March shooting experience in breathtaking East London location! »
On the 12th & 13th March 2011 I am holding an event in an exquisite London shooting location. Rather than a workshop, this is an all-day shooting experience with 5 models, 5 lighting arrangements, hair and make-up artists, costume designer(s), and all the props available in the bewilderingly enticing shooting location, MC Motors in East [...]
Self-Portrait Photography: the book! »
My first commercial book, Self-Portrait Photography is now available to buy on Amazon UK and Amazon US. This blog post covers information about the book’s content and also about the book launch/signing I am having on 3rd March 2011 in London. See further below or go straight to Facebook to RSVP.
I have been working on [...]
A new body of work »
Above: Free range.
For over a year now, I have wanted to incorporate environmental issues/topics into my work. I did not know how to do so without feeling like I was forcing some unwanted didactic quality into my images, not wanting my work to turn into some kind of advertising campaign. [...]
My recent workshops in LA, London & Eastbourne with Brooke Shaden »
Over the past month I have had the pleasure of co-hosting four sell-out workshops with Brooke Shaden. I first met Brooke through Flickr and co-hosted two LA workshops with her last November. Not long after I had returned home to the UK, we received the news that we had both been accepted for Photo LA [...]
Exhibiting at Photo LA »
I recently returned from Photo LA in Santa Monica, where I had the pleasure of being exhibited alongside Brooke Shaden with the JoAnne Artman Gallery of Laguna Beach. Also being shown at the same booth were Denis Peterson and James Verbicky.
My large pieces on display were The smothering, The adrenalin, Her fleeting imprint, and our [...]
Looking at 2010 and evaluating contrived images vs. the ‘haphazard shot’ »
A look over the work I did in 2010 and how some of it has veered toward what I call the ‘haphazard shot’, inspired by various photographers described in this post. I look at the milestones from the past 12 months including being part of the Art of Photography Show and starting my own workshops…
Christmas… »
…with family in Leeds, at home and at my Gran’s. I took pictures through the day inspired by Martin Parr, and got one of my sisters to use the same approach too.
Here are some pics we took (only the ones my family allowed me to show)
Click landscape ones to view larger.
To come: blog entry analysing [...]
I finally put my movie mode to good use… »
When I was over in LA with Brooke Shaden in November, we found the chance to make a video together just before the end of the trip. Brooke wanted to take her ‘Sac’ theme further into moving image (see her Sac set here). I was surprised at how easily it came together especially considering that [...]
New Year workshops – US and UK »
Above: Stagecraft (view on Flickr) taken on my last workshops.
I am doing further workshops with Brooke Shaden in the New Year. We are exhibiting together at Photo LA and then doing photography workshops first in the US and then the UK.
The workshops will focus on the creative process and how to use the space [...]
Exhibiting at Photo LA »
(Above: click to view larger)
This is one of those shorter blog posts where I write terse sentences giving info about an upcoming exhibition event…
I am excited to announce I will be showing at Photo LA in January.
I will be showing alongside Brooke Shaden with the JoAnne Artman Gallery of Laguna Beach, CA.
Ten different images of [...]