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Welcome to Front Rows, Pits and Pavements, the website of photographer Carsten Windhorst (that would be me). Click on any of the four categories below - i.e. Live Photography, Portrait Photography, Video Production Stills, Reportage - to see a selection of my portfolio shots or scroll down to read my blog. To find out more about me, check out my Biography or head to the Tearsheets section of the site to see where my photos have been published. Last but not least, if you want to get in touch, please send an email to info@frpap.com. Enjoy your stay!

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NEWS
Where, when, why, what...

3 SEPTEMBER 2010
Blink and you miss it

Well, it's been an interesting week - one that feels like it's flown by in seconds. On Wednesday I shot The Eels at Brixton Academy. The release form I had to sign had been amended to say I could shoot the first FOUR songs. Very generous indeed - but they could have just have us shoot the third song only as the lighting during the other ones was non existent.

On Thursday I had the X Factor (well, of sorts) when I photographed Louis Walsh and Kian of Westlife with Wonderland, the new girlband they are both managing - in west London. A job that was over so quickly that I felt I hadn't really had time to get the best out of my subjects, but unfortunately it was out of my control.



29 August 2010
Vision One

I was back in gig mode on Thursday night when I shot Band of Horses at Bush Hall in west London. Not the greatest venue to shoot a band at due to the terrible lighting - 3 coloured single spot lights on the far right hand side of the stage and 3 single spot lighs on the far left hand side of the stage. You get the picture. The photos turned out OK - in fact, I got some really nice ones but overall I think it was a pretty average shoot. Photos to follow soon-ish.

Today I headed to trendy east London to do a quick shoot with Greg and Marco from up and coming band Moon Visionaries. See photos below if you're interested...



27 August 2010
Wear and tear

It's been ages since I last posted a tearsheet update on the site. Not that I mean to brag but there are too many tearsheets for me to post now so here are a few recent ones. Robert Plant at Stubbs in Austin, Texas in July, and Kings of Leon (plus support acts) at Hyde Park in June.



25 August 2010
V gehts?

Is that a V Festival gallery link I see down there? It most certainly is! Having said that this is only a very small selection of the shots I took at V. It's a start though so go and have a look!
View the 'V-Festival 2010' gallery



24 August 2010
Getting there

Yes, updating the site has not been a regular activity for me over the past few weeks but look on the bright side - once things slow down I will have enough unseen archive material to keep this blog going. Anyway, last week I headed to Helmsley - the home town of UK band One Night Only - to shoot their single launch gig at their local pub, the Royal Oak. As you can imagine this was a rather interesting gig to shoot, and the only way to get tickets was to enter a competition so the people that turned up were proper hardcore fans. The show itself was prett crazy - but not overly wild (hm, is there a difference?). I think what I'm trying to say is that I did not get trampled to death. Hurrah! The One Night Only guys are lovely chaps and spent an hour after the show talking to their fans, having their photos taken with them and signing stuff (including body parts!) which was a nice way of getting some reportage type shots of them.


In other news (surely the most over-used phrase on this blog), I did another shoot with my new favourite "models" Mabbs & Justice the other day. The guys asked me to do their press shots so following the outdoor session in Hyde Park I took some more photos of them in a studio. Enjoy!



23 August 2010
The Wanted

Earlier today I got caught in a little siege when I delivered some photos to one of my clients. Little did I know that The Wanted were going to drop in at the same time as me so when I arrived I was welcomed by a mob of screaming girls. It was only when I went inside and saw the band come in behind me that I realised the screams weren't for me - OK, I had actually worked that bit out before. It proved slightly tricky getting out of the building again as the girls had now moved and were standing right in front of the door, but luckily a security guard was at hand to push me out of the door without any concern for my safety. To mark this special occasion I have decided to post a few shots of The Wanted from their appearance at Westfield Shopping Centre a few weeks ago. And I thought shopping mall shows only existed in Tiffany videos (YouTube her, if you don't know what I mean).



14 August 2010
So much for regular updates

OK, it's been a little bit quiet on the gig front and the only show I had a pass for this week and that was actually worth shooting was Lady Antebellum at the Shepherds Bush Empire - my favourite venue in good ol' London town. Unfortunately, we had not been told in advance that this would be a mixing desk shoot - not sure why this band is already having delusions of grandeur. Anyway, as I had specifically swapped my 70-200 lens for my 14-24 one for this shoot there was no point in staying so I gave my pass to one of the photographers whose name had been left off the photo pass list by mistake (my good deed for the day), and headed straight home again.

In other news, on Thursday I did a shoot in Hyde Park (and for any smart arses who read this and happen to be familar with this large green space I should add that I started out in Kensington Gardens before crossing the border into Hyde Park) for a photo shoot with Mabbs & Justice, a "London-based all-round comic duo who love to make you laugh." (I have taken this from their Facebook page). Probably one of the most enjoyable shoots I have ever done.

Before I say Ciao Ciao for another few days, here are two shots of Tiffany Page taken in Manchester at the beginning of May. Tiffany is a new artist who will be releasing her debut album next month and she gets a big "Thumbs Up" from me for being a super lovely and nice person.



6 August 2010
A sign of life

I've been somewhat busy over the past few weeks which is why there haven't been any site updates...not that anyone would have noticed, of course. Anyway, at the end of July I headed to sunny Texas for a shoot with Robert Plant but as usual I can't tell you too much about this one yet - do stay tuned stay tuned for more details though. Upon my return I was asked to shoot boyband of the week The Wanted at a shopping centre in west London, and I can honestly say I'd never heard an audience scream like that. It was deafening! In other news, earlier this week I spent 13 hours shooting video stills in north London - and those of you who follow this blog know that I love taking stills. And to conclude this lousy update - yesterday I shot Manic Street Preachers at their secret gig at the Working Men's Club in west London. There should be regular updates again from now on so feel free to come back...

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