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Arty Teeshirts BHS
Arty Teeshirts BHS My friend Viviana now designs arty teeshirts. She is in the fashion business and to destress and for fun started painting little paintings she was soon selling on the internet. Through her connections from work in China, she found a client who wanted to put her artwork onto tee-shirts. This is where…
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Decor Video Editing
Decor Video Editing A job for Decor. During lockdown, I decided to learn more about video editing and postproduction. I had started with Apple’s Final Cut Pro, but after being burned when they dropped Aperture, I decided to switch to Davinci Resolve. I have often been asked to shoot videos on jobs and decided with…
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Home Studio Photography: Cost-Effective Portrait Setups for Professional Results
Creating a Versatile Photography Space Without a Dedicated Studio While I aspire to have a professional photography studio someday, I don’t necessarily want to limit my creative work to a single controlled environment. Environmental portraits—capturing subjects in meaningful locations—remain my preferred approach. However, the convenience and consistency of studio lighting makes having a home-based solution…
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A Jewellery Shoot, 3 Stories and a Lot of Drama
These images from a jewellery project have gone up rather late in the day, the truth is the job was intense. I walked into the meeting as a photographer and left as the production manager. I should have been more suspicious. Basically they handed me a budget and then did the equivalent of running to the hills… taking the images…
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Bohemian Beach Fashion Shoot, in Barcelona
I have been running a film group in Barcelona for about 7 years, I do this because I love showing people films that they might not get to see and as it is situated in a cultural centre and there is also a great bar, so the whole evening is very sociable; people arrive early…
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My latest article about Capture One Pro
Where Oh Where Will All My JPEGs Go… Apple Photos or Capture One Pro? This is the title for my latest article about Capture One Pro 8 on the website PhotosApps.Expert. It was meant as a jokey working title but it seems to have stuck. Read the full article here.
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Fashion Shoot, Gaucho Style Belts
I was contacted by Philipp, the MD of Iracional, a German/Argentine accessory company. They wanted to do a shoot for their belts. The style of the belts is a traditional Gaucho design and they are handmade by a guy in Buenos Aires who is famous for his horse saddles, etc. The idea was to have some models in the…
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Beauty Photography: Behind the Scenes at Barcelona Hair Academy Workshop
I got invited back to Barcelona Hair Academy, which is I guess is confirmation I must have done an ok job the first time. Return to a Professional Beauty Photography Location Receiving a return invitation to photograph at Barcelona Hair Academy suggests my previous work met their professional standards—an encouraging validation for any commercial photographer.…
Barcelona Hair Academy: A Creative Shoot in Gracia
I’ve been getting my hair cut by Emma for years now, and she’s recently teamed up with Cecilia to launch their new venture: the Barcelona Hair Academy. A Cool New Space in Gracia Cecilia invited me to photograph their new location—a stylish space in Gracia. This former industrial building now houses various start-ups, and it…
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Behind the Lens: A Day Shooting Fresh Faces 2012
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… Q: How did the Fresh Faces 2012…
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Abandoned Mansion Photoshoot: The Girl in the Governor’s Tower
The Girl in the Governor’s Tower Abandoned mansion photoshoot, El Torre Del Gobernador is the kind of place that shouldn’t exist—a crumbling, over-the-top mansion near Barcelona, dripping with faded grandeur. Think Disneyland meets derelict opera house, all turrets and peeling frescoes. It’s here I photographed Mad, my gloriously chaotic muse—artist, DJ, and professional wildcard. A…
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More Experiences with a Home Studio: A Fashion Shoot Adventure
It’s not often I dive into fashion photography, but years ago in London, I worked with a friend who specialized in it. At the time, my focus was on post-production in Photoshop, which had become my obsession. After taking a break from photography to work as a designer at a big agency, I got a…
