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Matt Adamson Photography & Media

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About Me

Testimonials -

"Killer photos, young. A shootingstar in a sky of photographers. Deffinatly talanted and a hell of a nice guy! One of a few favourite photographers EVER! Cheers!"
- Cat, Deathstars

"Some of the best live shots I have ever seen. Always manages to capture the action at the right time, and a great use of onstage lighting too. Someone I definitely be working with in the future."
- Rich, Gods of Hellfire

"The work of Matt Adamson is outstanding, he's taken some of the best photos of my band capturing the aggression right through to the calm, the balance of the smoke and lighting is outstanding. check his work out the pictures speak more than words can put together! "
- Andy, Hecate Enthroned

"Matt Adamson is an extremely talented Photographer, Web Developer and Graphics Designer. All services he provides us with have been very reliable and more then satisfying!
I can definitely highly recommend Matt!"
- Stefan Hattinger , Rock the Nation - Band Management

"Working with Matt is a total pleasure due to the fact he is so easy to work with and also such a great person. We are more than satisfied with his photography for the Nocturnal Models calendar and we look forward to working with him again soon! "
- Malin Lindström , Nocturnal Models (Agency)


I'm a published pro photographer and freelance multimedia artist/developer based in Leeds.

I currently work long term for the band Deathstars as photographer and art director, I also work for the band Mortiis as art director and web developer. I freelance for many other companies and bands from promo shoots to product photography and modelling photography.

My skills cover a wide range from 3D animation to web development to Photography to Videography and Special effects to Graphics. I have over 8 years experience in some of these areas and 5 years in others.

My portfolio is avalible at www.Matt-Adamson.com and it contains many companies, famous bands and models that I have worked with.


If you wish to book me for any of my skills or even just enquire about what I could provide you, please use the contact page on my website Matt-Adamson.com or send me a Myspace message.


Everything seen on my page and in this slideshow is available in high quality print at various sizes. Just ask for pricing

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Everything seen on my page and in this slideshow is available in high quality print at various sizes. Just ask for pricing


More of my work is on show at my web site (Matt-Adamson.com) as well as in my blogs and gallery.


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"Im erics best friend just because i slap his ass once in a while"-cami

My Interests

    Photography 3D Modeling & Animation Graphics Design Videography Script Writing Guitar & Bass Comic Books Sculpture Music Animation Web Design & Management Movies Special Effects Prosthetics

Music:

I have worked with the following bands:

    My Ruin My Dying Bride DeathStars Mortiis Lazarus Blackstar Hecate Enthroned TrashLight Vision Stoneman Zyklon G.U. Medicine The Birthday Massacre Enslaved 1349 Faster When On Fire Screaming Banshee Aircrew Electric Eel Shock As well as many local bands
1349 | Aerosmith | After Forever | Alchemist | Apocalyptica | Arch Enemy | At The Gates | Black Label Society | Bloodhound Gang | Blue Oyster Cult | Cathedral | Children of Bodom | CKY | Coal Chamber | Collide | Daniel Lioneye | Danny Elfman | Dark Tranquility | Danzig | DeathStars | Decide | Depeche Mode | Dimmu Borgir | Dope | Dope Stars Inc | Dream Theater | Emperor | Enslaved | Epica | Forever Slave | Fridays Angels | Frankenstein Drag Queens | Hanoi Rocks | Hecate Enthroned | HIM | HorrorPops | Impaled Nazarene | Jack off Jill | Katatonia | Kidney Thieves | Kittie | KoRn | Lacuna Coil | Leaves Eyes | Linkin Park | Manson | My Dying Bride | Napalm Death | Negative | New Order | Nightwish | Nine Inch Nails | Opeth | Ophelias Dream | Orbitals | Placebo | Powerman 5000 | Rammstein | Rasputina | Rob Zombie | Samael | Satyricon | Sentanced | Sepultura | Serapis | Static X | Soil | Synical | System of a Down | Tatu | Theatre of Tragedy | The 69 Eyes | The Birthday Massacre | The Cure | The Mission | Tool | Tristania | Type O | Wishbone Ash | Within Temptation | Zyklon

Movies:

Alien | Predator | Tank Girl | Addams Family | The Thing | Spun | The Dark Crystal | Nightmare on Elm Street | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Pirates of the Caribbean | Mallrats | Dusk Till Dawn | Interview with the Vampire | Casshern | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Monty Pythons Holy Grail/Life of Brian/Meaning of Life | Barbarella | Chasing Amy | Full Metal Jacket | Dogma | Run Lola Run | The Hills Have Eyes | Edward Scissor Hands | Clerks | Pulp Fiction | Delicatessen and many more.

Television:

Red Dwarf | My Name is Earl | Lost Series 1&2 |Desperate Housewives | Blackadder | Futurama | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Books:

Alien + Predator Novels | Movie "Making Of" Books | Comic books (Dogwitch, Spawn, Witchblade, Alien, Predator)

My Blog

Published Work & Free Shoots

My work will be published next month as a running advert for PRS Guitars in the following magazines- Guitarist- Total GuitarThey will be using one of my older shots of one of their talented PRS guitar...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:37:00 PST

Current Projects - April 2007 (Deathstars, 1D Mark III, Devolution)

Its been a while since an update so here we go!Currently Ive been really busy due to being on tour with Deathstars working in various media from photography to video but I shall say no more about this...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:50:00 PST

Deathstars Limited Edition Signed Prints

Ok well here we go.I have 18 high quality prints of my photography all hand signed by all the members of Deathstars in silver marker. They were signed whilst I was working photography at the Metal Ham...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:39:00 PST

New Projects Featuring Deathstars!

Time for a long needed update to keep anyone interested up to date on my current projects and adventures!I have quite a bit of photography coming in the next few months Ive been approached and taken o...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:11:00 PST

Tragedy Struck

Tragedy Struck!Not real but geek ;)My machine known on my media network as "Mezzi" was struck down with audio problems due to a faulty motherboard! I had to return the board before I could get a repla...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:54:00 PST

Deathstars Sheffield Corporation - November 06

Here are a select few shots from my Sheffield Deathstars live and backstage shoot. There are several 100 in the full set but obviously too many to post so the below will have to do :)Remember as usual...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:59:00 PST

Deathstars Bradford Rio - 6th November 06

A select few shots from my shoot with Deathstars at Bradford Rio. There are more images from the second shoot at Sheffield Corporation at which I was also invited for a backstage shoot due to the gu...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:46:00 PST

Blood Needles

I have been working on several prop needles filled with blood! I have decided to let a few go to those who wish to obtain them. The final product does look very convincing even close up.They can com...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:06:00 PST

Hecate Enthroned Live Shots

Here are the shots I got from Hecate Enthroned when they played Bradford Rio.As usual all comments and opinions are greatly apprecaited and valued so please do leave them!...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:24:00 PST

Screaming Banshee Aircrew - The Photo Set

Whilst photographing The Birthday Massacre I got some shots of the supporting band, Screaming Banshee Aircrew. I would love your thoughts and views on them. ...
Posted by Matt Adamson Photography & Media on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:10:00 PST