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It's A Sin - Live Stage @ The Wedgewood Rooms - 20th December 2013
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When the comedy club had finished like any normal Friday night The Wedgewood Rooms turns into a club night, tonight was something quite different to the norm however, This time it incorporated a Live band playing a medley of hits from the 80's and 90's the band themselves I cannot name... not because I got drunk and couldn't remember, au contraire the main reason for this being that they have only recently formed and have yet to decide on a permanent name. Continued

Ginger Wildheart's Birthday Bash - 17th Dec 2013

Well here it is Tuesday 17th December 2013, one of the most anticipated events amongst Ginger Wildheart fans since this time last year, It is of course Ginger's birthday, Happy Birthday Ginger. Most people like to take the day off for their birthday, not this man, he's so devoted to his work and having fun whilst doing it he doesn't just throw a birthday party he, puts on a gig for all of the fans, inviting friends along to play & also ends up playing himself.

For 3 hours pretty much non stop Ginger was on stage playing different instruments and singing along with 30+ guest artists. Continued

Wedgewood Rooms Comedy Club - 20th December 2013
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The final Wedgewood Rooms Comedy Club was held tonight and consisted of yet another three top acts, two of whom I have seen before but the first man up was the magnificent Mark Simmons, I strongly urge anyone who likes comedy to go and see him at his next gig, the crowd were in stitches at pretty much all of his material, even when he played a Christmas song using only a microphone his hand and his ear. Continued

Hey! Hello!. Debut Performance @ Ginger Wildheart's Birthday Bash

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Aurora New Dawn: Comedy Benefit Gig - 15th Dec - Photo Diary Only !

Suzi Ruffell With one of the support workers from Aurora New Dawn. Continued

Gran Turismo 6 - Release Notes 6th Dec

M4TOGRAPHY is leaning a branch out into the world of video games, being an avid gamer and lover of all things motorised I figured as the upcoming release of Gran Turismo 6 was imminent this would be a great starting block to verse my thoughts. Continued

The Darkness - Portsmouth Pyramids - 6th December 2013

I I remember the first time I saw The Darkness back in 2003 as part of the MTV2's 5th Birthday celebrations... and here I am 10 years later wearing the same T-shirt that I bought at that very show, well my friend Doug actually bought it for me as a birthday present back in the day, Remarkably this particular date on the tour fell into my birthday weekend also. Continued

November Sunset - 30th November 2013

Not really an event but such a beautiful and tranquil sight I just had to get some photos. Continued

Movember Spectacular@ The Wedgewood Rooms - 29th November 2013

Movember Spectacular @ The Wedgewood Rooms Continued

The Wedgewood Rooms Comedy Club - 22nd November 2013

The Wedgewood Rooms Comedy Club Photo Gallery. Continued

Portsmouth Christmas Light Switch On - November 2013

The Annual Christmas Light Switch On - Commercial Road, Portsmouth. This years Christmas lights were switched on by former Eastender Danniella Westbrook & Christopher Marlowe.
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The Wedgewood Rooms Comedy Club - 8th November 2013

The Wedgewood Rooms Comedy Club Photo Gallery Continued

Ugly Kid Joe @ The Electric Ballroom

Well what can I say, at the beginning of this week I certainly did not think I would be seeing some of my teenage favourites performing, Let alone being invited on to the stage by them, The band of course was Ugly Kid Joe who played to a sold out crowd Tuesday night in Camden Town London, U.K.J are back following their 15 year hiatus after disbanding in 1997, And they certainly know how to make a comeback tour work.
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Skid Row @ The Electric Ballroom

Skid Row played to a sold out crowd Tuesday night in Camden Town London, Starting off with a song from the new album United World Rebellion - Chapter One, the song titled "Lets Go" was a welcome surprise, having not yet listened to the newest of the Skid Row offerings the song was catchy and an excellent choice of opener another new song "Kings Of Demolition"
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IBM Fireworks Celebration Cosham

Once again King Charles Playing fields played host to this years annual bonfire and fireworks display.
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Wave 105 Fireworks @ Gunwharf Quays

Gunwharf Quays played host once again to a magnificent fireworks display and mini Wave 105 roadshow, Featuring the newest young upcoming band on the block called The Vamps along with X-Factors Tom Mann. Continued

Comedy Club @ The Wedgewood Rooms

The Wedgewood Rooms opens its doors fortnightly to some of the up and coming talent on the comedy circuit, This week was no exception with four very talented comedians and of course compère Dinga.
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The Deco: Charity Metalfest

Saturday saw a one off single stage charity festival, The festival was held at a Portsmouth pub called The Deco and saw seven bands play the stage. The festival was set up in aid of the Feel Yourself Campaign. The aim was to not only raise funds but also awareness of breast and testicular cancer, There was a bucket of bits and bobs that you could feel and somebody at hand to help you with the correct way to check for lumps and bumps.
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Policing Through The Ages 2013

Policing Through The ages 2013 was held at Portsmouth's Gunwharf Quays outlet shopping and leisure complex on Saturday the 5th October, The show included many genuine British and American police vehicles from the past up until the present day.
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Goodwood Revival - Fashion

Check out the all new Fashion gallery page here

Goodwood Revival 2013 - Revised Landing Page

This Photo Was Taken At The Goodwood Revival 2012

Keep your eyes peeled on our new landing page which is to include previews, news and reviews running up to the event, whilst the event is in full swing I shall be working through the night to keep you informed of the goings on and after the event this is the place to look for extensive photo galleries and reviews.

