My student halls, ‘Broadgate Park‘ at the University of Nottingham were like a young offenders institute (in some blocks for more than aesthetic reasons); with ship-like safetyglass door, frigid bare-brick stairwells bursting with unloved bikes and asymmetrical lino kitchens criss-crossed with snail trails.
A recent job took me to an altogether different...
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Last week I hit the streets of Leeds on Leeds Guide magazine duties, assisted again by my knowledgeable homie Ben Spear of Spear Design
As promised (dear readers!) I vowed to shoot a couple of behind the scenes pics to show how I get what I get on location with limited gear.
Today I’ve got a food...
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After yesterday’s spring roll snaps I thought I’d post some actual food & drink photography I’ve shot for the Leeds Guide recently…
It’s quite the challenge to make food look appetising. Especially as I can’t fake it by painting things with varnish and piping mashed potato into a McFlurry cup. I literally turn up at a...
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I was approached a week or so ago by the Leeds Guide Magazine editorial team to shoot their upcoming spring fashion feature. They’d booked the Corn Exchange (mentioned in my last post, as the place where I technically became a professional photographer!) and were looking for models. On our recent 3B Media Urban Portraits training...
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