New Jersey

Sorry for the delay updating the blog but I was away in New Jersey all last week shooting the band Disturbed. I nearly didn’t make it back after a massive snow storm hit the North East putting everything under a few feet of snow.
This was my view out of my hotel on Friday Morning.

American TV can sensationalise anything into a drama! ‘Storm Watch’, ‘Snow Alert’, ‘War on Snow’.

Ok there wasn’t a war on snow but you would think it was Nuclear fall out that had appeared over night the way the news channels were reporting it!

The band Disturbed have just had a #1 on the Billboard chart with their latest album and have sold 3.5m albums to date!

This portrait of Dave was taken in my hotel room. He was in a great mood and it took a while to get him to look sinister. He has a massive dog called Lisa which he had with him.

The two band shots below were taken in the venue in New Jersey. I was a bit pissed off because I had found a killer location in front of an old railway carriage but the band refused to go outside because it was a ‘bit’ cold. It was actually fairly warm at the time of the shoot. My problem shooting inside was that the Jaiggermeister fairy had put Disturbed posters all over the venue. I could of taken them down but because I wasn’t allowed to shoot outside I didn’t want to bother! As it turns out I think the shots have a certain mood to them.

Back to New York tomorrow to shoot Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary show. I’ll upload some shots when I get back.

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Fishing!

If anyone needs me I will be drunk in Cornwall with a fishing rod – trying to catch dinner?

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Blue pictures

Had a crazy long day today! Awesome shoot with a complete hero of mine who turned out to be an absolute top guy! Unfortunately I can’t say who, because it is part of an advertising campaign which is all top secret. The shots below are from one of the set-ups and they feature my top assistant Chris (who didn’t tell me to piss off once today!). The shots with the real rock star in look killer – Chris my assistant is faking it!!

‘I ain’t no faker and piss off I ain’t sweeping up anymore leaves!’

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…and the winner is!

Luisa in Portugal- Is the winner!!!!!

Luisa wins the beautiful warm toned print of Ville Valo from Him. Of course Ville is from Finland! The print is a limited Edition issue and it is signed and numbered by myself. The print is not available anywhere else in the world, but you can still get hold of one by checking out the link below.

Thanks to everyone who entered and check back soon for a special ‘My Chemical Romance’ competition next week.

Love and guts

JOHN Mc…xx

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Iron Maiden – ‘the Trooper’

The Him competition is still active! Scroll down below for details!

These are some of the shots found on the Iron Maiden ‘the Trooper’ DVD out now!

The gig was in Iceland earlier this year. Bruce flew a Boeing 757 (flight 666) to Reykjavik full of fans, played a sell-out show then flew us back again. I was knackered by the time we touched down back in London. I am just pleased Bruce managed to stay awake!


This was the view I had at 6am as we came in to land at Gatwick.

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