Ed Salter Photography

Category: Portraits

  • Portraits on the London Eye

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    One of the things I really enjoy about taking photos is the interesting locations you (sometimes) get to shoot at. I was asked to take some portraits for Merlin Entertainment on location at the London Eye, and it doesn’t get much better than that! Each rotation takes about 25 minutes so I had to get setup,…

  • Building the ‘Big Cliff’

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    I have been shooting a lot more film lately, this is my latest role to be developed, it’s an out of date role of Kodak Plus. Above Andy shreds the skull bowl. All the pictures are straight from the scanner, refreshing compared to digital! Portraits of Andy and Steve, who was down for the weekend.…

  • Summer memories

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    Man about town, Andy The latest in Polish cooling fluid One way to get a BBQ going… This is all seems like a long time ago in these cold, wet winter days. I have been busy working on some exciting projects. I still have so many photos to sort through from my trip New Zealand…

  • Everybody say sneeze!

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    My friend Fiona mentioned to me that she actually enjoys sneezing a few weeks ago. I thought this might be a good opportunity to get some interesting photos, so I set about organising a shoot! The premise was pretty simple, find a way to make people to sneeze and then capture it!   Rosie initially struggled to produce but soon came…

  • Building the turret

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    Now that winter has come round again building has restarted on some new additions at the spot. The odd run can still be had if you can dodge the rain and pneumatic drills. This pile of former carpark waste has started it’s transformation into something beautiful. A man who knows how to handle a drill..…

  • Test shoot – Abi

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    This was a quick shoot done with Abi just before Christmas using just natural light. The overcast sky helped the soft light filter through the windows to create the smooth skin tones. Shot with Canon 50mm F/1.4 lens

  • Headshot & Portrait with Clarinetist David Campbell

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    I recently shot a set of headshots and portraits for David Campbell, one of England’s top clarinetists who lives and teaches in London. I shot a variety of different looks with and without his clarinet for use in magazines articles, profiles and concert programs. This was my favourite shot from the shoot, taken with the…

  • Headshot & portrait with Lucy Walters

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    Head shot session with actor Lucy Walters for use in Spotlight, the premier actor’s listing directory. A simple 2 light set-up was used to capture her head shot, it was then cropped to the 10×8″ required for Spotlight (has been shown here at the original crop though). I shot several different angles and with hair…

  • Anthony Whitehead – musician portrait photoshoot

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    I am back from travels in Asia, I went with my girlfrind Fiona for a month and visited Singapore, Thailand and Laos. I took a lot of photos, and I am hoping to have some kind of exhibition later in the year. In the mean time I will put some up here once I have…

  • Turning a rainy day sunny!

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    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. Thanks Fi for modelling!