This month I made a little trip up the M1 to the Focus on Imaging trade show in Birmingham. It’s one big playground where manufacturers, photographers and consumers all get to see whats coming up, pick up some amazing deals, see the work of inspirational top-photographers and get to catch up with photographic fellows. The biggest talking point, and the one that overshadowed the show, was the FTA of Canon. Dropping out a week before …

  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 …

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 …

It’s a growing trend for actors to sign up for colour and black and white headshots. In fact spotlight has for sometime allowed you to add all kinds of images to your portfolio. Anything which gives a casting director a better idea of what you look like can only help your cause.

Same Sex Dance and a Big Red Bus This summer I was lucky enough to spend part of it working with the T-Mobile Big Dance team around London. With the hot summer it was fantastic to have spent the days outdoors, traveling around London on an iconic Route Master Bus teaching people to dance and signing them up to one of the worlds biggest dance events.  Of course I saw many great photo opportunities and …