Article Posted: April 25, 2010
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A little taster of things to come from my beauty shoot on Friday. This Polaroid is of Zoe from Profile Model Management who was joined by Pip, also from profile. Both girls were fabulous to work with and we had a great day. I had the dream team of Sandra Bermingham looking after make-up and Kim Roy on hair. I was assisted by a new face to me, Issy Oakes. She was a real trooper and a total pleasure and we battled together in the heat of the afternoon. I’ve only had the time to have a really quick look so far, but from what I’ve seen, I’m excited to see more.
This was shot at the Clic la Mode studio in Woolwich. I hadn’t shot there before, but I dare say I’ll be back again. If anyone is looking a for a well appointed London studio, I could definitely recommend contacting James and checking out Clic.
Article Posted: April 21, 2010
Recently, Simon Pollock (aka gtvone) and I were given the task of putting together a promotional video for a fantastic competition. It’s for a MASSIVE haul of awesome camera bags from the fabulous people at ThinkTank. If you aren’t familiar with ThinkTank, I encourage you to go check their gear out. I personally now own the cavernous ‘Logistics Manager’ together with the ‘Humongous Bazooka’ and I am loving them. You can tell they are designed by photographers and not bag designers and they are built to last. Anyway… I digress!
The little stop motion video above (nearly 1,000 frames worth) is to promote a competition as I mentioned. For more details head over here. It’s free to enter and you really should get involved as the winner will pretty much be guaranteed to never have to buy another camera bag ever again!
Article Posted: February 22, 2010
http://www.vimeo.com/9641327
I was inducted into the 1st circle of the Marmarati last year after I commented on Twitter about the validity of crumpets and Marmite as a combination. Many scoffed at the notion and due to my apparent devotion, was summoned to a secret location in London to swear my allegiance to the Ebony Elixir. The Marmarati are a (not so) secret society who have devoted their lives to the yeasty spread. During my initiation into this society, myself and a small group of other devotees were presented with the opportunity to taste a brand new blend. It was to be called ‘Marmite XO’.
Back then, it was but a dream but now the dream has become reality. A brown paper package wrapped up in string (it is indeed one of my favourite things, the Marmarati obviously being a fan of all things Sound of Music) arrived at my door and I scarcely could contain my excitement. The myth has become reality. It was like being sent a unicorn.
I decided to record a little short film in honour of this momentous occasion. Click on the little Vimeo logo above and then go full screen if you fancy some high res HD goodness.
Article Posted: January 29, 2010
I shot an interesting little test this week. I don’t normally shoot guys, so I thought it was high time I changed that. Just a little tiny preview of things to come from the whole fashion story. Interesting crew, some of which I hadn’t worked with before. But we all worked well together and think we got some great results. More to come…
Stylist: Bijal Patel
Hair: Luke Lehmann
MUA: Isabelle Haddo
Photo Assist: Grace Cromey-Hawke
Model: Roos Van Montfort @ Models1
Model: Christopher John Jones
Article Posted: December 6, 2009
I shot a little beauty test recently with a fantastic French model called Anais Van Praet who is from Profile Model Management. Anais had really put in the hard work early by getting up at 3am to catch the Eurostar over from Paris to be on set with me in the morning. Despite her being undoubtedly incredibly tired, she soldiered on all day and by clicking here or on the pic above you can see some of the results of the day.
Make-up: Julia Wilson
Hair: Yuhi Kim
Assistant: Andras Bartok
