What's new with you since we last checked up on you?

Things have been so busy! I've been working on loads of different things. I've been taken on by a music photography agency called The Shoot Group' (www.shootgroup.com) which I am really happy about because they are a very well respected agency. I recently signed a contract with NME magazine, which has meant I have been shooting some amazing artists. I have also been doing some music advertising work with Red Stripe lager, and starting to work with more record labels. I'm just generally working with a lot of up-and-coming bands and shooting more than ever, really.

It sounds like you are really busy at the moment, is that rewarding to see?

Absolutely. I mean, it's been my dream to be doing this for a while, and seeing that dream start to materialise, I don't think it gets much better. Well, John Peel seemed to think so, and that's good enough for me! I know that I am very much still at the beginning of my career which is really exciting as I know there is so much still to come.

What's it like being with an agency like Shoot Group'?

As I mentioned before Shoot' is probably one of the most prestigious agencies around, it only has eight photographers and they are all really respected in the industry, some of them have been leading names in music photography since as far back as the 70s! It's funny, I remember buying the May 2007 issue of Professional Photographer' magazine and reading an article about Dean Chalkley, one of the biggest names in the UK. I was already a big admirer of his work, and it was at that point that I properly realised I wanted to become a music photographer. Then less than eight months later I found myself on the same agency as him! I've got some of my work alongside his in a big exhibition the agency is putting on in London next year. It's a great privilege to be associated with such a company, especially being only the ninth and youngest photographer they have ever taken on in their 20-year history.

You mentioned that you'll have some work involved in an exhibition next year, can you tell me more about that?

To be honest, I don't know much about it yet. It will be next year and possibly in the national photographer's gallery in London, but I don't think it's been officially decided yet. It will be a display of some of the best music photography over the past few decades from all the photographers at the agency. We each get to exhibit our own pieces, but as it will be a Shoot Group', we will all collectively decide what work of each other's will be put out.

You have obviously reached a very high level in your field. Is it now more difficult to improve than when you hadn't reached these dizzy heights?

I think any photographer who says they can't get any better has ironically much more to learn than they realise. I think you only stop learning if you lose the passion to push yourself further. You can know your equipment inside out, but creativity, dealing with different people and the different environments you can be placed in are things you can never totally master. So yeah, I think I can still improve and hopefully my work will keep improving as my level of experience grows.

Is there anywhere for people to view any of your work now?

My website hosts a selection of my portfolio at the moment; you can see the best of my music work on there (www.photographybypip.co.uk).