Lastolite Headshot Videos

May 23, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Interview, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture, Works, Rome, Recommendations, France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium

Those of you who follow my blog and twitter feed, see me using Lastolite by Manfrotto Lighting Equipment & Backdrops on the majority of my Portrait Sittings. Recently I was commissioned by Lastolite to film a series of videos on my headshot techniques and how I use their equipment in my workflow.

Yadira Guevara-Prip Portrait Sitting New York

May 21, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Leeds, New York, Portraiture, Selah, Featured Sitting

Yadira Guevara-Prip is an American stage and television actor, best known for her work on Star Trek: Discovery. I was delighted Yadi accepted my invitation to sit for a portrait at the New York Studio. The portrait to be featured in my Selah Exhibition.

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.

Recreating Saint Peter in Penitence (Ribera)

April 20, 2020 in Selah, Portraiture, New York, Los Angeles, London, Works

It’s not unusual for photographers to be inspired by other types of art. As you may have noticed there is a great deal of Renaissance Italian influence in my portraiture. Drawing inspiration from the Old Master painters like Caravaggio, Titian and Ribera.

Ray Proscia Actor Portraits Los Angeles

April 13, 2020 in Selah, Rome, Portraiture, New York, Los Angeles, Featured Sitting, London

Ray Proscia is an American actor rose to fame with his portrayal of characters in TV Shows like Imposters, Suits, and The man in the High Castle. He appeared in the TV Show Suits from 2017 which helped him to boost his career as well as features on the new show The Resident as Terry Camden from 2019.

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.

Steven Berkoff (The Times Portrait Sitting)

March 02, 2020 in London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture, Published, Works, Corporate Commission, Top Moment, Top Clients

Steven Berkoff is an English actor who has also enjoyed prominent success as an author, playwright and theatre director. Often cast as the ‘big bad’ in his films, he has appeared in the likes of Rambo: First Blood Part II, Octopussy and as Adolf Hitler in the TV mini-series War and Remembrance. Recently, you may have spotted him alongside Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara in David Fincher’s version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Gemma Merna Actors Headshots

February 28, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture

Gemma Merna is an English actress, model and yoga teacher. She is best known for portraying the role of Carmel McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2006 to 2014. Arranging a session at the London Studio, we worked through a series of looks both commercial and theatrical.

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.

Tobias Menzies (The Scotsman)

February 23, 2020 in Published, Portraiture, Actors Headshots, Los Angeles, London, New York, Corporate Commission, Top Moment, Top Clients

Thank you to The Scotsman, publishing my portrait of Tobias Menzies in a recent article on his Portrayal of H.R.H Prince Philip in the award winning series The Crown.

Anna Passey Actress Portraits

January 30, 2020 in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Actors Headshots, Portraiture

Anna Passey is an English actress, known for portraying Sienna Blake in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. For her role as Sienna, Passey won the "Villain of the Year" award at The British Soap Awards 2014.

James Purefoy Portrait Sitting

December 22, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Featured Sitting, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture, Selah, Corporate Commission, Top Moment

James Purefoy retuned to the London studio for another portrait sitting to be included in my latest project entitled Selah.

Gavin Williamson CBE MP, Portrait Sitting

December 10, 2019 in Portraiture, Political Portraits, London, Featured Sitting, Corporate Commission

Gavin Williamson CBE MP is a British Conservative politician. He was elected Conservative MP for South Staffordshire in May 2010. Since 2019 serving as Secretary of State for Education.

Politcal Portrait Photographer

December 10, 2019 in Portraiture, Works, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Los Angeles, Manchester, Charity

Throughout my career I have been commissioned to photograph a great deal of Political Portraiture. From local councillors to MP’s, Members of the House of Lords and Prime Ministers. With the General Election on the horizon I thought it would be interesting to write a blog post about those politicians I have worked with over the years

James Purefoy Sky One (A Discovery of Witches)

December 06, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Corporate Commission, London, Los Angeles, Portraiture, Advertising, Case Study

A Discovery of Witches is a British television programme based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness, named after the first book in the trilogy.

Gregory Harrison Actor Portrait Sitting Los Angeles

November 29, 2019 in Actors Headshots, Featured Sitting, Los Angeles, London, New York, Portraiture

Gregory Harrison is an American actor. He is known for his role as Chandler in the 1987 cult favorite North Shore and as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John MacIntyre on the CBS series Trapper John, M.D.

Cardiff Business School. The power of purpose.

November 10, 2019 in Corporate Commission, Charity, Portraiture, Advertising, Works, Case Study, Top Clients, Top Moment

Cardiff Business school commissioned a recruitment campaign to promote their views as the world’s first Public Value Business School - valuing more than just economic success, they were on a mission to bring humanity, sustainability, generosity and innovation to the business sector.

Harriet Tyce Author Portraits

November 10, 2019 in London, Portraiture, Corporate Commission

Harriet Tyce is the author of Blood Orange, a psychological thriller. Blood Orange has been optioned by World Productions to be made into a drama series. With all the press and PR around Harriet’s novel, she needed a new body of Author Portraits.

LeVar Burton Portrait Sitting Los Angeles

October 17, 2019 in Star Trek The Next Gen, Actors Headshots, London, Los Angeles, Portraiture, Star Trek, Featured Sitting

LeVar Burton is an American actor, presenter, director and author. He is best known for his role as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, being the host of the long-running PBS children's series Reading Rainbow and the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots. He has also directed a number of television episodes for various iterations of Star Trek, among other programs.