This landing page will allow readers of m4tography to see all articles related to The Goodwood Revival all in the same place, and provide quick and easy links to each article produced with many more being published over the upcoming weeks.

Goodwood Revival 2013 - Music

Below are a few short videos taken at The Old Speckled Hen Stage at this years Goodwood Revival, Keep your eyes peeled on this page for photos and reviews of all of the live music across the weekend. For all other reviews and photos please look at the Landing Page

Goodwood Revival - Aviation Gallery

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Goodwood Revival 2013 - Sunday

Ahh Sunday had come around again, the final day at Goodwood is always a sad day but determined to make the most of the day I set off again with a vague itinerary, first off being a Sunday heading off to the holy communion only to find none other than Rupert The Bear amongst other people taking communion. whilst the Band of HM Marines played in the background
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Goodwood Revival 2013 - Friday

Ahhh the start of another great festival, Friday was such an exciting journey across to Goodwood following some of the vehicles that were to be in the tax exempt car park, upon getting to the Revival this is the first part many people would have come across, A vast section of this years car parking was dedicated to any and all vehicles that are tax exempt.
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Goodwood Revival 2013 - Saturday

Day two at the Goodwood Revival, Looking through the programme Friday evening I had tried to make an action plan for today so as to cram as much as I could into the one day, So with my plan my aim was to head trackside, On the way I bumped into many members of the Goodwood Actors Guild in different guise
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M4TOGRAPHY Confirmed For Goodwood Revival

I am pleased to announce that m4tography has been chosen to attend this years Goodwood Revival, watch out for up to date coverage across the weekend I shall also be providing gallery and review pages after the event, for up to date information on the goings on at the Revival please check out my twitter account @M45T1N and also keep checking back to the dedicated Goodwood Revival Landing Page.

Car-Fest South - All Three Days - The Landing Page

By Sunday afternoon even the Stormtroopers were nursing headaches

The best place to look for all of the news reviews and photos from this years Car Fest South Here

Car-Fest South - The Live Stage - Sunday 25-08-2013

Amy Macdonald - Live On Stage

Sunday the final day at Car-Fest South, The cars had all finished their batches running up the hillclimb so a majority of the crowds made their way across the track crossings to get to the Live Stage area, The reason being Renee & Sinatro with the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra were about to start the evening off, I was surprised when I noticed that the female singer was in fact Renee from Renee And Renato.
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Car-Fest South - The Live Stage -
Saturday 24-08-2013

Seasick Steve Even Had A Stage Named After Him

Saturday afternoon, The first band up had raised a few eyebrows early on in the day across twitter for having one of their versions of a song played on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show rather than the official Blur recording. I did not hear the version played on the radio however the ban themselves were rather tight together and its no wonder they are the UK's number one Blur tribute act, I'm of course talking about Blurb. Continued

Car-Fest South - The Live Stage - Friday 23-08-2013

Texas Lead Singer Sharleen Spiteri Wowed The Crowds @ Car Fest South

Friday evenings entertainment started with the hour long rehearsal of BBC's The One Show, This was rather funny to observe and see how the show was to develop around the surroundings of the festival, I was at the rehearsal taking some photos of the set and presenters when Carrie Grant randomly asked me if I had a musical song that really got on my nerves, Startled that I had been asked the first thing that came speeding out of my mouth was a rather loud and embarrassing No. Carrie swiftly moved on and the rehearsal continued as I tried to hide in total embarrassment. Continued

Car-Fest South 2013 -
The Aviation

Avro Vulcan XH558 - Costs £2m A Year To Keep Flying

Speed and agility came from all forms over the weekend, Especially when out of nowhere comes am Apache attack helicopter and proceeds to carry out a full air display right above the crowds, there was all mannor of iconic warbirds in the air, The Chinook, The Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight consisting of the Avro Lancaster, Hawker Hurricane and of course the Spitfire, The Red Arrows also attended but the showstopper had to be the Mighty Avro Vulcan bomber plane. Continued

Car-Fest South 2013 -
The Cars

This Particular Aston Martin - Actually Has The Chassis Number 007

There were many racing drivers and celebrities at the show. Some were there to take in the atmosphere, some to perform on stage and some even gave us performances by driving up the hillclimb, Seasick Steve was just one of the celebrities in attendance, When he was told he could do whatever he wanted with Chris Evans Ferrari before taking it up the hill he decided to adopt a unique hands off approach to driving, which was a sight to behold as he looked like he was on a rollercoaster at the time.

