I recently spent the evening with two lovely young models. We had a great time but more importantly we made some lovely model head shots, to promote their careers. Earlier, I had been on assignment, to shoot some head shots for the newly appointed Chief Executive of Tees Valley Arts, James Beighton. So I took the …
Environmental or location portraits, headshots, and fashion shoots are often far more visually interesting than studio shoots. They do, however, present many challenges and require rather more effort including, learning about the subject, planning the shoot, checking and rescheduling for the weather, and logistics of moving people and equipment around. Locations Perhaps the most fundamental question …
A few weeks ago on a very cold November Saturday, I was to shoot a set of fashion photographs for Lacry Couture. Our main theme was “Duchess”. Designer, Lacry Puravu had created three outfits for this theme. Our location, the grounds of the stunning Royal Holloway University Campus, just west of London. Dark Beauty However, Lacry Couture had another, …
It was a lovely autumn day as my daughter, Rebecca, and I drove to Surrey the day before my latest fashion shoot. As we drove down the M1, we enjoyed a superb sunset. I noted the time, for scheduling the next day’s shoot. After checking into our hotel, we joined fashion designer, Lacry Puravu, who took us to look at locations …
I have been, gone, and come back from The Photography Show. And it was good. I went to take a serious look, at the Eizo monitors range, Wacom tablets, Sigma Art series lenses and the Carl Zeiss Otus and Milvus lenses. But would I buy anything? I love Carl Zeiss lenses but was dismayed to …
I have made about a dozen classic car photographs for the London Classic Car Show 2016. It has been an around the clock venture, for about 3 weeks, so far. The light and weather have not been ideal, not very often anyway. But with creativity, skill and a commitment to quality, good, things can still …
