Lastolite New Vintage Backdrops

October 24, 2020 in Portraiture, London

Lastolite have released a new series of Vintage Backdrops., taking advantage of some free-time. Myself and Alexandra recreated a Baroque portrait at the London Studio using the Vintage Collapsible 1.5 x 2.1m Aubergine/Crimson.

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.

Selah Exhibition Liverpool

September 17, 2020 in Selah, Portraiture

Excited to announce Selah will be exhibited first in my home city of Liverpool. The exhibition will be displayed on JCDecaux screens in all of the city centre’s mainline train stations from 12th - 19th October 2020.

Ivan's Portraits Liverpool

September 09, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture

Last week my nephew Ivan came to stay with us in Liverpool and I had the opportunity to capture his portrait.

Winner of the Portrait of Britain 2020

August 27, 2020 in Awards, Portraiture, Soldiery, Corporate Commission

Portrait of Britain is presented by British Journal of Photography. Photographer Rory Lewis portrait of British Army Soldier Lance Corporal Siwale, has been selected.

Eva O'hara Actors Headshots Liverpool

August 25, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portraiture

Eva O'Hara is an actress, best known for portraying the role of Verity Hutchinson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Arranging a session at the Liverpool Studio, we worked through a series of looks both commercial and theatrical.

Arne Meyer Portrait/Headshots Los Angeles

July 16, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Leeds, Manchester, New York, Portraiture

Arne Meyer has admired my style of portraits/headshots for quite sometime and arranged a session at the Glendale Studio in Los Angeles. A professional headshot is an opportunity to portray a brand image to potential customers who aren’t just researching ‘what’ you do.

Digital SLR Photography Magazine Interview July 2020

July 05, 2020 in London, Military Portrait, Portraiture, Published, Selah, Los Angeles, Interview, Soldati della Repubblica, Corporate Commission

Thank you to Digital SLR Photography Magazine Contributing Editor Caroline Schmidt, interviewing me about my work and future projects. Please see full transcript below.

(Full Interview) 01 July, 2020

Written by: by Caroline Schmidt, Contributing Editor

Hugh Bonneville Portrait Sitting

June 28, 2020 in Actors Headshots, Featured Sitting, London, Portraiture, Los Angeles, Portraitist, Corporate Commission

Hugh Bonneville is best known for playing such archetypally English, buttoned-up characters as Lord Grantham in ***Downton Abbey, Ian Fletcher in W1A* and Mr Brown in *Paddington***.

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.

Johnson Beharry VC Portrait Sitting

June 13, 2020 in Victoria Cross, Portraiture, Works, Military Portrait, London, Featured Sitting, Charity, Corporate Commission, Top Moment, Top Clients

The Victoria Cross & George Cross Portrait Project has been an exceptionally challenging, yet rewarding. Individuals who have been awarded the Victoria Cross have been selected because they are worthy of Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand’s highest military award for their bravery and conduct in the field.

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.

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.

Lastolite New Vintage Backdrops

Lastolite have released a new series of Vintage Backdrops., taking advantage of some free-time. Myself and Alexandra recreated a Baroque portrait at the London Studio using the Vintage Collapsible 1.5 x 2.1m Aubergine/Crimson.

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

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.

Selah Exhibition Liverpool

Excited to announce Selah will be exhibited first in my home city of Liverpool. The exhibition will be displayed on JCDecaux screens in all of the city centre’s mainline train stations from 12th - 19th October 2020.

Ivan's Portraits Liverpool

Last week my nephew Ivan came to stay with us in Liverpool and I had the opportunity to capture his portrait.

Winner of the Portrait of Britain 2020

Portrait of Britain is presented by British Journal of Photography. Photographer Rory Lewis portrait of British Army Soldier Lance Corporal Siwale, has been selected.

Eva O'hara Actors Headshots Liverpool

Eva O'Hara is an actress, best known for portraying the role of Verity Hutchinson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Arranging a session at the Liverpool Studio, we worked through a series of looks both commercial and theatrical.

Arne Meyer Portrait/Headshots Los Angeles

Digital SLR Photography Magazine Interview July 2020

Thank you to Digital SLR Photography Magazine Contributing Editor Caroline Schmidt, interviewing me about my work and future projects. Please see full transcript below.

(Full Interview) 01 July, 2020

Written by: by Caroline Schmidt, Contributing Editor

Hugh Bonneville Portrait Sitting

Hugh Bonneville is best known for playing such archetypally English, buttoned-up characters as Lord Grantham in ***Downton Abbey, Ian Fletcher in W1A* and Mr Brown in *Paddington***.

Michael Harney Actor Portraits Los Angeles

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.

Johnson Beharry VC Portrait Sitting

Photo Plus Magazine 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.

Lastolite Headshot Videos

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

Dame Judi Dench Portrait Sitting

Recreating Saint Peter in Penitence (Ribera)

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

Amateur Photographer Magazine April 2020

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

Steven Berkoff (The Times Portrait Sitting)

Rory Lewis Blog

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Lastolite have released a new series of Vintage Backdrops., taking advantage of some free-time. Myself and Alexandra recreated a Baroque portrait at the London Studio using the Vintage Collapsible 1.5 x 2.1m Aubergine/Crimson.

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.

Excited to announce Selah will be exhibited first in my home city of Liverpool. The exhibition will be displayed on JCDecaux screens in all of the city centre’s mainline train stations from 12th - 19th October 2020.

Last week my nephew Ivan came to stay with us in Liverpool and I had the opportunity to capture his portrait.

Portrait of Britain is presented by British Journal of Photography. Photographer Rory Lewis portrait of British Army Soldier Lance Corporal Siwale, has been selected.

Eva O'Hara is an actress, best known for portraying the role of Verity Hutchinson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Arranging a session at the Liverpool Studio, we worked through a series of looks both commercial and theatrical.

Thank you to Digital SLR Photography Magazine Contributing Editor Caroline Schmidt, interviewing me about my work and future projects. Please see full transcript below.

(Full Interview) 01 July, 2020

Written by: by Caroline Schmidt, Contributing Editor

Hugh Bonneville is best known for playing such archetypally English, buttoned-up characters as Lord Grantham in Downton Abbey, Ian Fletcher in W1A and Mr Brown in Paddington.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Hugh Bonneville is best known for playing such archetypally English, buttoned-up characters as Lord Grantham in ***Downton Abbey, Ian Fletcher in W1A* and Mr Brown in *Paddington***.