Jodie Ponto Photography

Spring has finally sprung (in Nelson, BC at least)!

EXHIBIT A:

Although I’ve seen the sun a few times over the past few months, today is the first time all year I’ve actually felt warmth radiating from it. I celebrated by basking in a leisurely sun-drenched dinner on my front porch and walking one block to the grocery store in my slippers to procure dessert making supplies.

EXHIBIT B:

People are flooding out of their homes and are taking to the streets everything they usually do inside – for example, painting.

Flying – no longer just for birds & big ol’ jet airliners.

Here are some things that only ever happen in England.

1. Master thatchers.

(Photo of The Red Lion Pub in the village of Avebury which claims to be the only pub in the world enclosed by a stone circle … and Europe’s largest stone circle at that)

2, Gentlemen operating heavy equipment dressed in a classy suit-jacket & cap.

(Photo taken in Camden Town, London)

3. An eccentric gentlemen named Alistair who picks your colonial cousin accent out of the crowd and takes you on a random, whirlwind tour/pub-crawl of Exeter.

(Photos taken in front of Exeter‘s main square & cathedral)

4. Taking Copious amounts of self-timer portraits in churches & cathedrals.

(Photos taken in Avebury‘s St. James Church)

5. Hotels with revolving doors and elevators that are so hobbit-like you can hardly get your gear into the building, let alone up to your room.

(Photos from Hotel Britannia in London)

6. Befriending the infamous Pewsey Rugby Dance Troupe.

(To see a video taken last year of Pewsey’s  rugby dance troupe click here)

7. Blue Cider.

(Photos from The Coopers Arms in Pewsey)

I was just reminded today that I had some un-posted photos kicking around from last month when our pal Jon Wilson joined Miss Quincy & Tyler Toews onstage for an electric Uppingham reunion (at Don Paddy’s). Cheers Jon and here’s to next year’s electric reunion!

Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.

The photos below are from a dawn video shoot at Stonehenge.

To see photos from the tour bus en route to Stonehenge click here. To see photos of the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge click here. To see photos of recording at Assault & Battery Studio click here.

Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.

The photos below are from the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge.

To see photos of the rest of the adventures at Stonehenge click here. To see photos from the tour bus en route to Stonehenge click here. To see photos of recording at Assault & Battery Studio click here.

Meet Rocco Hercules Sumershire:

Meet Jib Frombroffits:

The Battle of Stonehenge:

Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.

The photos below are from their tour bus on the way to a dawn video shoot at Stonehenge.

To see photos of said Stonehenge visit click here. To see photos of the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge click here. To see photos of recording at London’s Assault & Battery Studio click here.

Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.

The photos below are from their recording session at Miloco’s Assault & Battery 2 Studio in London, UK.

To see photos from on board their tour bus click here. To see photos of a dawn video shoot at Stonehenge click here. To see photos of the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge click here.

Sometimes when all you’ve been photographing for months are music related subjects you go for a stroll up Primrose Hill in London, England and find yourself uncontrollably & ravenously stalking cute old men, children, and puppies with your camera.

If you’ve noticed in my previous posts a weakness for wonderful man bands (like Winnipeg’s The Crooked Brothers and Victoria’s The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra) it should come as no surprise that my favorite band in the entire United Kingdom is Brighton’s The Mountain Firework Company.

Since first hearing their record Samurai last year I’ve been scheming the many ways I could bring them to Canada so I could see them live … but on the eve of heading home from the UK last week I was finally able to see them perform (at what would probably be my favorite pub if I lived in Brighton -  The Greys).