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Car-Fest South 2013 -
The Showground

Knights Of The Damned - Preparing For The Joust

The three day long festival was set out to bring families together and experience a totally new atmosphere, incorporating a motor show, fairground and live music festival all in the one place. The festival also had an objective, which was to raise as much money for Children In Need as possible.
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Ginger Wildheart Makes History - Again !

Just over an hour ago the latest Pledge Music campaign launched, And with that another day in rock history was made, when Ginger Wildheart's new pledge "Practical Musician" went live, less than 69 minutes later the album had reached its 100% goal and is still gaining sales as I write.

This is now the third pledge campaign to have been launched by The Wildhearts Front man Ginger and could well be the most successful one yet, breaking all previous records Practical Musician is the fastest selling album to have been produced through the Pledge site and I'm sure it must be one of the fastest selling albums in history, The album on offer is due to be physically released before Christmas and is sure be another chart topping success. Continued

Car-Fest South For BBC Children In Need 2013 Preview

Nick Mason's £20m Ferrari 250 GTO Is Set To Steal The Show

Breaking news just in M4TOGRAPHY will be providing coverage throughout the newest festival of the summer roster Car-Fest South.

The festival hosted by Chris Evans is to be held at Laverstoke Park Farm Near Overton In Hampshire, And boasts to host a hillclimb during the day and an all out music festival in the evenings.

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Reading Festival Landing Page

Skindred Performing @ Takedown Festival

Please note this page is only a preview for the Reading Festival due to reasons beyond my control and since then making other commitments M4TOGRAPHY will no longer be able to provide coverage of the festival this year. Continued

Goodwood Revival Preview & Landing Page

Reading Festival Comedy Preview

Nathan Caton Live @ The Wedgewood Rooms 2012

Its not just music at the Reading festival, there is also a huge comedy tent which is set to see some very talented well versed comedians, also a selection of up and coming comedians will be gracing the stage, Their job for the weekend is to have festival goers in stitches of laughter, which looking at the roster I can no reason why you wont be.

Below we will look at some of my favourite comedians to watch out for over the course of the weekend.
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Reading Festival Band Preview

Don Broco @ Takedown Festival 2012

This years Reading festival is soon set to commence, Seeing a vast array of bands across eight stages and three days

In this update we will look at some of the acts that are set to play across all of the stages over the course of the weekend, compiled with photographs taken by me at previous gigs and festivals.

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Fan Funded Album - Hey Hello
Top Of The Pop-Rocks

The self titled album Hey! Hello! is sitting rather comfortably in the midweek top 20 charts. From its current rather high perch of number 12 also being the top album of its genre within the same charts. Watching over some rather hugely backed albums including Daft Punk - Random Access Memories, The Rolling Stones - Live In Hyde Park, Calvin Harris - 18 Months, Imagine Dragons - Night Visions and even topping Justin Timberlake's - The 20/20 Experience.
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Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2013
All Pages Now Linked Together

Having taken over 3,200 photographs at this years festival and so many fond memories of the weekend I am still trying to decide what photos to include and whether to add another page to the website if I cant whittle the photos down much more than I have done so far...
To Be Continued !!

Play Up Pompey Music
The Wedgewood Rooms

Two completely different genres of music played on staggered stages at The Wedgewood Rooms and The Edge Of The Wedge, coming together to raise money for The Portsmouth Football Club Supporters Trust, The Edge Of The Wedge had a series of Rock And Metal bands playing whilst walking through the central door into the Wedgewood Rooms saw a more melancholic set of bands. Continued

Don Felder - The Eagles Live @ Goodwood House 2013

Sunday 14th July I was treated to a very special performance from one of the greatest singer songwriters of my lifetime, this was made entirely special due to nobody knowing a thing about the gig until about 5 minutes before it was to start, The location of this secret gig was on a fully set-up stage inside a gazebo in the back garden of Goodwood House. Continued

Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2013 Photo Diaries

Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2013 Highlights

There are so many highlights of the weekend it was rather hard to make a concise update but I have included some of my favourite moments of the weekend although there are too many to list I may have to open another page to conclude... Continued

Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2013
First Glances & Exclusive Unveilings

Goodwood Festival Of Speed, The perfect chance to showcase your new advancement in all things speed and motorised, Be it a car computer game or even a boat managed to have its debut launch this weekend, here we see some of the highlights of the many items that were launched over the weekend. Continued

