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Low Key

Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses a...

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Portrait

Continuing the portrait series started with the low key series, this is a series of standard portraits in colour and black & white. I am hoping to add more to this as I get more volunteers....

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Smoking Portraits

This is a start of a new series of portraits, that will feature people smoking. Smoking and smokers get a lot of bad press, ultimately smoking is very bad for you but there is something about the act...

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Emily Lee

I took half a day off to go on a solo photo walk along the south bank of the Thames, I set out to take some long exposure images of buildings along the river. As it turned out it wasn’t really the...

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The Thirst

Took a stroll around to do some street photography and came across a fantastic band playing near Oxford Circus. Please check out The Thirst they sound fantastic live. thethirst.co.uk thethirst.co.uk...

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Killer Noir

I’m starting a new portrait series, partially inspired by the film Bunraku, partially inspired by Quentin Tarantino and partially inspired by an image I couldn’t get out of my head, I’ve started a...

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The Musicians

Maybe the start of a new series of portraits if I can encourage enough musicians to take part. The first two images are of my friend Nick, a very talented blues guitarist and also a maker of guitars...

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Chorus Girl live at the Lexington

Chorusgirl are a very talented group whose leading singer is a friend from work, although I’ve known Silvie for a long time but was not aware how talented a musician she was until I heard some of the...

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Marcin

I’ve decided to focus on portraiture this year, with that in mind I signed up for the website Model Mayhem. This is the first shoot that has come from signing up to the site, the model is Marcin...

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Kush

This is the second shoot using someone I contacted through Model Mayhem, Kush was looking for someone who could get some interesting images. As it turns out the weather was awful which kind of hampered...

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Luke

Another portrait shoot, this time the location was a little different, rather than the urban shoots I would usually do this series was shot at Southbourne Lake. The model for this shoot was Luke, I’d...

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Conan

Another portrait shoot in my noir series featuring members of Model Mayhem. The model this time was Conan, you can find him on instagram @RahulConanArora; it was a really fun shoot, we made use of the...

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Joe Slater

I was recently commissioned, following a selection process involving a large number of other photographers, to shoot some press shots for a young singer/songwriter. Joe Slater is an extremely talented...

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Rowan

Met up with Rowan for a shoot, Rowan wanted to try some different looks so bought a wide selection of outfits to use. In the end we only had the time for two different styles but I think we made pretty...

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Ona

This week I met with Ona to get some portraits for me and hopefully some profile images for her portfolio, the weather wasn’t ideal for an outdoor shoot, windy and a little grey but we made the best of...

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Sabean

I recently met up with Sabean to get some head shots for her actors profile, we were lucky to avoid the rain and managed to get some different looks against different backdrops. Sabean was fantastic...

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Kiraly

Met up with Kiraly to get some headshots and try some different locations and looks than I’ve done previously. Had a hard time choosing the images to post as I wanted to add some colour images but the...

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Clothing by Lisha

On Tuesday evening I met up with clothing designer/maker Lisha Gill and model Yasmin Benoit to get some shots of some outfits by Lisha’s. You can find more of Lisha’s work Here and you can find Yasmine...

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Leo-Marie

On Friday I met up with Leo-Marie to get some head shots for her actors portfolio. Was a really good shoot and we managed to get a lot done in a short space of time. As well as being a model Leo-Marie...

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Fighters

I’ve been a fan of martial arts for a long time. I’ve visited a number of different clubs to take photos, I’ve trained briefly at a few as well. One thing I have found at all of the clubs I have...

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