Portrait Photography

The man at the wheel of Stobart

Posted by on May 23, 2013 at 3:39 am

I had the opportunity to photograph Andrew Tinkler a couple of days back for ‘A’ magazine – the publication by RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects). This was during an interview for the magazine and on a tight time frame as students from his old school were visiting the company as part of their business [...]

Free Range Farming

Posted by on May 20, 2013 at 3:34 am

Free Range Eggs – Helen and David shot for purpose. Further to receiving a brief (in the middle of winter whilst there was snow on the ground) requiring a shot depicting a middle of summer ‘look’ I had a little apprehension about the possibility especially regarding the brief requiring ‘mountains in the background’ being green, [...]

Corporate Portraits

Posted by on May 18, 2013 at 3:42 am

A recent request for a corporate portrait session (along with detailed and stylised style sheets) had me comparing this request with a brochure shoot in London a few years ago. The similarity was based on the requirement of dark background being used, contrary to the current and popular style of brighter (cleaner) backgrounds, but the [...]

In the Field – in the dark

Posted by on May 13, 2013 at 3:36 pm

‘We’re shooting the picking and delivery of new potatoes.. it happens at 3.00 a.m. but we’re going to shoot it at 9.00p.m. the day before’. OK, that should give the same effect, what do you want? ‘We need the images for POS, Banners, Header Boards, Internet.. something like this…’ ‘We have a few comments too.. [...]