Restaurant delivery advertising series - Shot 2

The second in a series of three print ad' shots...

The first of the series is posted here

Supercar Service

A contract magazine shoot from August with vintage Ferrari's & shiny Maserati's...

And some grab shots with no lighting or direction...

Restaurant delivery advertising series - Shot 1

The first in a series of three print ad' shots...

Boxing for Runners

From a shoot for Men's Running magazine: Jim McDonnell puts an endurance runner through one intense workout...

Boxer James DeGale, MBE

This shoot was commissioned by Fighting Fit magazine for its Olympics issue. James is an Olympic gold medallist (Beijing 08) and the current European Super-Middleweight Champion. Several sets of step-by-step exercise photos were shot at his training gym in addition to these portraits...

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Sculptor Briony Marshall

Briony's work currently explores biological themes, informed by her previous education in biochemistry. These portraits were shot at the Pangolin sculptors studio in London in the last week of her year there as its 'sculptor in residence'. The work she has created during this time will be shown in a solo exhibition at Pangolin London in January.

Out of the Ordinary

For the second time showing my portfolio of cover-to-cover location portraiture resulted in a commission to photograph and retouch product. 'Out of the Ordinary' is the strap-line for the ad's which will be placed in golfing magazines in several countries. This style of visual is the polar-opposite of that usually used for golf equipment advertising - Normally saturated blue skies & green grass compete with studio backgrounds & bright graphics.

A metal-clad tunnel built for testing jet aircraft engines. Lovely lens flare created in-camera.

Stock photography ... the tasty kind

These portraits were commissioned by a creative agency that specialises in food & drink brands. 70% of London's Chinese chefs use this particular stock powder.

The select for print ad's & POS is an accurate representation of the agency's pre-prod' visuals...

This is an alternative from the shoot that didn't make the cut...

The chef is a Chinese Masterchef of the Year. Straight after the shoot he prepared five stunning fusion courses for four of us. The food was so good we all plan on booking tables there soon.

Corporate photo 'banner shots'

Corporate photography sometimes has to work in a 'letterbox' format for Web page headers, and also full-frame for media such as annual reports and presentations. These examples were shot last Thursday in a newly renovated building. The client wanted the interior design to feature where possible. We have taken to describing this type of corporate photography as 'work-lifestyle', and the cropped format as 'banner shots'.

Now and Then

One of my earlier corporate portrait commissions was in the Summer of 2007. It was for three company directors. This shoot stood out at the time: I hired a room on the 23rd floor of Canary Wharf to meet the brief for a windowed blue sky background. The brief, based on a rival company's portraits, also dictated flat lighting, tight framing, off-camera direction and shallow depth-of-field.

We shot together again last month, this time using a room on a first floor of their commercial park in North London. The brief requirements were much more open this time. We needed to refresh but not completely revise the 2007 set...

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