Pic of the Week 22.03.13

Ok, only a half cop out for this week's 'Pic of the Week'. It's late, I have a meeting in the morning and then 3 night shoots in a row. And to top it all off I am coming down with a cold (and I don't know where the hell it has come from, both the kids are well?!?!?!). But I refuse to start missing post's now as that's how it starts.
So get out you violins for me and have a look at this weeks instalment.

Really taken a shine to this portrait that actually started as a stand in light test during a photo shoot last week. The model is (once again) my wife and occasional assistant who seems to be popping up more quiet often these days.
It's a  nice simple portrait captured as I borrowed her for standing in but I just love the colours and the fact that it really captures her character, peeping out from behind her Gameboy. The purple and yellow really help it to 'pop' and draw you in to the eyes.

Right, i'm going to get some sleep and pray from an overnight cure.............

Pic of the Week 15.3.13

Not one from the archives today, something fresh off the boat instead.
WHOOP WHOOP!!!

As (I very much hope) you all know, the new website is up and running and if you have also been following my Twitter account you will have seen me quietly weeping about having to write an 'about' page.
Now, I'm not the greatest writer out there by far but when I really sit down and go for it, I can eventually end up with something I'm half proud of. Add to the mix a few very helpful friends and family and, well folks, it's almost finished.

Right let's get to the point of the post. An about page (and a website in general) needs a self portrait. A photographers webpage needs a GOOD self portrait. I mean, your a photographer, you take photo's and ask to be paid for it, you should at least be able to take one of your self right. I must say I do get a bit "really?" when I see a bad self portrait/mug, sorry, head shot being used by a photographer. A good simple headshot, fine, but a bad one? Maybe there is a reason behind it, and if they want to explain their theory about it then I am all ears, but for me thats a big no no. So this week has been spent plotting, planning testing and shooting my self portrait.
I don't want to say too much as I think I may do an extended blog post on this very soon. At least I will if I get enough comments, requests, likes, shares or a big bag of money will do actually.
So get clicking! And don't forget the Google +1 button folks.

Here is the image that is actually live on the 'Contact' page now. I have a hand full of versions that I like so maybe I will up them all in the next post for you to pick your favourite. There is also a simple portrait shot that will be going on the 'About' page once the text is finished but for now I'm going to go with the main prize.

Oh, and I better mention my lovely assistant Delphina, for helping out with the shooting again. :) Thank you x
Go and check out her instagram if your on there @phinaface. Ah what the hell, check me out while your at it @12clicksaway.

Aaaaaaaaanyway......... enjoy.

Shooting the illustrator

So, once again I thought it was about time I got you folks a new post.

I have been super busy as always. Shooting on some nice film sets, a couple of small commissions and lots of editing, admin and promotion. Also busy moving the 'Step Into My Office' exhibition (which is now hanging at Look Mum No Hands).

But that is no reason to not post!!!!!

So lets start with this.


Last month (I think? I'm getting so lost in my dates) I took some head shots and portraits for a lovely lady called Tanja Wilmot.
She was actually at the Zumba class that I shot a few posts back and liked the work I had done there.

She is an amazing illustrator and needed some shots for her blog and web page.

Go and check out her work here as it really is beautiful
http://tanjawilmotillustration.blogspot.co.uk/


To continue the nature theme from her work, we did a natural light shoot in St.Mary's Secret Garden in Hackney. We wanted the nature side of things with a little bit of an urban touch.

Here are a couple of my favourites.

Please do go and check out her illustration work. It's very impressive

http://tanjawilmotillustration.blogspot.co.uk/

The Arsonist

Well, I'v just finished editing the stills from 'The Arsonist'

Sorry to the 'Dinner And A Movie' crew, you will be next. I only did two days on set with this one so it was allot quicker to get it all finished. It was all on set and shot in two different rooms. We have the boiler room complete with dodgy electricity switch board and beautiful green walls and also we have the living room of a council flat.
Very cool sets I must say and I have learnt to expect nothing less from the LFS students. We even had two goldfish staring in the movie (they were not harmed blah blah blah disclaimer ;)

The boiler room scene was technically the title scene as it involved a bit of sabotage and arson. That was pretty fun to watch as we had a flame bar on set. A gas fed bar wrapped in cloth that could be lit and then adjusted to give a wall of fire. I wasn't able to get many shots though due to it only being lit during the takes (health and safety and all that) Still, it was a good fireball when they first lit it that made pretty much everyone on set jump.

Anyway, here is my pick of the bunch. The final edit was about 200 images.

Enjoy

               I love these near pitch black shots. I think I'm going to put together a set of them

Sneaky peek at the coolest film yet

Right so to keep my photo fans hungry here are a few bits from the 'Dinner And A Movie' shoot that I did last month. Its just a little tease so you can see how cool it was ;) It was definitely the most fun I'v had on set so far I think. The best part being the location shoot!!!!
It was here http://www.bentwatersparks.com/

A seriously cool location complete with working electric gates, bomb storage bunkers, watch towers and an empire of crows living in the surrounding trees.

Anyway, check these out and don't worry, there will be a full blog post with more photo's coming once I get all the editing done.

Enjoy

                        

 You can get a Brucy bonus point if you can tell me what film this truck was in. It has a logo on the door and bullet holes in the windscreen but I can for the life of me place it

 Check out that bomb storage bunker!!!!! Seriously scary stuff. A super thick concrete room inside a seriously thick concrete bunker with a seriously thick metal safe door for the inner room and gigantic sliding blast doors into the bunker. Don't mess with what ever they used to keep in there