Archive | February, 2011

  Stage, Theatre and Film Photography – Why? Taking production photos or stills seems like an idea almost juxtaposed to theatre, stage and film. Trying to capture defining image of a living or moving production in non-moving silent format seems like a fools undertaking. And yet that is what is so exciting and so fascinating. Trying to create a concise point of reference to sell the show, is what engages me with theatre photography.   …

I was asked to help basketball player Philip Ip produce photograph some headshots and sports modelling images for his portfolio. My plan was first to create a studio space using a backdrop and my 2 trusty Nikon speedlights making good use of the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS). The photography shoot was to take place in a local gym, it was in the late afternoon so about halfway through the shoot the light began to …

You can just imagine the outrage in the Daily Mail… It’ll raise house prices, give you cancer, we’ll be swamped by immigrants…. Ok, maybe it’s not that radical, but as part of my service to actors I’m offering to set up a small, simple, and very effective headshot portrait studio in their own front room. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Using the Nikon creative lighting system (CLS for short) I can be up …

I guess it’s something all actors take for granted but when I started on the road to becoming an actor I didn’t have a clue as to what constituted a headshot. As far as I was concerned it was good enough for me to pop down the local high-street photographers (which is sadly no longer there) and get a nice portrait and job done. And he did a good job, a lovely classical mottled background, …

I have a long standing relationship with Big Wooden Horse Theatre Company, having for the last 5 years photographed their shows.  Having worked with the artistic director Adam Bampton-Smith on several projects as an actor and a photographer I have a strong awareness of the style of publicity photograph he requires for his production and publicity stills.  Of course having worked professionally in theatre for almost 10 years gives you a good eye for these things too! …

So how has 2011 treated you so far? In what is always a quiet month, the party of Christmas being well and truly over and the hangover of January lingering around like the after-effects of the booziest of nights, we find ourselves in romantic February.  Believe it or not the days are getting longer and spring is just around the corner and suddenly the idea of an outdoor headshot or portrait session starts to seem …