Hello all. Here is my July ’24 news where we start with a train trip to London with SMRS for a commercial photoshoot for Total Jobs. Getting the train and tube with all of my equipment and an overnight bag is always a challenge and a bit of a stress. However, it’s better than the craziness of driving into Central London. At least I get to chill and read a good book on the journey. This commercial photoshoot was to create content for Total Jobs recruitment part of the website and for social media. Lots of volunteers were pre organised and took part in the office lifestyle shots. This type of photoshoot is always fun and jam packed, moving from scenario to scenario around the space, giving lots of direction to people and making sure that the spaces look good. You can see more here for this Total Jobs photoshoot.
Off to Peterborough next, to visit the home of the famous Sergi for a Compare the Market photoshoot with SMRS. The main part of the shoot involved setting up a studio with a white background, photographing our volunteers separately and then interacting with each other, to be used in a recruitment campaign. It was a really fun studio shoot. We wanted to convey the enthusiasm, joy and energy of the people that work at CTM. We used any spare time to get some office lifestyle images in the bag.
Another visit to MCS in Cheshire to keep them up to date with their headshots. I really love this blue background and it even works when people wear blue :-). There are so many colours to choose from for headshots on plain colours. You can even choose to use parts of the building or even brave the outdoors. I always get a warm welcome at MCS, so look forward to my visits.
Lastly, an editorial photoshoot for Good Housekeeping Magazine over in York. I photographed Lisa Bryne to illustrate an article about her personal journey. Make up artist Jade and I were made very welcome and really enjoyed chatting to Lisa who is the ex editor of OK Magazine and has written a screenplay. On the way to the loo I noticed pics of Lisa with all the celebrities you can think of. We did two set ups for the photoshoot, firstly I set up a studio and photographed Lisa in a directors chair and then we went outside into a field and photographed Lisa and her dog in a more natural environment. Her husband took on the very important role of ‘grass flattener’ so we could see just enough of them both 🙂
I was invited to spend the day with Mosaic to create some quirky fun headshots that really show the personality of the people and the company. We used 3 different background colours and played around with different expressions and poses and although the office dog took it rather seriously, he does look very handsome :-).
Read moreBox Power asked me to photograph their event to celebrate 10 years in business. Box Power is a UK not-for-profit energy consultancy, where all profits, go back into the community and support good causes. It was a lovely evening, with an amazing fire artist, plus the mayor attended – always the sign of a good ‘do’ in my book!
Read moreBearded Fellows in Manchester, invited me to the office for a day to capture imagery to help illustrate who they are and what they do. Firstly to catch profile portraits of each person in a candid and relaxed style with a positive, creative and engaged feel.
Read moreWe start with a trip to Edinburgh to photograph students at Preston Lodge High School to capture promotional photography for my client, We Are Futures. NatWest run their varied CareerSense workshops across lots of different educational settings for 13 to 24 year olds.
Read moreI love these portraits for SMRS in Manchester! I had fun photographing about 20 employees and they didn’t need much encouragement to be themselves and let their personalities shine! Dan K worked his magic to transform the background into lots of different versions of their brand identity. I was thrilled with the results :-)
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