Archive for July, 2013
‘I could hear the sound of some sort of activity but it was so dark down there I could see nothing..’ The installation of a 55km water pipe was an interesting project to photograph. After a late afternoon phone call on a Friday followed by an early Monday morning site induction I was ready to […]
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 […]
[SCREAM] At the speed of light and in freezing wet conditions.. it always happens like that.. If only 23 seconds didn’t take over 24 hours. Need these by the end of weekend – that means you have one night and one morning.. !! Weather dependent? You must be joking! “We have some time lapse footage, […]
Working fast comes with the territory. Moreso when working around a film crew. I’m very used to having to work fast, in fact, a lot of preparation time is used providing ways in which the camera and lighting equipment works together to create the best results in the shortest possible time. When working around a […]