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.

Steve More & Remi/Rough

I had a great time meeting Steve More and Remi/Rough at the Blackall Studios in London, the night before the opening night of their latest exhibition. Steve and Remi were putting in the finishing touches for exhibition "A". I was invited along to take some portraits and fly on the wall shots for Brainer Magazine. The opening night turned out to be a great success.

Steve More & Remi/Rough are represented by Agents Of Change

Shoot at LAMDA

Welcome to my new blog

I thought I'd start my blog with a recent shoot that I did with a young actor called Michael Stevenson. Michael called me on the recommendation of his new agent Conway Vangelder, one of the most respected agents for actors in London.

Amazingly we got permission to do the shoot at LAMDA - The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where Michael learnt his craft. We were lucky enough to do the shoot in this large room which the academy has affectionately called Hogwarts.

I remember when I first moved to London, I used to pass LAMDA on the bus all the time, I never knew what the building was or what it might be used for but I'll never forget, I used to sit there and imagine that great painters must have lived there once upon a time and used this space as their studios with these great arched windows and all that beautiful daylight beaming through, and now I know.