Life of Sundays

I first fell in love with film photography well over a decade ago and despite the digital camera revolution I find myself unable to change for the same very reasons I fell in love with film in the first place: the cinematic texture, rich grain, deep tones, warm light and above all its physical sense of authenticity, character, soul and presence. In recent years I have worked in close collaboration with clients to creatively utilise these characteristics to meet their specific requirements including portraiture and documenting fashion, film, art and music. With both a strong understanding of different types of film and experience with a wide collection of cameras (including vintage and Lomo) I am able to provide images in a variety of different formats to suit any situation including black & white (hand developed if required), colour (both negative and slide film), cross-processing and Polaroid.

To find out more about myself, my experience, equipment, personal photography, etc check the About section. My published photography is detailed in the Published section. For examples of both my current and previous commissioned work please select from the portfolio highlights below:

‘Teenager’ Film

Client:

Compulsive Productions

As part of a wide ranging commission for Compulsive Productions (a community film production company) I was to photograph a location film shoot for the short film ‘Teenager’. The film was scripted, crewed and acted by teenagers with the help of Compulsive and told the story of a teenager’s struggle with alcohol, drug abuse and peer pressure. My role with the production was to take film stills and to document the cast and crew behind the scenes.

Antique Fashion

Client:

ZoZo Reworked Vintage

ZoZo Reworked Vintage create unique items from reworked vintage garments and fabric and commissioned me to shoot a selection of outfits in a local antique shop and garden. From the start it was clear the client felt that due to the style of garments and the location it was important to have a vintage visual aesthetic with the photography and as such both 35mm film and Polaroids were used. Utilising both natural light and a selection of lenses to suit the different situations it was possible to create the final images with the required sense of age and warmth with rich natural colours, soft light and strong contrast.

Winter

Client:

+1 Magazine

Recently I was asked by the nationally distributed +1 Magazine to provide suitable images for a portfolio feature article. I had previously completed a collection of photos entitled ‘Winter’ that were formed from a single medium format film with a sequence of continuously overlapping exposures of a group of winter trees. Once the article had been published I received many commissions for prints from this collection.

The Big Push

Client:

Blueprint Skateboards

Every year a collection of UK skateboarding companies enter in to the Big Push competition to travel across the country and film their team of skateboarders. Once the trip is complete they individually edit a video segment for a DVD that is then cover mounted on an internationally available magazine. Blueprint Skateboards are the UK’s highest profile skateboard company and commissioned me to provide still images for their particular section of the DVD. The Blueprint section featured a lo-fi aesthetic (both visually and with the music - Dinosaur Jr) and the film photography supported that desired theme.

Paint and Illustrate

Client:

Dist.One

David Dixon, aka Dist.One, is an internationally exhibited artist and illustrator with a huge portfolio of beautiful work and high profile clients. As a photographer himself David knew he wanted film photography as opposed to digital for portraiture stills for various print magazine interviews. With a strong undercurrent of organic physicality, rich colours and dark contrast within his own work the use of film was the most appropriate medium to capture the artist himself.

Compose at Home

Client:

Once a Super Hero

Mark Harman records music in his home studio under the name Once a Super Hero. As a commission for a selection of promotional photography for print and web I tried to capture the sense of composing music at night in the dark, small studio and also capture Mark’s intense creativity and musicianship.