Archive for 2009
Oxford fashion
I did a shoot last month with a shop from Oxford called Booty. They have a shop full of beautiful designer clothes in Oxford. I have loads of photos to put up on here as ever but I have several projects on the go at the moment so not much time! I go...
Cardiff SMA Ball 2009 Part 1
Just a quick picture from a ball I took photos at on Saturday. I will do a proper update with ball pictures when I have edited them. The above shot was handheld, resting on the table with the Sigma 10mm fisheye lens. The Cardiff Hilton has some real...
Lectures on Machu Picchu website
I have just finished a new website for a client who is a lecturer on Machu Picchu (an ancient set of Inca ruins in Peru). I used her photography to create a visually appealing website which aims to give the viewer an instant feeling of the scale and ...
Microsoft Photo Competition
Only 2 days left to enter the compeition the Microsoft Future Pro competition that I got 1st place in People & Portraits last year, open worldwide to full time students. Rules me out this year unfortunatly! I really did get paid the prize money and...
Ruby portrait & beauty shoot
It was a couple of weeks ago I did this shoot but I hadn't got round to putting pictures up from the shoot, so here they are! The model was called Ruby, she had a really interesting look and was really easy to work with. We were mostly going for beauty...
Turning a rainy day sunny!
Playing with lighting ideas, trying to make a rainy day look sunny! Basically a back lit shot, with some front fill light. 1 580ex Speedlite as front left fill, silver reflector to right and 1 Elinchrom 500 with yellow gel as the backlight/bounce main. ...
Oxford band – Invisible Vegas photo shoot
I recently photographed a set of photos for an Oxford based band Invisible Vegas. I really enjoyed the project because the band gave me quite a free reign on the kind of shots they wanted. I found a great location in Oxfordshire by a river and with an ...
Invisible Vegas gig at 02 Academy Oxford
I used to do a lot of gig photography, it was always good to go see bands for free and take photos at the same time. I haven't done so much since moving back to Oxford, but I still do the odd gig. One of the guys I used to ride bikes with is now in a b...
Beauty shots with experimental make-up
It's always fun to experiment with new ideas and styles. A local Oxford make-up artist and I did a test with a model recently to try out some interesting and different make-up ideas. To add another element to the shoot I introduced a silk cloth whic...