Drenge

Cool switched on guys, recently involved in a very bizarre tale with a politician. It's all in your monthly Fly magazine. Aimed for a suitably oblique low level lighting set-up, almost as though they were caught in a car's headlight. That was t…

Cool switched on guys, recently involved in a very bizarre tale with a politician. It's all in your monthly Fly magazine. Aimed for a suitably oblique low level lighting set-up, almost as though they were caught in a car's headlight. That was the theme anyway, whether we achieved it or not is down to your judgement.

Mr. Capaldi is Dr. Who

As seen on the Guardian website - my portrait of the wonderful new Dr. Who. Was delighted to hear the announcement, becuase he is a fascinating man who has earnt every scrap of success he enjoys. Here's the original post on this very blog, from…

As seen on the Guardian website - my portrait of the wonderful new Dr. Who. Was delighted to hear the announcement, becuase he is a fascinating man who has earnt every scrap of success he enjoys. Here's the original post on this very blog, from the shoot at the House of St Barnabas.

Laura Marling for MOJO. A special one.

A mere 200 yards from my house, I trundled off to meet Editor-In-Chief Phil Alexander and watch a new style of performance, brought to Hackney by The Secret Cinema people. Set in a soon to be demolished school with so much atmosphere already in the …

A mere 200 yards from my house, I trundled off to meet Editor-In-Chief Phil Alexander and watch a new style of performance, brought to Hackney by The Secret Cinema people. Set in a soon to be demolished school with so much atmosphere already in the room, the anticipation ramped up when a vast number of formally dressed guests squeezed in to drink cocktails, drink in atmosphere and listen to Laura Marling sing her new album. A tangible feeling of... something new... could it be... actually excitement? came over me at this fantastic presentation, amid loads of dramatic interludes and all sorts. The first of many things like this I would think, but read Phil's piece on it yaself I would.

 

Usain Bolt for PUMA

I mean, can you imagine? The phenomenon that is Usain Bolt, at a lovely-looking training ground, at sunset, with the A-Team of lighting dudes, me and my camera bag and (most importantly) a little time to get it right? I KNOW! I shot him previously o…

I mean, can you imagine? The phenomenon that is Usain Bolt, at a lovely-looking training ground, at sunset, with the A-Team of lighting dudes, me and my camera bag and (most importantly) a little time to get it right? I KNOW! I shot him previously on set with Virgin Media but this was a privilege to have the guy in his natural habitat at the track. Of course he is a delight, more than happy to do what's necessary to nail our requirements and that is because he is very cool indeed and looks brilliant, at the tiptop of his game. I hope you agree.

 

The best person in THE WORLD. FACT.

Oh man, I've loved Janelle Monae's incredible look and wonderfully fun but cool music for what feels like an age, and then BOOM in walks the opportunity to shoot her for The Fly magazine. JJ the editor flagged it up and I was all over it from t…

Oh man, I've loved Janelle Monae's incredible look and wonderfully fun but cool music for what feels like an age, and then BOOM in walks the opportunity to shoot her for The Fly magazine. JJ the editor flagged it up and I was all over it from the off, obviously. The greatest aspect for me was working out and then selling in the idea of this image to her team (the inspiration behind it being a combination of the iconography of Elvis, Charlie Chaplin and MJ) and once they were onside we were away. We had 90 mins including interview, video piece and 3 stills set ups, so time was tight but Janelle (best person in the world, fact) nailed it in no time. You can probably tell I loved it and I hope the shots above illustrate this. Loads of thanks to Tom Bunning and Tom Sharp for their kind assistance in producing my bit.

Savages cover for Fly June 2013

So I've been shooting loads of other stuff but it's all embargoed, which is a bit shit in terms of the unrelenting self-promo one is constantly forced to churn out. Am of course incredibly proud of my work for The Fly magazine, it's just that I do s…

So I've been shooting loads of other stuff but it's all embargoed, which is a bit shit in terms of the unrelenting self-promo one is constantly forced to churn out. Am of course incredibly proud of my work for The Fly magazine, it's just that I do shoot other stuff too but it invariably has a big time lag prior to release and by then I've quite commonly long forgotten about it OR clients choose images that I wouldn't put up on here - making it the end of the road for that material, for me anyway. However, here's Savages to cheer up the tone of this rather dull post. Oh. I can only apologise.

 

These New Puritans, June Fly 2013

Jack and George back to The Fly's glamorous courtyard. They've a strong handle on their look so you know, it's an easy composition and therefore a simple and superclean, diffused lighting set up. Their music sounds heavy with big swashes o…

Jack and George back to The Fly's glamorous courtyard. They've a strong handle on their look so you know, it's an easy composition and therefore a simple and superclean, diffused lighting set up. Their music sounds heavy with big swashes of oomph all over it. Actually, might bin off lensmanship for penmanship, wordplay really is loads easier.