Kazia Pelka - Actress

Two images from a recent shoot that I did with Kazia Pelka at her home in South London. Kazia is mostly known for her roles in Brookside, Coronation Street and Heartbeat. She has just completed the TV movie William & Catherine: A Royal Romance where she plays Carole Middleton, Kate Middleton's mother.

Charlotte Riley - Actress

I had a lovely day shooting the beautiful Charlotte Riley last week. Charlotte called me to see if I could fit her in for a quick photo session before she flew off to shoot a new series for American Television. Charlotte is probably best known for her part in Wuthering Hieghts as Catherine.

We needed somewhere nice and interesting to do the shoot and it just so happened that Charlotte and her fiancé Tom Hardy had booked into one of London's uber cool hotels in Soho for the week to do some press for Tom's new movie Warrior. So that worked out nicely for us and gave me a lovely backdrop for Charlotte's portraits.

Stef Penney - Film-Maker and Writer

I received a call from Stef recently to shoot her portrait for her new Book.

Stef's last novel "The Tenderness of Wolves" won the Costa Book Award.  She has also written and directed two short films; a BBC 10 x 10 starring Anna Friel and a Film Council Digital Short starring Lucy Russell.

Stef's portrait was shot in a studio located in Islington, London.

Jonathan Speirs - Lighting Designer

I was asked to shoot a natural portrait of lighting designer Jonathan Speirs of Speirs + Major Associates  for Architectural Lighting Magazine which is based in Washington DC.

Speirs + Major is a UK-based design practice that uses light to enhance the experience of the visual environment.

Ben Cura - Actor

I had the pleasure of shooting Ben at a London Studio recently. Ben's off shooting his first film at the moment, the film's called "Comes A Bright Day" and he's playing Mr. Sullivan.

These were shot using available light.

Would the real Jalaal Hartley please step forward

This is the second time I've had the pleasure of shooting Jalaal Hartley, Jalaal is an actor, he also writes for television under his pen name and directs in the theatre, he's one of the funniest people I've had the pleasure of working with, I just have to look at him and I burst out laughing. It's difficult to know when Jalaal's being serious, he's just one of these funny guy's. Every time I point my camera at him I see something different.

We shot Jalaal at his home in West London using available light both inside and on the roof.

Sainsbury's / Soul Food

I was asked to shoot this lovely feature for Sainsbury's magazine. "Soul Food" the spread is about three women who cook to heal using food as therapy. (Most people cook out of necessity, for fun or a combination of the two).

We shot Jane Clarke (far right) on the Thursday then Serena Urquhart (far left) and Sinead McLeod (middle) on the Friday as they weren't available to shoot on the same day. The images were then stitched together to make the one photo. We managed to make it look like they were all shot together in the same room at the same time, not an easy task, it can be tricky to make it look convincing but I think it's safe to say that we pulled it off. Both photographs were shot using a mixture of daylight and studio flash to give it a nice natural feel.