The Goodwood Moving Motorshow Presented By RAC Cars

Ahhh so we are here again ever wanted to take a test drive in that car you had always dreamed of well now's your chance, Its so simple turn up at the stand of your choice, put your name down to get an appointment time, turn up for your appointment and you are chauffeured up the hill in the car of your dreams... Continued

The Wildhearts - Earth Vs London

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The first half of the set consisted of Earth Vs The Wildhearts played in full, aside from a couple of short breather/tuning gaps in between the album was more or less seamlessly re-enacted from start to finish. Starting with “Greetings From Shitsville” to which the crowd joined in come to think of it there was not a single song the crowd didn't join in with. Continued

Goodwood - Horseracing & Trevor Nelson DJ Set

Having spent most of my childhood owning and riding my own horses, I heard about the race meet and thought it would be the ideal time to get back on the horse so to speak. Having not been to the horse-racing since a child and aside from watching the odd bit of racing on the television the nearest I had been in recent years was to watch the greyhound racing.

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Festivals Across The South

The summer is upon us yet again, bringing festival goers from all across the UK out in forces, whatever your favourite pastimes may be I am convinced there is a festival out there that is designed to incorporate it. Over the coming weeks and months I shall be attending some of the festivals and meetings across the south of England and putting stylus to notepad to offer my views on the goings on and entertainment that we have to offer here in the south. Continued

Goodwood Festival Of Speed Preview

The 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed has been brought forward a fortnight to allow for the change in the Formula 1 racing season so as to allow favourite F1 racing teams, cars and drivers to attend the festival again this
year, Top teams Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Mercedes, Caterham, Marussia, And Ferrari have all confirmed their attendance however the drivers attending are still yet to be confirmed. Continued

Southsea Beach Clean

April 24th Southsea will see a very active beach cleaning team scurrying around clearing any and all waste that may of been left behind the event sponsored by the M&S Portsmouth store team quickly filled with willing applicants of all ages, there will also be a BBQ and activities during the day but the main inspiration is to clean the beach up so that the wildlife does not have to suffer and can continue to thrive.
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Local Pet Shop Wins Award

A Local family run pet store has recently won an award, building enthusiasm and helping to convince the staff to take the shop digital in a plight to stay afloat along with some of the mainstream stores.

Buzzing pet store Arundel Aviaries And Fisheries Ltd recently won an award from the highly acclaimed fishkeeping magazine Practical Fishkeeping, resulting in them being advertised in the magazine as one of the top 10 retailers
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2012 @ A Glance

M4TOGRAPHY Features In Multi Award Winning Ginger 555% Album

M4TOGRAPHY was included in the multi award winning Ginger - 555% album, Various celebrity tweets about my photography, attending and providing coverage for the Takedown Festival And The Goodwood Revival, Festival Of Speed And Autotrader Moving Motorshow Events, Hopefully I will be invited back again this year to provide even more coverage for all of the above events.

Its safe to say that I have managed to meet and work with a lot of people that I admire whilst having fun at the same time something not many people can say. Some names include: Buckcherry, The Wildhearts, Ginger Wildheart, Inel Tomlinson, Nathan Caton, Josh Widdicombe, Zoe Lyons, Skindred, The James Cleaver Quintet, Richard Morton, Andrew O'Neil, Chris Martin, Victoria Liedkte, Jasper Blakeley, Sara Pascoe, Kobra And The Lotus, Kodiak Jack, Splinterbox, Zamos, Race Car Hearts, ZenthetiX, The Planes. The Founders Of, Housefires, Raymond And Mr Timpkins Review, Holly Walsh, Marlon Davis and The Noise Next Door To Name But A Few. Continued

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Paul-Ronney Angel - Some great shots from Gingers Birthday bash, which I had the pleasure of being a part of!

Rich Jones - Great photos from the other night, thank you! & Some fantastic photos from Ginger's Birthday Bash

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@usacopcars Hi Martin. Thanks for the pics from PTTA

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@M45T1N These are amazing!

Rubylux ‏@rubylux
@M45T1N Really great photos Martin!!!

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‏@AgeOfPilots
@M45T1N nice! And great photos too, really good site. @gingerwildheart @heyhellomusic

Fantastic Birthday Bash shots by @M45T1N: Ginger Wildheart - The Wildhearts

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@M45T1N @AlfieBoe @achrisevans @BBCCiN @Carfestevent Wow - great shot - thanks!

Really loving the @velvetinerocks shots dude, great work! - Thomas Hewson - Velvetine

Fantastic pix, duuude! Thank you!! - Victoria Liedkte - Singer - Hey Hello + Ginger 555% Project

Nice work Martin, thank you. “@M45T1N: - Stevie Dacanay - Buckcherry

Thanks to @M45T1N there's some lovely pics from last week's@wedgewoodrooms gig - Vikki Stone - Comedienne

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