Barcelona Photo Blog
The Forum, Barcelona, Take 2
This trip to The Forum was with Naomi whom I am was teaching some photographic techniques to, we had done various theory classes and also shooting portraits with flash etc. I knew she had a certain reticence towards the idea of photographing modern architecture and I had persisted in suggesting it was an interesting thing…
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Jose Montilla, a Catalan Politician
I got a call whilst cycling home from my boxing class with Andrea and it was from Xavier a member of my photography group (Barcelona Raw), he works for a design company. They needed someone to photograph Mr Montilla the next day for his election campaign in October. The rest of the day consisted of a flurry of emails…
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Pau Estrada, Graphic Artist
An interview shot that needed space for text as always. I actually did not worry too much about this when shooting this image as I really liked the background and the colours and knew the magazine would just fade it out or as it turned out apply a somewhat weird pinkish wash… I have learned…
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Drea & Brian Wedding, Granada
Location: Granada, Spain. A trip to Granada for work. I could not believe my luck and how I got the work was kind of convoluted, I had done a general mail out to agents and 2 months later a message from Angeles of Alhambra Weddings saying an American couple were coming to Granada to have an…
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The Nature Reserve of El Remolar-Filipines
On a sunny but very chilly and windy day I and the journalist, plus the editor of Metropolitan Magazine drove to the nature reserve near the airport (El Prat) of Barcelona. The light was spectacular. I found myself shooting into the sun most of the time but the final results lack the usual diffusion, helped in part…
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Mark Redden, Boat Builder
I am posting this image because it got me some work! I was contacted recently about a job in Geneva. Elena (Brain Bazaar) cited this image as one she particularly liked, I had completely forgotten about it, but remember the day quite well, not least because about a year later I was photographing a girl…
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Emma Reynolds, Theatre Director
I have said before that interview pieces need a lot of dead space for text and often I shoot images for myself framed to remove this from the shot. In this example I decided to take advantage of a handy step ladder and get a little higher, we were at her office/studio where they create…
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Christian Schallert, Austrian Artist
This guy is an Austrian photographer, who has made a success out of postcards and various printed products, a good example of how a business brain probably serves you better than just having good ideas. I wanted to play around with gels for this and after figuring a place to put him that showed off…
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Heidi Tsai, Integration Story
Heidi was the third person I had to photograph for the integration story, she lives outside of Barcelona and is a classical musician who has married a Catalan. Luckily she was going to be at a funfair on Montjuic with her husband and kids, so I decided to try and do shots there. She did…
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Joaquin Beltran, Integration Story
Joaquin Beltran is not Asian but he is a professor of Asian Studies at the University. This particular campus is situated outside of Barcelona, maybe not the most pretty places but i like modern architecture because you can play with form and shadow in a way you can’t with classic buildings I scouted around whilst…
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Monica Lin, Integration
This was the first picture, in a series for an article about integration into Barcelona life for Asian people in general. I went to visit the restaurant Monica’s parents run one afternoon at a quiet hour, the family were eating lunch but her father got up and insist I try his special green tea from…
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Roisin & Philip Wedding
Location: Mass Col, Catalunya, Spain This was a high jinx wedding. Form the inauspicious start when all the guests were trapped on the motorway when the coach broke down. We who were waiting on them were hanging around getting nervous as vague updates only confused as more. But, as is often the way, these little…
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Stephanie, Comedienne
Stephanie was a real laugh, we did a whole bunch of pictures just because it was fun hanging out with her, we even got some cool ones of her doing cart wheels in Raval (see Flickr if you are interested). She is from Canada and discovered a love of comedy stand up whilst living in Barcelona and…
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Charlotte & Nico, Poble Espanyol
Location: Poble Español, Barcelona, Spain Organiser: Crystal Events This was a hit the ground running affair as there was no preparation shots and maybe 30 mins before the ceremony started. The couple were French and Australian and cool to work with. This was another event organised by Crystal Events, Laura as always had it organised perfectly which…
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A Dog Story (and Their Owners)
These images are for a story about dogs and their owners and people who are involved in working with them. The main picture is of Santi, a dog psychologist, I photographed him in the park, the whole shoot took about 15 mins including tests, I was able to use a reflector which made for a…
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The Greek Islands, Again
This was the second summer I had spent in Greece with my friend Andy, last year was with his family and girlfriend, but this year after doing the family thing in July in the Costa Brava we decided to do some island hopping travelling light. We started in Santorini which had some pretty towns that…
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A Policeman Called Angel
This was an image taken for a story about people working in Barcelona during the sleepy, sweaty month of August. I think one day I will have to do a self portrait for these articles as I the common denominator in all these pictures! Angel was a nice guy, his wife is English and they…
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Modern Buildings, Poblenou
These pictures were shot for a story about the modern architecture of Barcelona, the idea of the story was that the traditional inclusion of things like balconies had stopped and the facades of most buildings are now sleek and brutal. The editor asked me to get shots of buildings looking ¨knife like and stabbing at…
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Giant Cruise Ships, Port of Barcelona
I have always had a fascination about these giant cruise ships, a kind of awe mixed with horror at the thought of being trapped on such a thing for long periods of time with people you might not actually like. Once on board you realise the scale of these things is huge and with around…
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Andrea Wheatley, Escrima Champion
A very interesting person. Andrea loves all types of martial arts, and also has a really good boxing class that I now regularly attend. Going to photograph her for the magazine was the first time I met her; I would say that now we are friends. I did a variety of shots some with her…
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Kate & David’s Catalunya Wedding, Spain
Location: Can Tallada, Catalunya, Spain Organiser: Crystal Events I love these excursions to nearby towns, there are loads of exclusive locations like this tucked away in corners of Catalunya which are perfect locations to enjoy a Catalunya wedding. Kate and David are from the United States and had quite a lot of friends and family over for what was still a very intimate…
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Kate & Nick’s UK Wedding in Priston Mill
Location: Priston Mill, United Kingdom A trip to the UK. I love mixing work and travel. Having travelled a fair bit the novelty can wear off. But when there is work involved, the element of stress brings back the emotions that I remember. To go somewhere to work and then have a few days for yourself is…
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Rod & Vanessa Wedding Vows
I got a call from this Canadian couple who had arrived in Barcelona and wanted some picture of them making vows to one another. They had no particular preference for a location and given time restraints I decided we should head to Montjuic where it is green and shady with views of the city. They…
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Licence Story
This was a story about various people’s stories obtaining licences for different things in Barcelona, a boat licence, driving licence, bar licence, and an importer of specialist meat products. These kind of stories are always fun because you meet a diverse group of people and realising how people not so different from yourself can flourish…
