I was fortunate enough to shoot Chris & Laura’s wedding on Saturday. I’ve been asked to shoot weddings before but this was the first one I have accepted. I’ve known Chris for years and felt privileged that he considered me.
Believe it or not, I wasn’t only excited to shoot this wedding but I also thoroughly enjoyed doing it! I might even consider shooting another one some time. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go and finish editing the hundreds of photos I took so I can get them over to the happy couple.
Today I dragged myself out of bed at 7.30 which, let me tell you, is a ridiculous hour on a Sunday. I commando rolled through my clothes straight into the front seat of my Schneemobil & drove through ALL THE WEATHER to Boxpark in Shoreditch, London. I did this so I’d have the pleasure of shooting the Spring/Summer 2013 lookbook for AnyForty — yes a Spring/Summer shoot in the snow… but I made it work.
My friend Daniel is a pretty awesome illustrator, the kind of illustrator that likes to draw axes & beards as well as beards & axes. At the end of last month I did a quick promo shoot for him in the attic of our favourite local independent coffee shop.
Spadge & I had a great time throwing coffee around the kitchen to get this shot… I should probably go and clean it all up but we’re re-watching Lost & it’s at that really good bit in season 3 when The Others capture Kate, Jack & Sawyer. The coffee & the cup are actually from separate shots and this final image is a composite. It took a few attempts to get the timing right for the motion, but once we settled into a rhythm we nailed it. Hope you like it.
As part of my birthday present last month Spadge got us tickets to the Tattoo Tea Party — awesome. So we made the trip up to Event City in Manchester to check it out. It’s unusual to see so many different styles under one roof & really interesting seeing how other people deal with the pain of being tattooed. There were some mind-blowingly-good artists & it’s, unsurprisingly, made me feel the need for more ink. Check out the photos and enjoy.
I can’t tell you how many times my plans have changed for this shot this week, lucky for me it all came together at the last minute and we pulled this (and a few other shots which I’ll share later) out of the bag.
My friend Daniel aka Baker2D has been putting out some pretty rad T’s recently. He asked me to do a couple of shots for him to use for promo and on his store. I went for a high key look using a white wall in my house & a bit of strobist magic.
A dryad, in Greek mythology, is the female spirit of a tree. They were normally considered to be very shy creatures, except around the goddess Artemis, who was known to be a friend to most nymphs. I think we spend so much time in woodlands that Spadge has turned into one.
Last weekend my amazing smoking hot smart sexy pretty cute girlfriend, Spadge, took me away for a weekend to the picturesque village of Burnham Market in North Norfolk. We stayed in an awesome holiday cottage which had everything we could possibly need, including a coffee machine & wood burner for the cold February nights!
You can think of ever year of your life like a chapter. My birthday was on Sunday so I’m now starting my next one & I’m going to document all of it. Well, at least one part of it every week. By giving myself a week to create each image I’m hoping that the quality of this project will be the best yet.
