One of the best gifts we can give ourselves, friends and family is to be in photographs. As a photographer I'm usually the one taking photographs but I still make sure I take self portraits and more recently selfies when I wish to remember a feeling and a place. I...
I have seen this style of portraiture for many many years, a family of heads all lined up. When done in this very classic black background with rim light portraits it's both timeless and a great way to remember everyone in your family. Even if the two little monkey...
When you've always wanted a portrait with your pet, but … your cat has other ideas! I was doing a new headshot portrait shoot for myself to ask my friends online which glasses they thought looked best on me, pink rounds like you'll see in the photos below or the...
One headshot to represent you online, in publications will not work for every single scenario. One headshot will not rule them all. Some publications papers are more serious and your image needs to portray your professionalism. Published papers, reports etc all need...
We all know we shouldn't judge a book by its cover .. but we do! It's certainly true for LinkedIN as well. If we don't have a clear photo of who we are and we don't make an effort in our professional appearance .. we are judged and we judge others for that. Who wants...
I have been an official L Fest photographer for the last four years and it's changed my life, I have more friends, chosen family and fun amongst hundreds of women attending the UK's only lesbian festival. This is a festival that supports the freedom of lesbians,...
Lesvos .. one of my favourite islands in the world and my yearly pilgrimage to be among Sappho's women celebrating being alive and having a two week festival holiday. This past year I had the honour of being the festivals official photographer and it was a great mix...
Paloma Faith played at the York Racecourse a few weeks back and I love how after a flutter on the horses I can enjoy some really great music. Especially if I go early and bag a spot right at the front by the barriers .. I love taking portraits of people doing what...
It's been an interest of mine to want to do portraits in unusual spaces and one of those spaces I've always liked the look of is to take a portrait in the quiet corner of a pub! In this case, a pub in York called the Knavesmire where a bunch of photographers all got...
The other day my friend Steve and I decided to do another duo shoot, one where we two photographers assist each other during a shoot with a model. Unfortunately, our model wasn't well and we didn't find out until 30 minutes before our shoot .. so we practised and...