Article Posted: February 15, 2011
The new issue of the Australian based magazine, FAINT came out a few days ago and the images that you can see the behind the scenes in my last blog post were published in this issue. The story is called ‘I never knew her name’ and eludes to a clandestine encounter in a hotel with a beautiful woman. I think the team did a smashing job of making Hanna (Premier Model Management) look amazing.
You can flick through the story above, I recommend going fullscreen. There were a couple of images which landed on the editors cutting room floor which you can see here if you fancy.
Article Posted: October 14, 2010
The latest issue of Supplementaire Magazine has finally landed and I’m chuffed to bits that my work has been included in this issue. Click on the image above to see more imagery from the story in Issue 3. Be warned, a few images are not exactly safe for work… or your gran. But believe me when I say that my story was one of the ‘tamer’ ones in this issue which is appropriately called the ‘Controversial Issue’.
The styling was done by the amazingly talented Siouxsie. Hair & make-up was done by the fabulous Sandra Bermingham. I was ably assisted by Simon ‘watch me juggle 5 cameras’ Pollock & Pete ‘I love a good pair of waders’ Repka. If you fancy seeing a little behind the scenes video (kindly put together by Mr Pollock), clickety click on here. Its worth watching just to see Petey getting his dance moves on at the end of the video in his waders!!
Karina is from Profile Model Management & Sian is from Premier Model Management.
Check out the Supplementaire’s website for a preview of the whole Magazine.
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
Article Posted: November 25, 2009
I’m a bit late to the party, but I had a few images published recently in Sketchbook Magazine. The magazine is based around fashion and design, so there was a certain irony to being contacted by Luma, the features editor about wanting to include some images of mine that I took at the G20 protests in London earlier in the year rather than any of my fashion work which of course is predominantly what I shoot. My shots above are all the B&W images. The 2 colour images shot in Afganistan and Iran are by Hossein Fatemi.
Simon and I decided to go along to protests following all the media attention it was getting prior. Not quite knowing what to expect we turned up with cameras poised to capture the event. Us and a million other photographers and news crews! It almost seemed like there was as many media and photographers than there were protesters. In my opinion, the clashes wouldn’t have been as severe had there not been such a big media presence. It seemed like there was a certain performance aspect to the small group of extremists. Making sure the spotlight was on them before doing anything like smashing into the RBS bank building and attempting to set on fire. Regardless, Simon and I seemed to be right in the thick of it more out of luck than good management. The crowd was very compact and moving around was virtually impossible. So for some clashes to break out between police and protesters right in front of my eyes was quite the experience. At one point I was the target of a swinging police baton and out of instinct, I moved my head to the side to avoid the blow and as the crowd was so tight, the poor guy behind me copped the full impact of the truncheon on the top of his head. I turned around to give some sort of apology and I saw the poor chap holding his head with blood pouring down his face. You can see some of the action in the images above.
Sketchbook is a new quarterly magazine that showcases established and emerging creative talents in fashion, design and culture with a focus on features, photography and illustration. In Sketchbook, it’s not just about the product itself, but also about the beauty of the process of conceptualisation, creation and appreciating the means to an end. To find out a little more head here.
Part 1 & 2 of Sketchbook Magazine can be purchased here. You can also view a free online preview of Part 2 of this issue here.
Article Posted: November 4, 2009
I got to know Kay Desmond originally when she was looking to have some portraits taken of her. I said I would be happy take them on the condition that she let me do a shoot with her fabulous garments that she designed. After a few false starts, we managed to get the fantastic Emma Rice who is represented by Oxygen to model and the über talented and lovely Sandra Bermingham to do hair and makeup, both of whom I hadn’t worked with before. I know Sandra loves getting a scorecard at the end of a shoot, but I will refrain on this occasion and just say that I enjoyed the day and think we got some great results. We were lucky enough to be allowed to shoot in and around the Real Tennis club that is situated in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace thanks to a mum of a friend. It kept us out of the cold and I think proved to be a great backdrop for Kay’s creations. Obviously Kay’s garments are for sale, so give her a nudge if you would like to find out where you can buy one or would like to stock them in your store!
Click on the image above to take you through to see more from the shoot.
