First and foremost I have always been a photographer, starting at the age of 8 with a Kodak Brownie Box camera and by the age of 14 a French made double lens reflex the Sem Orec Semflex which allowed me to compose pictures on a 6 by 6 cm screen. Since then I have been a Nikon and Leica fan …
‘What to expect at your first professional portrait photo shoot’
You have decided that you need some photographs and someone has recommended a professional photographer to you that you think can do the job and you want to get the most out of it and enjoy the process from beginning to end, ending up with images that portray what you want in just the way you want it and that …
Some recent commissions
It has been a busy if wet summer so far, including corporate and architectural photo shoots. Here are a few examples:
Frank Godley
A recent shoot I really enjoyed was commissioned by Zib Nyatito, an entrepreneur launching the *Frank Godley UK fashion brand with a very stylish cap! The shoot took place in a trendy apartment close to Brick Lane with three models, hairdresser, makeup artist, stylist, videographer, Zib and me. Zib likes to work collaboratively with everyone making suggestions, experimenting and mixing …
FCI
I recently completed a corporate photoshoot for FCI, one of London’s largest contemporary furniture showrooms. My task was to photograph everyone in this long-standing family owned business, from the Managing Director to interior designers, project managers, accountants, fitters and drivers; captured as individuals and in groups. It was left up to me to decide where to take the pictures. For …
Big Yellow Feet
In recent months I have worked in three very different environments, with Gregory Mandry of Big Yellow Feet, a corporate video production company. In brief, I have been taking various “making of” pictures, with regard to videos he has been producing for his clients. And these pictures are for a variety of purposes including staff training, employee awards schemes and internal …