Blast from the past | Travels

Here are a few images from various travels I've been on over the last few years.

Michael Squire Architect

A lovely commission to shoot some portraits of architect Michael Squire at his offices in central London. As always the brief was tight as was time, but that's where prior planning is essential.

 

RAC Club Magazine

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of being asked by RAC Club Magazine to photograph three classic cars and their modern counterparts. The cars were Fiat 500, Porsche 911 and Land Rover, they were all beautiful cars and I was a very jealous photographer! You can read the full article and see more owners and their cars on the link here.

Financial Times | House and Homes

I've been commissioned by The Financial Times over the last 6 months to photograph for House & Homes.

I love property and love to see inside people's houses and look at how they have styled their homes, combine this with shooting a few portraits and you have a great day.

The properties ranged from a lovely house in the Barbican, a millionaire art collectors mansion to a Tower of London residence.

The many faces of Jenny Eclair

Here are a selection of images from my shoot with Jenny Eclair, not only great fun with an amazing house but lives just round the corner from me, who knew!

Cars, Serious Cars!

I was asked to photograph a few cars last week and being a car lover of course I said yes, what I didn't expect was the range of beauty and savage power between them all.

Unfortunately the Aston is a pure track car with one seat and nothing else, so I was offered a ride in the WRC Escort Cosworth. What I noticed as I climbed in was the lack of, well, everything! I clipped myself into the 5 point racing harness and heard the loud growl of the 360bhp engine start. As we started off I was told not to touch the handle next to my right hand, this was the hydraulic brake, that allows for handbrake turns on the course and is very effective!

Pulling out onto the road I'm pushed back into my seat, leaving my stomach behind, as the turbo kicks in with savage force. The noise is deafening and amplified with all the stripped back to metal cockpit.

What can I say about the little Cosworth, it was unbelievably loud, cold, uncomfortable (not used to harnesses) and smelt of petrol but what it did do was put a MASSIVE smile on my face, one of the best driving experiences of my life, I want to go rallying now!

Barmen & Barista's

I love a good coffee and have been known to partake in the occasional cocktail, so what better personal project to shoot!

Jamie and Luke were great guys to work with and I can't thank them and The Lounges cafe/bar enough for letting me use their space.

NBC Universal Group

Commissioned by NBC Universal to shoot their International Television global sales team while they were all in London.

All shot on my Canon 5d mk3 and lit with Elinchrom lighting.

Jean-Christophe Novelli | Specsavers

  Here is the editorial I shot a couple of months ago for the spring/summer Specsavers hearing magazine.

Jean-Christophe was a lovely guy and very patient over the day, especially with numerous clothing and set up changes. It was a great day in a beautiful apartment, tasty food and awesome crew.

Mini Moves | Specsavers

  Here are the Mini Moves, Got to Dance finalists 2013, shot for Specsavers at the Royal Opera House ahead of their performance at the Spectacle Wearer of the Year event.

These girls were fantastic to work with, full of energy and up for jumping around which made for some great images.

Oliver Proudlock | Specsavers

 

Here is the layout of Oliver Proudlock in the Autumn / Winter 2013 specsavers magazine.

We shot the autumn / winter spread at the height of the UK summer heat wave. Oliver was a lovely guy and a true professional soldiering on wearing autumnal clothing when everyone else was melting in shorts and flip-flops!

Portrait | Sir Ranulph Fiennes | Coverage

 

Some of you may have seen last months post about the acquisition of my Sir Ranulph Fiennes Portrait by the National Portrait Gallery London for their collection (very chuffed!)

This month I thought I would show a round up of publications it has recently been used in.

Yes it even made it onto the TV to my surprise!

The image has also been used numerous times online, here are a couple of links.

The Times in Cape Town - http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/03/01/frostbitten-uk-explorer-airlifted-to-cape-town

The Big Issue - http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-my-younger-self/1989/sir-ranulph-fiennes-sas-threw-me-out

National Portrait Gallery | Sir Ranulph Fiennes

I have posted an edit of this image on my blog before but this is the final edit.

I am pleased to announce Sir Ranulph's portrait has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, London, for their collection.

Skydiving

 

Portrait from a recent shoot at the Body Flight UK World indoor skydiving event in Bedford.

I went along as a spectator but I couldn't resist doing a portrait of Hari one of the competitors

Charlie Mullins | Pimlico Plumber

My blog posting has been very quite due to a heavy workload but I've decided to start 2013 with the cover shot and part of the article on Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, for Sage Solutions business magazine.

Charlie was a lovely guy and while we got ready for the cover shot he stood chatting with  a cuppa, it made for a great shot!

The article layout gives a behind the scenes look at my lighting set up for this shoot. As you can see power is always an issue when shooting on location and I use a lot of Elinchrom Ranger and Quadra gear with various modifiers.

Gabby Logan | BT 'Get IT Together' Campaign

Here are some online grabs of the BT 'Get It Together' Campaign I shot. The beautiful Gabby Logan was filming four informative videos of useful tips and pointers to getting the most from being online.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes | The Coldest Journey

On 6th December, a team of explorers led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes will set off from London on the world's first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic in winter.

The 2000-mile journey has for many years been considered too perilous to try and the group will have to overcome one of earth's most hostile environments if they are to succeed, exposing themselves to temperatures as low as -80c and operating in near permanent darkness.

A winter traverse of the Antarctic is widely regarded as the last true remaining polar challenge and the expedition's success will reassert Britain's status as the world's greatest nation of explorers.

A fund-raising initiative will run side-by-side with the expedition with the aim of raising $10m for Seeing is Believing to help fight blindness around the world.

Having never been attempted, the expedition will also provide unique and invaluable scientific research that will help climatologists, as well as forming the basis for an education programme that will reach up to 100,000 schools across the Commonwealth.

To find out more go to www.thecoldestjourney.org

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