| Sam Sturgeon Sam is a track and road cyclist that uses Reading Velodrome in Berkshire. We recently used the Velodrome to produce some images. It was very sunny that morning so i used a flash to balance the light. I produced many images in the 2 hours we had, including one that was suitable for a cycling magazine double page spread. After that we moved from the track to a playground outside to utilise a concrete sculpture in the images, as it was circular, to fit in with the theme of round wheels. Sam was very patient as it was very cold that day and he must have spent the majority of the 2 hours quite still! |
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| Baboons Another National Trust commission, this time something slightly unusual. Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire was the setting for my latest job-the returning of two 2000 year old stone Egyptian Baboon statues to an area in the Long Garden. When i got there the Cliveden Conservation team was in the early stage of building the supports for the statues-my job was to document the move and erection of the Baboons onto the plinths. I took many images of the Conservation team working and some general images of the site first. After the first statue was in place i could get some images of the team members and also Egyptologist Wendy Monkhouse. |
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| Silent Blockade Silent Blockade are: Chris Oblein - Guitar and Lead Vocals, John Harmsworth - Lead Guitar, Chris Samson - Guitar and Backing Vocals, Greg Forys - Bass, Tim Doyle - Drums, together they play guitar driven, melodic rock. I had the pleasure to photograph them at an Arts Centre for some general images of the band for flyers or CD covers, they were a great bunch of lads who didn't mind being photographed in all sorts of locations ranging from a damp cellar corridor to an all white room. All of the locations needed flash of some kind, i used just one light for the corridor images and up to three lights for the images in the white room, as a Professional Photographer, you need to know how to use light as some images would just not exist without it. |
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| Archer Mathieson Archer Mathieson is an interim management and executive recruitment company based in Windsor. They recently commissioned me to photograph guest speaker Sir Ian McGeechan at a very early breakfast meeting at Twickenham Stadium. Sir Ian has an wealth of man management experience due to being Coach and Player in seven rugby tours with the British and Irish Lions. The venue was reasonably dark so i put up a couple of flashes to light the spot Sir Ian was to be standing in. About 125 delegates attended the meeting so i had to be careful where i stood to get photographs without getting in the way. After the speech i photographed many of the staff of Archer Mathieson and also Sir Ian next to the Archer Mathieson logo. |
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| Steve Williams OBE Steve Williams is a double Gold Medal winning Rower based at the Leander Club in Henley on Thames. He wanted some images shot of himself and his medals for PR purposes. On a quiet Sunday in June, me and my assistant John met him by the river next to the clubhouse for the first of many photographs. We started of with Steve holding the Union Jack in the breeze, then holding an oar with the river in the background, then we went into the boathouse underneath the Club for some images of him with the boats on the racks. After a quick break he changed into his Club Jacket for some images of him holding his Gold Medals on the steps of the Club. Steve is a really nice guy who was quite happy to pose for a few hours as well as makes us all a nice cup of tea! It was great to be able to photograph such a nice down to earth sporting hero on a sunny morning in Henley. |
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| Sam Dyson-Martial Arts Fighter Another location job in a dark tunnel for images of Martial Arts expert Sam Dyson. He recently trained abroad and has come back to the UK to open up a Martial Arts training academy. We got some action shots and some posed images for him. |
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| Wentworth Golf Pros I recently went to Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey to photograph some of the Pros and the Director of Golfing. We went onto one of the greens that wasn't being used, set up some lights and created some images that can be used for PR purposes. After the exterior images were completed we went inside and i photographed the Director of Golf by a rack of golf clubs in a very busy corridor. |
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| Staff at The Vyne Another National Trust commission, this time to photograph the Staff at The Vyne near Basingstoke, the idea was to get images of the staff relaxing after a hard day and also some images of them in their favourite rooms in the house.It was slighty tricky as the public were coming through the rooms i was photographing in so time was very limited. |
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| Kyle I am always interested in shooting athletes; maybe it’s due to their inherent confidence that they must have to enable them to achieve at the highest level Kyle had a very confident, almost relaxed look to him when I photographed him at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre near Eton in Berkshire on a sunny Sunday morning. I moved Kyle into the shade then lit him with a flash in various positions with one of the hurdles. Here is one of the images mocked up for a double page spread for a Sunday supplement magazine, you may hear more about him in 2010! |
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| Peach A Church in Teddington was the location for a shoot with 'Peach', i chose a dark corner of the graveyard, put some flashes up and lit the scene. We did a few images among the gravestones then went to the main door of the Church for some more images, after, we finished off in 'Sammys' Restaurant/Bar on Teddington High Street for a shoot in the basement in the warm! |
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| Trove Fashion The Trove clothes shop in Windsor wanted some images to showcase their clothes earlier this year so we all trooped over to The Forbury Hotel in Reading for the shoot. The Forbury Hotel kindly lent us their top floor suite to shoot in, and we also used a few rooms near the Lobby and outside the main entrance. We managed to shoot 4 or 5 changes of clothes in the day and the images were printed very large so they can be put up in the shop and the main window, so if your in Windsor pop in and take a look! |
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Rev Mary Barnes |
