Barcelona Photo Blog
Astypalaea Revisited (or) Trying to Avoid The Bloody Obvious…
… I think I half succeeded. Greece has to be one of those places where it is too easy to slip into shooting what there is, as it is. Faithfully recording rough-hewn houses, fossilised doors, blue domes, endless steps… and cats… and cats… and… and… I was here 4 years ago and even then felt…
Lea & David Wedding, Misterton, England
Another month another wedding. There was an again an American element, The previous month I was in Texas (which will be posted soon). The bride Lea is from the States and her husband is from the UK, I got to do this wedding thanks to my good friend Yeesan who lives in NYC. Luckily it was…
Homage to Catalonia? (A Touch of Gaudí in Texas)
A little side job I had whilst in Texas (for a wedding shoot) was to photograph the house that Zack built (He was the groom and designed it as well). I stayed there for about a week and in a few sessions took photos for a book they wanted to make. It was an enjoyable…
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Hong Kong, The Future Now?
I got the opportunity to return to Hong Kong in September and took it. My first trip there left me feeling similar to how I felt when I first went to NYC; dazed from sensory overload. In both places I was filled with a manic energy that, coupled with jet-lag, was very enervating; a kind…
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From Barcelona to Berlin, Winter 2013
After my first visit to Berlin, just before Christmas I was eager to get back. I felt I had found somewhere I might be able to call a second home and was already thinking of ways to split my time between there and Barcelona. The second visit tempered my zeal a little just because I…
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Anthony Llobet, Hair Dresser & Salon Owner
I went to photograph Anthony whilst still recovering from a stomach bug that had been doing the rounds of the city. I was feeling very light-headed and generally not ‘all there’, I did however have an idea in my mind as to what shot I would like and when you are lucky enough to have…
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Hong Kong, Finally, I Make it There
Many years ago, when I was young and living in a little village in the country-side, I dreamt of going to Hong Kong. I was attending an art college, doing a foundation course, and had this friend who I was secretly, madly, in love with. She had Anglo-Italian parents, had been born in Angola, during…
Berlin, A Stranger in a Familiar Town
I have been meaning to go to Berlin for years. That it is so close and easy to get to is why I have never managed it till now; that is often the way, because planning big exotic trips to faraway places is always easier because you actually have to plan them, popping over to…
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Fresh Faces Model Competition
I recently spent a day photographing an event, I was also interviewed for it and below is the unedited text I supplied them, I don’t know how it will be edited, it rambles and rants a bit, but what the hell, I wanted to get something new online… You were recently shooting Fresh Faces 2012,…
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Castelldefels, The End Of The Season
On impulse I hopped on a bus near my place and headed out to Castelldefels. I have been meaning to go there for a while and a recent wedding in the vicinity reminded me of this. I arrived and instantly picked up on the holiday town ambiance, Barcelona and even Badalona though having beaches feel…
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Interview Portraits for Magazines
I realise I am behind in posts and it seems like a good idea to do one covering the interview photos I take every month. I have said this before, that doing these is not going to make me rich, but I do get to meet people, who for the most part, are interesting and…
Anna & Danny Wedding
Location: Castelldefels, Spain. My first wedding in quite a while. I had kind of forgotten about this type of photographic work, but when the offer came up I actually put on hold a trip to the south to be able to do it, because A) work had been quiet for a while and so a…
El Jardinet Dels Gats
I don’t do so many articles for this magazine anymore, but I got called up to do this at short notice and being free said yes. I know this little park quite well, situated at the back of the Boqueria market but, I suspect, not much visited or written about in guide books, it is…
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Joanna Mills, Irish Runner
In the run up to the Olympic games in London I got a call from a guy who I had worked with in the past, he is a sports journalist and the last time we met was at the Marathon in Barcelona where he was helping to promote the marathon in Belfast. This time he…
Apartments & Interiors
I love doing architecture and interiors because it is a completely different process to photographing people; each can perhaps act like therapy for the other if you are feeling a little burnt out or jaded. These pictures were for a friend who wanted to rent his apartment on an exclusive site, I was flying out…
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Anabelle Veritas, a Play
I photographed Julian Wickham for an interview piece and as is often the case it led to the chance to do some more work. He runs a theatre group (The English Drama School) that teaches the craft to both native and non-native English speakers and they actually perform the plays for the public to go see in…
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The Girl in the Governor’s Tower
¨There is a derelict mansion in Alella, near Barcelona, called El Torre Del Gobernador, it is a labyrinth of rooms and corridors, some painted, vivid, with an obsession for ornament and detail, that is splendid, bordering on vulgar. There are fairy-tail turrets of glazed tiles fit for a Disneyland princess and here is where I…
UBIS, Geneva
I was contacted by Elena Panizza, head of Brain Bazaar about this job. I was very pleased to be asked, after all, it combined travel and decent renumeration, though, in truth, living in Barcelona means I am no longer sure what that is, as very few here want to spend money on work that might be professional when they…
My New Website
I woke up one morning last week and just erased my old website. I then checked out some templates on WordPress and got to work on a new one. I am not au fait with coding as such, so customising took some time and eventually, in exasperation, got some help from my friend Piper, when it came…
Olga & Carlos
These 2 were my old flat mates for about a year, they moved out when Olga became pregnant. She asked me about doing some photos and I got this idea in my head that was something between a portrait and a still life, I wanted to include a lot of objects that were symbolic and…
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Agata Restaurant, Barcelona
These pictures were for a restaurant that was creating a new website. I got a call from a girl I know called Freddie, who is a designer and also runs a Meetup group for such people, I sometimes go along as it is a very relaxed social night out, rather than the typical networking events, which always feel…
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Sagrada Familia, Never-Ending Story
This was for an article in the Metropolitan magazine. I knew nothing about the story or the person nor had I ever met the writer. The pictures were taken in the summer but the article did not appear till October. I am not a big fan of the Sagrada Familia, to tell the truth, I…
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Micheal Witty, Walking Tours
I had to meet Mr Witty at a hotel near plaza Catalunya, the place was full of old German tourists and the vague description I had meant I was sure half the people there could have been him. When someone I thought was most likely to be him did appear and proceed to wander around…
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Hollis Duncan, Bike-Cross Fan
This photo is an example of me having an idea in my head and striving to make it real. I have probably said before, that one does not do these interview pieces for the money, but they, at least, give you pretty much free reign to do as you please. I had an image of…
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More Experiences with a Home Studio
I have not done much fashion myself but years ago, back in London, used to work with a friend who did, I was doing the post production in Photoshop which was my big obsession at the time, I had taken a hiatus from photography and was working as a designer at a big agency. I…
