members starting with Dave.

Jim

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This is Jim the bass player.

Roger

And Roger the drummer.

I like working with musicians. Let’s have some more.

The Press Gang

There are quite a few images that have not yet been published building up and waiting for clients to make final choices. The above was sneaked out on Facebook by Dave Press himself so I’m putting it out here as well. There are many others.