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Young Frankestein

I was recently asked to put together some promotional shots for Solihull Theatre Company's production of Young Frankestein.  I'll be honest, as a fan of Mel Brookes, the Film and knowing that Solihull Theatre Company would do this justice, I'd have fought any other photographer lined up for this.  I'd have fought dirty.  So I packed some lighting, some camera gear a...

Sophie Cooper

Sophie Cooper popped into the studio again.  I'll say this again, I'm glad I had the opportunity to shoot her before she becomes too famous and I can no longer afford her!  

The Mitchel Philips Band

I was recently asked to grab a few pictures of a young band in one of their first concerts at the O2 Institute in Birmingham. For photographers who might be interested, I think it's fair to say it was a challenging shoot. Low light means pushing a high ISO (or using flash but that risks sucking the atmosphere out of the shoots). Light is constantly changing and the...

The D Day Juniors

The manager of the D Day Juniors (and D Day Darlings) dropped me a message to ask if I'd capture the fist ever headline concert of the Juniors. What I found was a talented bunch of kids who could belt out the tunes of many a musical.  

A Trip To Cumbria

I think it's fair to say that outside of portraiture that I do commercially and for fun, the genre I like shooting is Landscape. I have just got back from a family break up in Cumbria which is just a Landscape Photographers paradise.  And fortunately for me, my family are cool with letting me run off and take some pictures.  Maybe a little too cool,  Hmmm.