Nikon D700
Hello,
Well it feels like a life time ago since i last made a post. But i have been a busy one with work and other commitments, so i am seriously playing catch up now, as have a large amount of images to work through.
Here are some of the images from a recent trip to Hong Kong.
A view from the highest point on the Island.
Market Stall.
On the beach, where you can see the double Shark nets.
Part of the 5.5km escalator.
View from the 5.5km escalator.
I was asked recently to do some portraiture head shots and promo shots for a fantastic stage / screen writer actress Jessica Luxembourg.
With having a little bit of notice with this shoot, i wanted to set it, in a relevant location.
I came up with the idea of having books in the back ground and so set about trying to find a willing bookshop.
I thought the best places to try would be small independently run stores, and so the search began...
They are becoming harder and harder to find. Even this store will be closed at the end of the month.
I think due to the Internet, people do not seem to visit these places any more. Even i am very guilty of this. As it is far to easy to order books from say Amazon or if going to a store we head to Waterstones as they have a huge collection of items. It is a great shame with the changing world the "small business" has an almost impossible fight to remain in the game.
This was shot in the book castle over in Dunstable,
A big thanks to the ladies who run the shop, They were great and very friendly, with out their help i do not think i would of been able to achieve my goal and so would of had to resort with another back drop.
Jessica Luxembourg is an award-winning writer
(International Student Playscript Competition, Arc Productions sponsorship, Time Out DVious Shorts Award)
Whose work has been performed at venues including the Hackney Empire,
the Soho Theatre and the Pleasance Courtyard.
Her short film "Phil's Job" was produced by Blaze, The Trail with Nick Rowe (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
in the title role and screened at the Cannes, Melbourne and Raindance film festivals. Jessica is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, and of Cambridge University.
Jessica's plays include:
Denver, Contact Theatre, Manchester (2006);
Babel Junction, Hackney Empire (2006);
The Devil's Own Goldfish Scam, Soho Theatre (2003);
Insane Jane, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, transferred to Soho Theatre (2003);
Reflecting Flesh, UEA Studio Theatre (2001);
Losing Track, UEA Studio Theatre (2001);
and Craze, UEA Studio Theatre (2000).
Her short films include: Phil's Job, Cannes, Raindance and Melbourne film festivals (2001).
Hi all,
Well, what a busy couple of weeks with re: to the photography.
Last week i had a fantastic child shoot with the little Teelan seen below,
It was the first toddler shoot that I have done. I have worked with babies before and they are great as they tend not to move....
As you can see Teelan is full of character and is a fast little runner keeping me on my feet and having to think fast.
Big thanks to the Stack family and hope to work with you again.
Over the next couple of weeks ill be posting other photography work that i have been working on,
I had a corporate head shot with a great stage writer,
some portraiture work with a model,
a couple of shots with the Dont Let Dunstable Die ladies,
plus i have started a personal project which can be seen over on the main website.
This evening around 1600hrs the sun looked stunning, and so i grabbed my camera bag and headed out, to catch a sunset.
the sun had other views and finally set behind a huge cloud.
Here are the images i took, and so i hope that i did not waste my time.
This HDR is made up of around 54 images.
Another HDR image
This was lit by an oncoming car.
A play with car lights.
I have recently been hooking up with Phil over at
Phil was running an outdoor flash lighting course and so had to attend.
I have been a fan of flash photography, but just lack the knowledge how to use it properly. So a course was right up my street to push and progress my photography.
I would strongly recommend
ran by these guys-
a day outside with a load of cool down to earth people being creative sounds more like fun to me rather then a course.
Here are a few images from the day..
Here are a few images taken for the guys over at 4orm.ltd.
They do the designs for the top bars and night clubs in and around London.
This Bar is situated in Notting Hill.
I ended up travelling over to Holland to party at Queens day in Amsterdam.
If you are like me you probably have not heard of this day before, i think it's a Dutch secret...
But WOW what a day!
The day origins from a previous Queens birthday, which the people still remain to celebrate.
The Dutch people are very much like the Brits and enjoy a good drink and party!
Queens day starts off early, where the towns people are out in force selling there possessions on the streets.
The buyers and sellers are all drinking, there are boats with HUGE sound systems booming out tunes which adds to the party atmosphere.
The sellers, then get drunk and seem to wonder off from their pitch.
As you walk the Streets of Amsterdam you turn a corner, the roads are blocked off and a DJ has set up shop with party go-errs dancing, drinking having a great time.
Here are a few images from my time there...
Today ill start with a big tip..
Don't ever throw pictures away (delete)!
Your hard drives are getting full and so you go through and delete images.. noooo!
It's time to buy a new hard drive.
You might not like an image today, but in time you may view it, with different eyes and fancy having a play around.
The following image was from the hard drive and at the time i was not too keen on them.
The Cat was a Big Hit on Flickr, I also printed this image off and gave it to the owners of the feline. They were thrilled!
I spent Christmas at work on an oil rig,
I was down in the south of England for New Year with family and loved ones.
As you are all aware the weather has been awful of late.
We got it hard in the North Sea over Christmas, I was itching to get home and have a play in the snow with the camera before it all melted.
Well, my luck was in, i’m now in Dunstable and the heavens are open, I set out to get some pictures of the snow.
The sky was dark and not looking good, I took a few shots of the people who were wrapped up warm braving the cold.
Whilst on the retreat back to the house...
feeling a bit disappointed, as there wasn't much that could be taken. I see the sky start to clear.
Oh yes, happy days....
I take my time to see what will unfold before my eyes. Some stunning colours started to come out.
I took a few snapshots of the cold and grey. My favourite piece of the weather is the cemetery scene.