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| Flamenco Dancers On a hot day in June I was asked to photograph a group of 3 Flamenco Dancers at a large country house (who’s name I can’t mention) in Buckinghamshire. The house had some very large iron gates that looked slightly Spanish so we utilised them for a background in some of the images. The dancers really got into it by posing into some of the dance moves for me in front of the gates which received some strange looks from the public at they enjoyed a quiet stroll around the vast grounds of the house. For a few hours that day a large English country house became a part of Spain! |
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| Ilda DiVico Ilda is a Couture Milliner based in Bagshot, she supplies hats to the rich and famous. She wanted some press images for an article about her in a magazine so we went to Ascot Racecourse with about 10 hats and a willing model. I took a number of images of the model in various hats and poses, and a few of Ilda herself. |
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| Lee's Harley Fatboy Lee wanted some images of his Harley as well as himself and his wife with the bike, so i found a location in Windsor Geat Park for the first shot, then we moved location to an underpass in Windsor for the second.I lit the bike with one large flash and a smaller flash for a back light for great effect. He was really pleased with the results. |
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| Puppini Sisters This group is an amazing act, singing well known songs but in their very distinctive style. I set up just one light, literally minutes before they were due on stage and they managed a few poses for me. I got some more images later of them performing on stage. |
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| Eden Fashion Show Eden is a large shopping centre in High Wycombe that has regular events throughout the year. I was asked to cover their fashion show for a magazine that was being held in the centre of the mall. As the music started I managed to get some great shots of the models as they came down the catwalk and a few shots of two of the models by a huge ‘Eden’ poster at the other end of the centre. Some of the images will be used to advertise the event next year as well as appearing on the Eden website. |
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| Giancarlo Caldesi Giancarlo is a typical Italian Chef, outgoing and passionate about food. I went to one of his many restaurants to take create some images of him for PR purposes. He has an establishment in Bray, Berkshire that is very tastefully decorated so we decided that was the place to shoot. I took many shots inside and out in an attempt to capture his character. |
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| Hayley O’Connor Hayley is a former Wentworth golf Scholar who turned professional in 2008 after a successful amateur career attending the world famous 'David Leadbetter Academy' in Florida. She has had the opportunity to enter tournaments in the United States and Spain and has appeared on the golf channel, ESPN, golf punk magazine and The Sun newspaper. She now works as a golf physical performance trainer in the UK. We went to the famous Surrey golf course at Wentworth to do some PR images for Hayley, some playing and some posed, she was really pleased with the images, so much so I put her on the front of my website! |
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| Portraits in a field Another editorial portrait for the National Trust, Heather is the Trusts’ Community Officer who was visiting Ben, a local farmer that supplies lamb to the Trusts’ restaurants. It was very overcast when we arrived at the farm so we quickly went into the fields with the sheep to create some images. I set up a flash and started to get some images of Heather and Ben talking, then some of them with the sheep, and then a few portraits of each of them so I could send in a wide selection of images that could be used in many ways. The shoot went well apart from a sheep trying to chew on my lens! |
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| Ham House Another assignment from the National Trust. I cover the Thames and Solent Region for the Trust so I can find myself covering events all around the area. This was an event concentrating on the ‘grow your own’ philosophy. I had to get images of the general public enjoying the gardens, members of the garden staff interacting with the public, answering their questions and a portrait of the Head Gardner for Ham House, all in one long hot Sunday afternoon. |
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| Mary, Queen of Shops Mary Portas stars in a programme for the BBC that revamps failing high street businesses. She goes in and uses her retail knowledge to turn the business around. I covered one show in a clothes shop in Ascot called ‘The Fit’. I had to dodge the cameras as I took pictures of Mary talking to camera and interacting with all the guests. I had a very short time for a portrait of Mary as the filming schedule was very hectic that night and I got some great images of the evening for the magazine. |
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| Halloween The National Trust asked me to cover a Halloween event for them at Basildon Park. I took some images of one of the volunteers dressed as a Witch who was telling some creepy tales to the children and some pumpkins as well as many other images of children making scary masks and generally enjoying themselves. |
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| Magic Circus I recently went to Kingston College to take some portrait images of perfomers in a circus/magic show for Totally Magazine. I met some interesting characters and managed to get some great expressions out of them, it’s always a pleasure to photograph performers and actors because they know how to express themselves with confidence which makes my job a lot easier, especially when time is short as it was on this occasion. |
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| Venice Venice are a fantastic band from California. I was asked to photograph them for Totally Magazine at The Old Fire Station in Windsor. They are a mix of Brothers, Uncles and Cousins that have played together for years. I did a few portraits before they went on stage, by lighting the curtain behind them and then the musicians themselves as it was very dark in that part of the venue, followed by some images of them performing. |
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| Royal Ascot Aston Martin During the build up to the Royal Meeting at Ascot Racecourse this year I was asked to produce some PR images of the Chief Executive Charles Barnett with some employees in their finest Royal fashions with a rather beautiful Aston Martin. After moving the car a few times to cut out any distractions i took some images of Mr Barnett and the Aston Martin, we then took the car to the Sovereign’s Gate to produce a great image with the Chief Executive, some of the employees and of course the Aston with the Racecourse Grandstand behind them. |
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