Hello all and here is my July ’24 news.
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 photography 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 🙂
Just over a year ago I was commissioned to produce photography for Greater Manchester’s NHS CAMHS. The purpose of the photoshoot was a recruitment campaign for mental health practitioners. To photograph current practitioners in their place of work, in a positive light, enjoying their work.
Read moreWell done everyone, we’ve managed to get through the long, dark, dreary January days and into February, which is at least a little bit closer to Spring and brighter times. Just a warning to anyone squeamish - be careful scrolling down! I’m featuring a photoshoot I did for Red Cross First Aid Training...
Read moreCroBio are a really interesting innovative company that may well make a massive difference to the world. Their goal is to ‘create an environmentally sustainable solution to alleviate global agricultural drought and help reverse the effects of climate change, through durable carbon drawdown’. I met them at CroBio’s lab in Macclesfield...
Read moreI spent a day with a lovely family to create images for MCS Certified, my brief was to capture natural images of the family, in their home, living their lives and to have subtle references to ‘energy’. The star of the show - is such a chilled little guy who takes everything in his stride. We all worked around him, giving him space and down time whenever he needed it - he really is an amazing little person.
Read moreI spent half a day with Joe and his team at Soteria Fire Protection in Huddersfield to create branding photography for their website and general promotion and marketing. Soteria provides expert fire safety solutions across the north. We started with headshots against a mid grey background, wearing branded t-shirts of all the staff. Then moved onto more editorial style portraits of Joe
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