Barcelona Photo Blog
Jose & Kristy Wedding in Barcelona
Location: Barcelona Organiser: Crystal Events This was my first wedding since being in Barcelona and my first wedding shot on digital. they were a cool couple, as soon as I entered the bedroom where the bride and her friends were getting ready I could see there would be plenty of scope for good pictures. I would not…
Greek Islands, a holiday heaven
My friend Andy decided to take the family somewhere different this year, usually Tamariu on the Costa Brava is the favourite annual holiday destination. For me, now living in Barcelona, the chance to catch up somewhere new was greatly appreciated. The first week was in Corfu and despite its touristy reputation it was great, mind…
Liceu Opera House
These pictures were taken as part of a series about supposedly haunted places in Barcelona… …Anyway, as always it was an excellent excuse to get access to places not normally that easy to see. I managed to get through the usual bureaucratic labyrinth and met a nice woman who said I could have 20 mins…
Isabel Coixet, Film Director
Isabel Coixet is a well known film director, I was photographing her at her office in Gràcia for a magazine piece. She had just released a new movie called Elegy starring Penelope Cruz and Ben Kingsley. She was being interviewed whilst I got some pictures and set up lighting, I had just got a new…
Raval Faces; the diversity of Barcelona
This was a fun shoot, basically I ran around with the designer convincing different people to stand up against different coloured backdrops for a story on Raval in Barcelona, a barrio with myriad ethnic groups all packed tightly in to a labyrinth and doing so quite amicably. I got lots of smiling faces but as…
Ice Hockey at Camp Nou
This was my first paid job as a photographer since coming to Spain. I had been to the magazine about some possible design work the month before and then got a call asking me if I wanted to do some pictures for them. Ice hockey is fast and I had limited equipment but in the…
Independent Coffee Shops
First job of the New Year. I actually photographed a variety of places and the most important thing I learnt was that when dealing with more corporate establishments is don’t bother asking permission if you can get the shot in much the same way a tourist can! You will end of asking someone who just…