I was approached earlier this year by Gather.ly & Canon to be part of a new project. They wanted me to produce some images with a behind the scenes video. They gave me a brief “24Hrs with your DSLR”, a small budget & access to some of their amazing kit — the rest was up to me.

First thing I did was get in touch with my good friend Gavin Strange (aka Jam Factory), like me he is one of those multi-disciplined creatives & dabbles in film making. If you haven’t seen his ICARUS_13 film then you’re missing out. We talked over a few ideas & decided that keeping it simple & striking was the way forward.

My challenge was set in London, the city I love to hate, & I had a few locations in mind straight away.  Now I just needed someone to shoot — I’ve worked with Mode a few times in the past & they’ve always been great, so I called them up & talked them through the brief. They were thrilled to be involved and supplied a great model & MUA, Annie & Tashan.

On the day of the shoot not everything went smoothly, it rarely ever does. Due to some delays we lost some of best light but that never stands in my way, I make my own light! And I am very happy with my images — using Canon’s 85mm 1.2 was an absolute pleasure!