Marianna
Waiting to depart, Mariana relaxes awaiting her call. This photo was taken using three lights (one was overhead and aimed into the candles with a warming gel to create the “glow”) This photo comes from a periodic series of photos of dancers.
Charlie
This was an interesting portrait to take as it involved seven lights with careful metering of each to get the intended ratios. The main light was a Ring-flash which gives even and shadowless light to the face.
Courtney
This is Courtney – photographed recently in a big old warehouse, not that you can tell from this.
Inside the Sultan Ahmed Mosque
This photo inside “the Blue Mosque” in Istanbul was taken under special-permit conditions.
Chilli tomato with beef
An overhead shot of steamed rice, garlic spring onion, and chilli tomato with beef. This photo is for a forthcoming recipe book, so the rest will have to stay under wraps for now – but trust me, it tasted mighty fine.
The old farmer
Here’s Dave. The light was coming through a dirty window in the old barn, and all that dust and dirt on the glass diffused the light quite effectively. Sometimes simple is best…
Feed me
Some audition shots for a forthcoming cook-book. Like all food photography, the real work goes into the preparation. In fact it takes a surprising amount of time to tweak the lighting and layout. There are many small adjustments involved as the final look-and-feel approaches, a slight move here, a change of angle there. This photo is [...]
Graceful lines
Niki presents some classical poses for a cover shoot. Using simple lighting techniques and straightforward poses we created a number of graceful images that met the brief. Things don’t need to be complicated to make strong images – and how do you know if an image is “strong”? Well if it makes you feel something emotional, then it’s probably [...]
