- 10 Aug 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Manchester, 6-10pm
Police stand sentinel over a largely deserted, occasionally fortified, reassuringly wet Manchester city centre.
read more- 10 Aug 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
- 09 Aug 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Mark & Linzi marry in Morecambe Bay
Mark and Linzi married June 18th at St Peter’s Church in Morecambe. Near the church there’s a cliff overlooking Morecambe Bay where there are some ruins, which must be a focal point for anyone getting married there. (Black Sabbath had a shoot there once too.)
read more- 01 Aug 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Punch & Judy – domestic abuse, but funny
When the policeman showed up at the end – following reports of a violent assault on a woman and baby – Punch pulling the copper’s trousers down and wailing on him with his own baton actually brought the house down. The parents look on, ill at ease..
read more- 29 Jul 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Condolences for Norway
Dean of Manchester, the Very Reverend Rogers Govender, signs the special condolence book for victims of the Norway massacre.
read more- 29 Jul 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Back to local news..
Local news stories often aren’t really stories at all. Last week among my jobs were snapping a Zumbathon – a classroom full of sweaty women in leotards, half an hour into their workout and so happy to see me – and a school fun day, which included some tiny people putting their ballet shoes on […]
read more- 14 Jul 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Life cycle of a front-page picture
You take a picture… The paper prints it on the front page.. A homeless guy uses it to keep his arse off the pavement.
read more- 06 Jul 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
My kit’s rubbish
Hired a lens for a job where swinging a 70-200 beige thermos flask thing might be a too ostentatious, so I hired a a smaller prime lens – the Canon 135mm f2. Having never used it before I took it to the park and snapped a few portraits of my housemate Tom. Of course I […]
read more- 04 Jul 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Shooting shorts on a Canon 5dmk2
Bar scene, and scene on a running track. These are two scenes I shot for an amateur short called ‘The Track’ which found itself cripplingly short of a cinematographer and kit on one of the shooting days -and I stepped in almost by accident. It’s written by Dave Pilling. directed by his brother Steve, and […]
read more- 24 Jun 2011
- Posted by Phil Tragen
In all good music stores
Back in April I posted this update (clever HTMLing there) about Ksenija – a classical accordionist I photographed in central London, to get some portraits for her album sleeve. A few copies of the album arrived in the post today – here’s what it looks like.
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