A month or so ago I hit up Parklife Festival in Manchester to shoot for Tigi Bed Head. I can say, categorically, that the job was thoroughly enjoyable, but the festival itself…well…it wasn’t my cup-of-tea.
I drove up from London with a producer/editor and spent two days shooting behind the scenes, interviews, product shots etc.
And this is what we put together.
Camera: Me
Producer and Editor: Catrin Griffiths
Company: Bespoke Banter
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Working behind the scenes is great…except…it’s mental, completely mad and relentless!
That all said, I love it, absolutely.
I can only post a sneak-peek at the moment…
…but welcome to BTS on a gigantic Rimmel shoot with a very lovely Georgia May Jagger.
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Welcome to a rather brilliant production – with a rather exciting cast – and an even more amazing raison d’etre.
The Big House Theatre Company provides an expressive platform for care leavers who risk falling foul of social exclusion. The company is fronted by Maggie Norris, an extraordinarily enthusiastic and determined woman on a mission to ensure these individuals have a voice.
In fact, their most recent production, Baby/Lon, is based on the experiences of the cast, which only adds to the intensity and power of the play, really!
I was asked to shoot some individual shots of the cast in situ. The light was low, eratic, time minimal and the cast ever-so-slightly ruffled after five days of continuous performing…but…it was great fun and an absolute pleasure.
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Welcome to HelloTV and The Scott Report.
Again, these were shot by me but orchestrated and edited by the lovely lot at Bespoke Banter.
It was quite the experience and I don’t believe I ve ever met so many popular faces in such an intensely short space of time! Mental.
Getting the sound levels right was a challenge to say the least!
A large part of what I do centres about visual research. You receive the brief, the location of where you’re to be shooting and then the you’re off, on towards your destination to illustrate the story using both video and stills.
Simple and I love it.
The following photos and showreel are a small example of what I love best…visual storytelling.
Max Roach Park, Brixton
Max Roach Park, Brixton
Paris
Edmonton, London
Docklands Riders, Royal Docks, London
Eurostar, Brussels
Royal Marines, Polzeath, Cornwall
Royal Marines, Polzeath, Cornwall
Leadenhall Market
Fight for Peace, Royal Docks
Cuts protest, Barbican, London
Guardsman, London
New York
Harlem, New York
Guardsman’s feet, Bramley
Brick Lane Music Hall, Royal Docks
Brick Lane Music Hall, Royal Docks
Guardsman, London
Shopping, Edmonton, London
Underground, London
Guard, London
Bicycle Festival, Homerton, London
Flowers near Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Supper club, London
Riots, London
Riots, London
Shoot, London
Shoot, London
Alexa Chung, London
Guardsman on exercise, Bramley
Recycling near Warren Street, London
The tip, north London
Supper club, London
Craig Charles, London
Burma Star veteran, London
Guard, London
Guardsmen
Anthony Lambert OBE and Royal Marine Ben McBean, Cornwall
Guards, Doncaster
Repatriation, Royal Wottoon Bassett
France
Guardsman, Longmoor
High School football, Chicago
Dawn Attack, Salisbury Plain
Dawn Attack, Salisbury Plain
Guards, Salisbury Plain
Queen and Equerries, London
Guards, Bramley
Chinese supermarket, Royal Docks, London
This weekend a wonderful opportunity popped up.
It was a job working for a new client (which is always exciting) and the brief required me to photography behind the scenes on a L’Oreal campaign shoot.
I am completely enthused by commissions like this; they allow me an insight into largely unknown worlds – and I am paid for the privilege. I would struggle to complain even if I wanted to!
Welcome to L’Oreal and Alexa Chung.
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Welcome to a PDF book of an imploded project.
Very much to my chagrin this work has fizzled and popped into little more than nothing at all. Consequently I ve decided to make a small photo essay of the photos taken to date.
I am frustrated, annoyed and hunting for a resolution!
