Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland'

About Me

About Jason Bell

In the viewfinder so far...: Altan, The Deans, Maranna McCloskey, Furlo, The Jane Bradfords, Hotter Than Hell, Hijack The Bride, Dying Breed, Cutting Teeth, Zero Resistance, Barefoot, Inishowen Gospel Choir, Nice 'n' Sleezy, Farago, Kent Duchane, Dominic Kirwan, Citizen Snips, Gratuitous Violets, MairÃ©ad NÃ Mhaonaigh, Ben Ruth & The Convulsions, King Bz, Ronny Greer, Manus Lunny, The Illegals, Paul Black, The Motion, Stevie Martin, Angus, Bleeding Saints, The Dangerfields, Tommy Shots, The Dirty Words, The Bishops, Justin Black, Luan Parle, Kerr In The Kommunity, 1713, Artistry, Beatlegras, The Knotty Pine String Band, Corinne West...
Jason also is freelance photographer for the Northern Newspaper Group shooting pics in the Constitution and the Chronicle. In September 2007 Jason was invited to photograph the Foyleside Fashion Show at the Millenium Forum and a number of pictures were used in the Winter Foyleside magazine.

Photogig Diary

21st December 2007 - Rock The Valley Xmas Party
31st December 2007 - Rock The Valley New Years Gig
1st January 2008 - The Deans @ The Inn, Limavady
18th January 2008 - Rock The Valley: Dangerfields, Bleeding Saints & Angus
25th January 2008 - Rock The Valley: Citizen Snips, Tommy Shots & The Dirty Words
30th January 2008 - Children In Crossfire Fundraiser
2nd February 2008 - Luan Parle @ RTV, Limavady
10-15th March 2008 - Belfast Fashion Week, Baby Grand, Belfast
25th April 2008 - Payola, The Dirty Words and Gratuitous Violets @ The Lair, Limavady
29th April 2008 - Corrine West @ Crusoes, Castlerock
2nd May 2008 - Gratuitous Violets, Dirty Words, Kerr In The Kommunity, The Tommy Shots, Bleeding Saints, 1713, Artistry and Citizen Snips @ Danny Boy Rox, The Lair, Limavady
4th May 2008 - Corrine West, Beatlegras and The Knotty Pine String Band @ Radisson Roe Park Hotel, Limavady
11th June 2008 - Limavady Jazz & Blues Art Exhibition launch night.
12th June 2008 - Photoshoot
12th-14th June 2008 - Limavady Jazz & Blues Festival
17th July 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week Press Launch
18th July 2008 - Shackleton Charity Festival
19th July 2008 - Shackleton Charity Festival
20th July 2008 - Shackleton Charity Festival
2nd August 2008 - Country Fest Dungannon
3rd August 2008 - Country Fest Dungannon
15th August 2008 - Stendhal Festival
16th August 2008 - Stendhal Festival
17th August 2008 - Stendhal Festival
5th September 2008 - Rock The Valley/Lucy Gallant
16th September 2008 - Charity Fashion Show @ Chic, Limavady
20th September 2008 - Jason Smyth Homecoming Parade, Eglinton
20th September 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week
21st September 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week
22nd September 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week
23rd September 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week
24th September 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week
25th September 2008 - Foyle Fashion Week
16th October 2008 - Belfast Fashion Week
17th October 2008 - Belfast Fashion Week
18th October 2008 - Belfast Fashion Week
29th October 2008 - Private Commercial Shoot
30th October 2008 - Private Music Shoot
24th April 2009 - Private Wedding Shoot

About Jason Bell

First things first! - I am not Jason Bell the celebrity snapper from London. Though I don't get any request from folk thinking I am him, I am not. We just have the same name. If you want to look at his stuff then click here .I offer unsigned bands package deals for music photography where they can use images taken for MySpace pages, print and poster work etc. Full licenses are issued so everything is kept above board.
Live shots are available for use as well, rates vary depending on usage (From Myspace profile to full poster campaign, I can accomodate). Please message me for more details.

My Interests

Always interested in meeting designers, musicians and creatives. Unsigned bands are more than catered for, I also am able to offer CD/Poster/Promo design and creation.

