Rock Talk!

Another little bit of press, a piece I have written which is featured in Courier Newspaper's Rock Talk. This time for the 'Love Music Hate Racism' Festival that's going on at Dukes Corner, in Dundee, on Sunday. The piece is mainly about Beautiful By Design and involves a little bit of an old interview with them. Check it out below, if you want to have a read.


And as it says, the festival starts at 1pm, with many other great local acts involved, it's also free entry, so get yourself down to Dukes Corner, it should be a good one. There's also an after party at Soul Nightclub if anyone's interested. Next week I'm off to take some live music photos up in Aberdeen, so be prepared for a major photo update. This band are going to be HUGE very soon, and I've wanted to photograph them since last year!
Can't wait!
Nicola x

Behind The Scenes.

More photographs from the Airplay competition, with Beautiful By Design, during soundcheck. The main point in this blog post however is that these photos have made me want to try out some more ideas with my Photography. I'm not sure if it's the fact that there's a video camera evident in both pictures, but there's just a complete Behind-the-Scene/Documentary vibe to it, and I want to explore this point of view in Music Photography. Considering my usual style is Live and Promotional.
If any bands are reading and are interested in a few Documentary type shots, please contact me via my contact form on my website, which is http://www.nicolasharkeyphotography.com
Nicola x

Beautiful By Design, Airplay Glasgow Airport, Live Photos.

Hey guys,
Yesterday I ventured off to Glasgow again (definitely becoming my new home I say haha) to take some photographs of Beautiful By Design performing in a competition called Airplay, at Glasgow Airport.
I've attached a couple of photos below, but the important bit is for you to VOTE BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN!
The link to the website is http://www.glasgowcityofmusic.com/heat1vote.asp and you can vote there for Beautiful By Design!!
Now for some photos...
Nicola x

More Press!

Hi everyone,
Just a quick update again with some more Press, involving my Photography.
John of Beat Generator, Gig Promotions, contacted me for photographs of his previous gigs, and as I remembered I had taken a few We Are Scientists shots, I gave them to him for his new site! Here is what it looks like above, amazing right? The first, second and thirteenth photographs of We Are Scientists are by myself.
For more, check out http://www.beatgenerator.co.uk/

Above is Beautiful By Design's Myspace Layout, which I helped out with. The banner at the top features my photography of the band, aswell as individual member photos.
Check it out at, http://www.myspace.com/bbdmusicuk


Over at Radio Magnetic, Jim Gellatly used one of my photographs of The Mirror Trap, for his Podcast which featured the band in April this year. Check it out above or go to http://www.radiomagnetic.com/

Above, is the Courier Newspaper's Photography Competition, where my black and white side street photograph was featured as one of the best in week 2.
I was also featured again as one of the best in week 7, with my photograph of the lovely Mowgli, a gorgeous Black Jaguar (yeah that's his name, adorable right) Check it out below.However, that's all for now, and although I have been quite ill the past couple of days, hopefully there will be more to report soon, with some lovely photographs for you all.
Nicola x

Beautiful By Design, Band Interview.

Ever since I wrote about my photography for Scotcampus magazine back in March I had decided I really wanted to get back into writing again. So, recently I thought it would be an amazing idea to write an interview for a band, and luckily I had the opportunity to write one for the excellent, Beautiful By Design. I caught up with Lead Singer Steve to write the piece and sent it off to a magazine a short while back.
Surprisingly enough to me, the interview actually got published for a Scottish magazine called Is This Music?
I'm so happy with it, I think it looks amazing, and it's my first ever band interview! Wow!
Here's what it looks like below.
However, if you would like to read the whole thing, the link is http://www.isthismusic.com/beautiful-by-design
Nicola x

Beautiful By Design, Glasgow, Live Photos.

On Friday I went through to Glasgow initially to go to Exposure Clubnight, who were exhibiting photographs of mine, but I ended up going to Beautiful By Design's Ivory Blacks Glasgow show instead. So if anyone went to Stereo for Exposure, please tell me how it was, haha. Thanks.
Anyway, as usual, Beautiful By Design played an awesome gig. The lighting was bizarrely bright, but all in all good. It was pretty hot inside the gig though, and I think everyone who was there will agree with me, but the band played an amazing set so thats all that matters.
Here's some photos of Beautiful By Design! Let me know what you think!
Enjoy.
Nicola. x

Beautiful By Design Poster.

I was browsing down Dexters Bar's myspace page, and noticed this little flyer with my photographs of Beautiful By Design, to promote their gig on the 28th May. How cool is that? Love it!
Anyway I suggest you get yourself down to this gig, it's gonna be a good one.
Nicola x

Beautiful By Design, Dexters Dundee, Live Photos.

Just to start off the blog with some of my recent photographs. I've posted a picture of Beautiful By Design, that was taken back in February. The gig was at Dexters, and was pretty amazing, really enjoyed BBD's set, but the venue's lighting that night wasn't so good, which isn't really what I expected since I've taken photos there a few times before and everything had been great. However this time, it constricted me to probably making most of the shots black and white. Personally though, I love B&W, so it's all good.

Please don't hesitate to give your opinion on my photography, whether it's good or bad. It means a lot to know what you are thinking.
Thanks, Nicola. x

Beautiful By Design full live photo set up at http://www.myspace.com/nicolasharkeyphotography