Photographing Ant & Dec

February 24, 2021 in You Tube, Portraiture, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Los Angeles, Manchester, Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Photography Tips, Northerners, Corporate Commission, Top Moment, Case Study, Top Clients

Projects are essential, as a portrait photographer promoting your technique & style is a tried and tested method of securing new clients and interest in your work. Renown presenters Ant & Dec sat for a dual portrait just before the new normal became wonted. The portrait took centre stage in Northerners, a collection of faces who hail from the North of England, just like myself, exhibited in Manchester last year.

Dame Judi Dench Perc Angol (5-Minute English) Front Cover

October 19, 2020 in London, Portraiture, Published, Works, Celebrity

Thank you to the editor of Hungarian Magazine Perc Angol (5-Minute English). Featuring my portrait of Dame Judi Dench on the cover this month.

Sarah Jayne Dunn Actress Headshots

August 04, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Leeds, Celebrity

Sarah Jayne Dunn (born 25 September 1981) is an English actress best known for playing Mandy Richardson in Hollyoaks since 1996. Sarah arranged a headshots session at the Liverpool Studio. Throughout the session we worked through several setups to achieve a vivid series of character actress headshots.

Michael Harney Actor Portraits Los Angeles

June 22, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, New York, Portraiture, Selah, Corporate Commission

Michael John Harney is an American actor of film, television, and theater. He is best known for starring on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black as Corrections Officer Sam Healy. In 2019, he had a recurring role in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind.

Photo Plus Magazine Interview

June 06, 2020 in Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Military Portrait, New York, Portraiture, Portraitist, Published, Selah, Works, Interview

Thank you to Photo Plus Magazine Writer Keith Wilson FRGS, interviewing me about my Selah work and future projects. Please see full transcript below.

Dame Judi Dench Portrait Sitting

May 14, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Portraiture, Selah, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Corporate Commission, Northerners, Top Moment

Dame Judi sat for a portrait to be featured in my Selah Exhibition at her home last month. The sitting gave me the chance to experiment with a series of interesting expressions and characters. The session lasting just over a short period of 15 minutes, I was able to capture a portfolio of truly spontaneous and unique portraits.

Amateur Photographer Magazine April 2020

April 09, 2020 in Celebrity, London, Los Angeles, Portraiture, Selah, Published, Interview

Thank you to Amateur Photographer Magazine Editor Amy Davies, interviewing me about my Selah Photography Exhibition. The exhibition opens at Wex Photographic’s Gallery in Whitechapel in September 2020. Please see full transcript below.

Bob Gunton Actors Portraits Los Angeles

April 09, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture

Bob Gunton is an American actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo. He also played Leland Owlsley in Daredevil TV series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.

William Shatner Wrath of Khan (Promotional Poster Campaign Photoshoot)

February 23, 2020 in Celebrity, Portraiture, Star Trek, Works, Corporate Commission, Top Clients, Top Moment

William Shatner is best known for his role as Captain James T Kirk on the Starship Enterprise. I’ve had the honour and pleasure of having him in front of my lens on three occasions.

Jessica Fox Actors Headshots Session

February 22, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, New York

Arranging her session at the London Studio, Jessica is a natural working to camera. In my experience of successful shooting, an Actor’s Headshot needs to represent one thing: energy. The energy that you will bring to the stage or screen and the character you are looking to play.

Ciarán Hinds Portrait Sitting London

December 29, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Author Portraits, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, London, Selah, Corporate Commission

Ciarán Hinds is an Irish actor, featuring in films such as Road to Perdition, Munich, There Will Be Blood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Frozen, Silence, and Justice League, in which he portrayed the main antagonist Steppenwolf.

Jimmy Essex Actors Headshots Session London

November 27, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, London

Jimmy Essex is an actor, known for A Dark Path (2019), Hollyoaks (1995) and Mr Bowler Presents - Hideaway (2014). Jimmy arranged his Actors Headshot session at the London Photography Studio.

James Cromwell Portrait Sitting New York

August 18, 2019 in Celebrity, New York, Selah, Featured Sitting, Portraiture, Top Moment

James sat for a photoshoot in New York last month; the portraits where taken for for my Selah project. Directing James I asked him to imagine he had taken a long pilgrimage. Now reaching the end of the journey, my impetus was to capture a man of faith who is almost pensive, taking the time to meditate and reflect.

Mark Margolis Portrait Sitting New York

August 07, 2019 in Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, New York, Selah, Portraiture, Top Moment

Mark Margolis has starred in dozens & dozens of films from 1492 to Hannibal, The Wrestler and of course Scarface. Not to mention the Television Series Breaking Bad, as the notorious man with the Bell, Hector “Tio” Salamanca.

Tobias Menzies Portrait Sitting

July 03, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Portraitist, Portraiture, Rome, Top Clients, Top Moment

Tobias Menzies is a stage, television and film actor. He is best known for his role as Brutus in HBO's Rome, Edmure Tully in HBO's Game of Thrones, and the dual roles of Frank and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall in STARZ's Outlander, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Rishi Nair Actors Headshots Liverpool

June 22, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture

Rishi Nair star of the television series Hollyoaks arranged his Actors Headshots session at the Liverpool Photography Studio. Throughout the photoshoot we worked through several setups to achieve a series of black and concrete backdrop headshots.

Tessa Auberjonois Actress Headshots Los Angeles

June 22, 2019 in Actors Headshots, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Los Angeles, New York, Celebrity

Tessa Auberjonois talented Actress and Voice over artist arranged her actors headshots session at the Los Angeles Studio. In addition to her on-screen work, she's a critically acclaimed and versatile stage actress.

Jamie Lomas Actor Portraits Liverpool

June 07, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, New York, Northerners, Portraiture

Jamie Lomas is an English television actor, known for his roles as Warren Fox in Hollyoaks, Jake Stone in EastEnders and Jeff Durkin in Coronation Street. Jamie very kindly agreed to sit for a portrait at the Liverpool Studio. The portrait will be featured in my Northerners Exhibition, taking place in Manchester from the 1st August 2019.

Hugh Frasier Portrait Sitting London

June 01, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture

Hugh Frasier is a British Actor, Author and Theatre Director. Sitting for a portrait at the London Studio it was exciting to meet and work with Hugh. Particularly I’ve enjoyed his role’s as Captain Hastings in Poirot and Wellington in the television series Sharpe.

Maurice Benard (Harper Collins) Book Cover Portraits

May 13, 2019 in Author Portraits, Actors Headshots, Celebrity, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture, Advertising, Corporate Commission

Maurice Benard is an Emmy Award winning actor best known for his role as Sonny Corinthos on the hit show General Hospital. During my last visit to Los Angeles, I was commissioned by Harper Collins to capture a Portrait of Maurice for the books cover.