I'd like to meet:

I'm sure there's a whole host of people I'd like to meet, I just can't think of them right now.

Music:

The record collection....Tackhead
Doug Wimbish
Mark Stewart and the Maffia
Gary Clail
On-U-Sound
Dub Syndicate
Nickel Creek
King Crimson
Trey Gunn
Tony Levin
B52's
Chic
Alison Krauss
Bela Fleck
Level 42
Salvador
Suzanne Vega
Davy Spillane
Delores Keane
Maura O'Connell
Jerry Douglas
Altan
Capercallie
Skip, Hop, Wobble
Primus
Adrian Legg
John Otway
Iona
Gil Scott Heron
Stanley Clarke
Jaco Pastorius
Ian Dury
Nanci Griffith
Matt Seattle
Barbara Dickson
Mary Black
Keiran Goss
Don Schiff
Jim Lampi
Kent Duchaine
Beatlegras
Corinne West

Movies:

This is Spinal Tap (one of the funniest films ever made). Paddy got me into The Mighty Wind which can only be described as the folk version of Tap, it had me crying while I was full of flu.
Pulp Fiction (the best film ever made)

Television:

The Mighty Boosh, Bill Bailey and I'm pretty much hooked on Desperate Housewives. Then came along Heroes and was mega hooked thinking that I'd never get into it.

Books:

And I'm looking for....

Heroes:

Thanks to Strobist's wonderful site I've got into a bunch of really creative people: Joe McNally, Chase Jarvis, Zach Arias, there's a long list. Then there's the Fuji S5 users who have advised me over the last six months, Simon Green, Philip Cuenco and Jerry.

My Blog

Limavady Jazz & Blues Art Exhibition

Once again, by the seat of my pants, I'll be exhibiting some of my music photography at the Limavady Jazz & Blues Art Exhibition. It's being held at the Lifelong Learning Centre in Lima...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

Corinne West and the incline to the Danny Boy Festival.

So Danny Boy is upon us once again, this year the bill is looking great as there's a lot of bluegrass acts on. I caught up with Corinne West last night at Crusoes in Castlerock. Between se...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:00 PST

Luan Parle and Justin Black - Rock The Valley, Limavady 02-02-2008

There's something about Limavady gigs where as soon as you enter the venue the timezone changes, Limavady Standard Time (LST) is +2 hours to the official start of the gig. Luan Parle arrived fres...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:29:00 PST

The Dangerfields, Bleeding Saints and Angus - Rock The Valley, Limavady 18.01.08

Another Friday and another night with no lights, not a complaint just a mere observation... When I arrived Angus were already on. I have to take my hat off to Steve and Johnny as they got the so...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:43:00 PST

The Deans/Gratuitous Violets - Rock The Valley - New Years Eve

Timing is everything they say, tonight was no exception. Before the Rock The Valley gig I had the small matter of Roe Valley Christian Radio to photograph, that all went well and even better whe...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:10:00 PST

Rock The Valley Christmas Party - 21/12/2007

Rock The Valley gigs are normally good on the whole. I actually thought I was running late back from Coleraine but it turned out that even tramping in at 10:25pm I was still catching the start o...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:55:00 PST

Glasgowbury Stuff

It was a great festival, it's also the first time I've been to it so I wasn't too sure what to expect. Because I was playing bass for Paddy Nash I didn't take a great deal of shots, but I did get: Far...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:51:00 PST

Going to Glasgowbury?

I'll be available to take live shots during the Glasgowbury Festival, though I'll be onstage myself from about 6:30pm with Paddy Nash. If you are interested in having your band photographed for promo/...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:38:00 PST

Citizen Snips at Rock The Valley, Limavady

An interesting night to say the least. I didn't get to catch all the bands, my main photos were of Citizen Snips. The lighting was really up to much so it was a hard slog to get anything d...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:28:00 PST

Cows and airports

..> One of my regular gigs is to freelance for the local paper. I took a little time off to sort a bunch of other things out... until... City Of Derry Airport gets closed by the CAA over safe...
Posted by Jase Bell - Photographer in Northern Ireland' on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:27:00 PST