Hello all, here is my May ’24 news.
We kick off with a visit to DHL in Leeds to photograph them in action for an issue of their Yello! magazine. I was sent there by my client Made by Sonder, to create as much content as possible in three hours. The shot list was long and ambitious. However, it all came together because of Natalie the site administrator (pictured second image down on the left) and her ‘can do’ attitude. She facilitated everything I needed. Nothing was too much trouble and her positive attitude ensured we got lots of different shots. It makes such a difference when you have someone like that on your side during a photoshoot. You can view the magazine photoshoot (front cover and pages 16 &17).
Here is my second look at some more of the images from Lancaster and Morecombe College producing fresh photography for their prospectuses, website and marketing material. You can also see a case study I’ve put together. I do quite a bit of education photography in primary and secondary schools although it’s often difficult to share the images because of GDPR guidelines and permissions. They are always full on but enjoyable photography days trying to get as much content as possible for the school. The images shown here were all composed to suit the website – a wide landscape shape.
A new experience for me now – flying abroad for a photoshoot! I travelled to Essen in Germany with SMRS for a commercial photoshoot for RWE. RWE is a multinational energy company that generates and trades electricity across the world. This photography was all about what makes RWE a great place to work. Several people had been picked out to be featured as case studies. I took both posed portraits of them in their work environment and also office lifestyle images of them at work, collaborating and interacting with other people. Fortunately, everyone spoke wonderful English as my German is pretty much limited to Hallo, Auf Wiedersehen and Danke – which I very much overused. Flying abroad for work for the first time was quite stressful. I spent a long time planning the trip and working out where to hire equipment from. Now I’ve done it twice it doesn’t seem quite as daunting. You can see more of this shoot office lifestyle photoshoot here.
Lastly, one of my favourites, Jo Grobbelaar who is a strategic business consultant and coach asked me to photograph one of her workshops. This was very much a reportage photoshoot where I don’t interrupt (as they have actual work to be doing). However, Jo is a star and managed to change her clothes several times during the day 🙂 This means that she can get more use out of the images and it can look like different days and different situations. A little still life shoot was thrown into the mix. Luckily the location, Bonded Warehouse, has amazing furniture and furnishing. As such, I had plenty to play with to make a beautiful little still life of the training material.
Well 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
Read moreI visited a lovely school in my home town of Huddersfield - Moor End Academy. The pupils were really easy to work with and glad to be involved. I worked with Susan, who organised the schedule and helped me on the day. We were looking to get lots of photography of the students working hard, interacting with each other and enjoying the school environment...
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