National Training Academy

Young british athletics talent. Photographed at the National Training Academy outside of Birmingham.  We spend the afternoon with the athletes capturing them in training across a range of disciplines. Using a heavy amount of flash to overcome the messy and flat gym interior. We also shot ‘body parts’ for the client to convey the peak physical condition of these elite athletes. As a sports portrait photographer I love the moody dark drop off you get when shooting in large training facilities.

Le Comptoir Général

I was recently commissioned to travel to France to shoot this quirky lifestyle travel feature on Le Comptoir Général in Paris. The LCG, as it is known, is run like a department store, with concessions operated by an eclectic bunch of traders. Most of the staff have links with Africa, cross-continental characters who effortlessly mix what they term ‘ghetto cool’ from homelands like Morocco or Togo with Parisian flair to create the kind of edgy street style spotted in New York or London but rarely seen in France’s highly polished capital. Here a a few of the characters I met.

More - Sport Uncovered

Here is an update on my ongoing Sport Uncovered project commissioned by Sport Magazine. One image is used by the magazine every two weeks. Here a a few of the images that have been published since my last update. Featuring: Kristian Thomas, Marvin Sordell, Eni Aluko and Sarah Lindsay. As a sports portrait photographer I’m constantly thankful to all the subjects for being so willing to get involved.

Derren Brown

Good to see an image of mine gracing the cover of “My VIP” magazine. This image was shot at Derren's central london home and features his pet parrot Rasputin, a Blue Quaker. As a portrait photographer I more often that not work with celebrity’s - Darren was as charming as his flat is bonkers.

The Rise of Harry Kane

Images of the most talked about British footballer of the season. Used by a number of publication (including here Sport Magazine). We devised a very simple, almost classical, lighting style and pose to mirror Harry's very traditional on field playing style.

Sport Uncovered

The first in a long series. I have spent the last year getting leading figures in the world of UK sport to shed the Lycra and pose naked. A celebration of the body at its peak. Sport magazine will be featuring one image every two weeks, both female and male – abled bodies and from Paralympic disciplines. Follow thislink to see the set in the projects section of my website as it grows….Read an article in the Daily Mail on the shoothere.

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Scuba

An on-going commission for Easy Jet – I have been shooting a whole host of portraits capturing the different faces that use their airline – the ‘Easy Jet generation’. So far I have shot amongst others a DJ’s, a surfer a model and here a scuba instructor. As a portrait photographer I’m always intrigued who they will find next.

Norway - Into The Wild

Some images from a recent shoot in Norway for a six page travel feature. I spent four days in Northern Norway with an arctic survival guide and former Norwegian Special Forces soldier. It was late summer so the conditions were not as harsh as they could have been. No tents, we slept under the stars and caught fish in remote lakes. So isolated was our location that in the four days we didn't see another person, car, road or in fact any sign of man. As a lifestyle photographer you couldn’t wish for better light or subjects.

A weekend in the wild of Norway by lifestyle and portrait photographer Jon Enoch

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