Sometimes everything seems to be against you. 5 Helm Hill Runners turned up to training in newly awarded England Vests and the brief was to get a portrait for the Cub Newsletter. Time is of the essence…….a couple of minutes at the start of the session. Location – half mile walk to the top of the hill as I wanted a shot with their home town Kendal in the background. Weather – rain threatening, getting dark, shoot through umbrella quickly turned inside out by the wind….athletes getting cold. Equipment – 2 speedlights, light stand…….and a temperamental wireless trigger (never been a problem before). But – I knew the shot I wanted to get, had a rough idea of the camera/light settings….and I think that is half the battle. If you know want you want and how to get it you can work quickly and efficiently. I took 10 Raw shots – two to check ambient lighting, one to check the flash and 3 different compositions. 5 minutes in total. This is my favourite……it’s cropped and I’ve tweaked the shadows and highlights in Lightroom – otherwise it’s straight out of the camera. Job done.
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Something Different
Sheffield, Birmingham, London
Comic Art Festival, Kendal. October 2014
An exciting new venture in October as Comic Artists descend on Kendal from all over the world. A team of photographers from Kendal College was assembled to capture the event in all its various forms. Our brief was to create a photographic record of the Festival to assist with future promotion and sponsorship. I had the task of producing portraits of some of the principle artists – 32 x 15 minute portraits in 2 days – a challenge made easier by the fact that the Artists were an interesting bunch of very nice people, but made more difficult as I had never done anything like this before. A temporary studio was set up in an empty room above the Warehouse Cafe at Brewery Arts Centre… it was decorated it with some funky backdrops and a couple of studio lights and the rest was all about working with the Artists (inside and on location) to produce something that we both liked. Results on the website……and an exhibition is in the planning. Watch this (or some other) space.
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On Assignment – Comic Art Festival, Kendal
Spending the weekend working with a brilliant team of volunteer photographers at the Comic Art Festival in Kendal this weekend. Our mission – to capture the festival in all its glory. The breadth and variety of events is huge…so a real challenge. My brief is to produce portrait shots of some of the principal Comic artists….watch this space!
Getting started
First things first…….I had an idea for my Profile photo. Can’t fail with a blue and yellow colour combination. Had a blue shirt so I needed a yellow background. Decided to manually photoshop the garage wall. Follow the link