Paris Blues: Harlem NYC
This has been on my to-do list for too long, I'd promised Tehrin Cole the bass player that I would share these images with him and I have eventually done so. Paris Blues is Harlem's oldest live jazz club, small, [...]
Step by Step Guide to Lighting a Motorbike Shoot
We all have different ways of shooting but this is quick look at a recent studio lit motorbike shoot of a YZF-R1 Yamaha at GT Motorcycles. You can see the wider scene here. Although we had mains power (image left) [...]
Photographing Motorbikes: In The Camera Not The Computer
Let's start with the basics, the motorbikes may be glamorous but photographing motorcycles isn't necessarily so particularly not mid-January in Plymouth. The task on this day was to photograph two stonking bikes for a 2019 Superbikes calendar. A 2018 YZF-R1 [...]
Mixed Lighting PR Photoshoot
It's always great when a client works collaboratively and Sue Cade made a great call to start this shoot in Exeter's Princesshay as the day's light succumbed to created light, in this case Devondale's lighting in the newly opened Lloyd's [...]
New York Architecture
OK let's be clear, these are a few of my New York holiday snaps, (I lost count of the number of people who asked if I was going to New York on photography business) and this is a small sample [...]
Architectural and Interiors Photography in Devon
In Ex Design practice across the related practices of architecture, interior design and landscape design. We were asked to photograph this project in Devon to capture the various combine elements of this full modern refurbishment and dormer extension of a [...]
Exeter Flood Defence Scheme
Recently whilst photographing the Exeter Flood Defence Scheme meeting I commented that very poor conditions can make for great photos. I'm pleased to report that good conditions can work well too for engineering photography. Asked by the Environment Agency to [...]
Photographing Motorbikes
Every time I do these motorbike photography shoots I tell myself I am going to do it simpler and quicker. And, my how I try to work more tidily, try is the power word here though. The task for this [...]
Event Photography in Exeter
For me 'brand' isn't something to wear, it's something to live, and for many organisations the people are brand ambassadors, so why not photograph one's own people rather than use stock images? It's not the first time I've said this [...]