I started out as a music photographer.
Or, better, I one day decided I would bring my friend's decent compact camera to a gig and I'd take pictures with it.
They were terrible pictures. Underexposed, grainy, inventively framed. You can still look at them, and feel better about yourself as a photographer (I sometimes do).
But that's okay, that's how you start out. I will always remember, at that same concert, observing an unknown, more professional photographer waltzing around the stage, trying angles I could have never thought of and never, ever using their flash.
It was mesmerising. I still think of it as my first, fundamental photography class.
Years later, I would become friends with that photographer, but that's another story.
My point is - it could have never happened without music, and without live music.
It's still my favourite thing to shoot, the one that I do automatically, without even thinking about it; the one I even enjoy editing (!).
Some promo shoots have happened every now and then though, and it's been a privilege to have been chosen to do them. It's storytelling, it's a glimpse into what an artist thinks of themselves and who do you think they are.
It's extremely personal, but requires precision and organisation.
Here's five of my favourite portraits of musicians taken over the years - always a challenge, and always a pleasure.