A recent shoot for Coupa of their CEO Rob Bernshteyn. Coupa Software is a global technology platform for business spend management. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California with offices throughout the Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Rob is the perfect subject for any portrait photographer.
Interview
A recent inverview with Being Freelance’. Covering how I ended up getting into photography and how a few lucky breaks along the way helped. I talk about how I ended working at a lifestyle photographer, advertising photographer and commercial photographer has been a real challenge. Have a listen HERE "I think my first ever freelance gig was going to a little, tiny little pub, in Sheffield, to take some pictures of this band that I'd never heard of. I turned up and the pub was totally packed; I'd never seen anything like that in Sheffield before. And it turned out to be The Arctic Monkeys"
Jonathan Clark
Recent commission to shoot Jonathan Clark President of the Chartered Insurance Institute. We met up with Jonathan at the organisation's central London office and spent an hour shooting formal and more candid imagery. Jonathan was great to work with and any portrait photographer would have loved the job.
Investec Staff Portraits
Using their new city offices as a location a recent shoot for international specialist banking and asset management group Investec. Showcasing staff members from across the business. I’m really happy with the end images as a commercial photographer the staff were wonderful to work with.
Bondi: Australia
Some recent images from Bondi, Australia. I was lucky enough to spend Christmas in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and here are few shots of the early morning beach scene - courtesy of the jet lag. As a lifestyle photographer it was a dream location.
Diogo Pedro
Recent shoot with Diogo Pedro from W Model Management. Shot in South London. I have recently been expanding my work as a lifestyle photographer and Diogo was great to work with. What a look.
Four Quarters
A little personal shoot at the Four Quarters, Peckham, London. As a lifestyle photographer I wanted to show a slightly more gritty and edgy setup.
Swim
A recent shoot with Genevieve Randall From W Models featuring a mix of speedo and addidas. As a sports portrait photographer I wanted to produce a striking set of images with harsh light cutting angles.
Dawson's
As a lifestyle photographer I headed down to shot down to East Dulwich, South London and shot this set featuring Charlie Hill from W Model Management. Shot using available light.
Some recent lifestyle images shot down in East Dulwich, South London featuring Charlie Hill from W Model Management. Shot using available light.
Philadelphia
Been shooting for a lot for state side publications and organisations of late. Here is a lovely little commission off the rather gorgeous looking Philadelphia Magazine. As a portrait photographer you couldn’t wish for more from a location.
The Elephant
Recent shoot with Fabian Johnson in Elephant and Castle, London. We shot using natural lines and shapes to pick out details and colour. Styling by Hollie Lacayo. The architecture around the Elephant and castle is a dream to any lifestyle photographer and we were spoilt for choice.
Singapore’s CIO
Recent shoot with Singapore’s CIO, Chan Cheow Hoe - shot for Fujitsu. The veteran of Citibank, Barclays, ABN AMRO and CT Corporation set about building digital capability in a government technology organization that had largely outsourced its technology needs. As a commercial photographer Chan proved to be a fascinating subject.
The Ditch
A little lifestyle shoot in and around Shoreditch. We shot late in the day to capture the lovely autumn light and colours.
Sir Richard Branson & Ryan Reynolds
Recent photoshoot with Ryan Reynolds and Sir Richard Branson promoting the patnership between Virgin Atlantic and Aviation American Gin. Shot at the Heathrow Clubhouse for Virgin Atlantic/TNR. The pair were dream to work with and would have provided a perfect subject for any commercial photographer.
Cricket Faces
A few more cricket faces from my summer shoot for The ECB which were used on match day programs across the summer test season. Featuring Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root. These were all shot at The Oval in a very fast paced session with the aim trying to get variety in as quick a time possible. As a sports portrait photographer you couldn’t ask for better subjects.
Harvard Business Review
Image of Sanjay Khosla shot for the Harvard Business Review. Khosla spent more than 30 years as Unilever and Kraft; he is now a senior adviser at Boston Consulting Group and made a great subject for me as a portrait photographer.
Bacardi’s UK and Ireland MD
A recent comissions to photograph Amanda Almond, Bacardi’s UK and Ireland MD. Shot at the firms Winchester based HQ. The images will be used by Bacardi for both internal and external communications use. As a portrait photographer its alway good to get some gin tasting in midweek too.
Back to Black
A recent commission to photograph a set of images of Kehinde Andrews; academic and author of Afro-Caribbean heritage. His name Kehinde is a yoruba name of a second born of the twin. He is an associate professor of Sociology at Birmingham City University, the director of the Centre for Critical Social Research, founder of the Organisation of Black Unity, and co-chair of the Black Studies Association. He is "the UK’s first professor of black studies. His most recent book is titled 'Back to Black' and as a portrait photographer is was fascinating to talk to him.
Booking.com
A recent commission which required me to be wear a few hats as both lifestyle photographer and portrait photographer. We were recently up in Manchester for the week, shooting images of employees for booking.com - we used the companies central Manchester offices to provide them with an image bank of key staff members.
Newsweek
Image of Nawal El Saadawi shot for Newsweek; Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation. She has been described as "the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World". As a portrait photographer you are very lucky to meet some great people and Nawal was right up there.
