speak & spell Archives

I spent a lot of time over the past 12 months really enjoying my attempts to rekindle a love of photography.

As well as buying a new camera (a Sony DSC-H400), a definite highlight was being asked to take pictures of the brilliant Depeche Mode tribute band, Speak & Spell, at two gigs in London and Bedford (many thanks to Keith, Paul, Tony, Paul and their manager Claire)

Here are some of my favourite photos from a year behind the cameras – the forementioned Sony and an old Canon EOS 350D (and sometimes an iPhone).

sands43 — Keith Trigwell and Tony Clare, Speak & Spell

sands22 — Paul Wood, Tony Clare and Keith Trigwell, Speak & Spell

sands26 — Never Let Me Down Again, Paul Wood and Tony Clare, Speak & Spell

sands14 — Keith Trigwell, Tony Clare and Paul Boddy, exit stage-left, Speak & Spell

sands19 — Keith Trigwell, Paul Boddy and Paul Wood, Speak & Spell

sands9 — Paul Wood and Tony Clare, Speak & Spell… (this shot has since been used by the band in promotional material)

Dean Goodwin, Kloq (Speak & Spell support act)

sands5 — Tony Claire and Paul Wood, Speak & Spell

Tim Jackson, Dean Goodwin and Oz Morsley, Kloq (Speak & Spell support act)

best-of-2016-21 — Last night in Marrakech, kids and streetfood market stall hosts

best-of-2016-20 — Sunrise in the Sahara Desert, near Zagora

best-of-2016-19 — Sunset, Sahara Desert, near Zagora

best-of-2016-18 — Hotel door spyhole, Essaouira

best-of-2016-17 — Sunset, overlooking Jemaa el-Fnaa market, Marrakech

best-of-2016-16 — Souk steet diner, Marrakech

best-of-2016-15 — Recreating a classic Depeche Mode video, city walls, Marrakech

best-of-2016-12 — Stumbling across the old and the new, St Alban’s Church, London

best-of-2016-11 — First morning of “frosticles”, Bishops Stortford

best-of-2016-10 — Hedge mischief-makers, Audley End

best-of-2016-9 — Jet-lag wandering, Singapore

best-of-2016-8 — Quiet time with book, Bishops Stortford

Sensory overload in a taxi, post-12-hour flight from Amsterdam to Hong Kong

Pre-summer festival hair dye, Bishops Stortford

And… if there is one from a list of favourite photos this year, it would probably be this image from Les Dex Alpes in France.It was purely by chance that I clicked the shutter went just at the moment the clouds started to clear as we climbed higher.

It was purely by chance that I clicked the shutter went at the moment the clouds really started to clear as we climbed higher. I think the ski tracks in the snow from earlier in the day actually create a nice contrast to the cloud and sky above.

KEVIN MAY

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Favourite photos from 2016 – gigs, trips and kids