Nick Saxton

Last Summer on what was probably the hottest day of the year, i photographed Nick at a disused paper mill at a very desolate location in Berkshire.

Nick wanted some images of himself with guitar (and without) that he could use in his promotion for posters/Cd cover etc.

As it was very hot i placed Nick in the shade and re-lit him with flash using the sun as a rim light, we also did some natural light images.

We spent a good few hours exploring the site for photogenic locations that would be suitable backgrounds for the shoot. As you can image, we were spoilt for choice as there were many interesting backgrounds to use as long as the sun was coming from behind Nick. After a couple of hours we succumbed to the heat and packed up, drove home and had a long cool drink.......

More about Nick here

Saint Avian

Recently photographed Sarah and Tony who make up the duo of 'Saint Avian'

In their words-'Saint Avian are an acoustic act who work songs by stripping them back to the bones to draw out their natural rhythms and melodies.'

We all met up at a The Assembly Rooms in Marlow, Bucks where they are a regular attraction.

I photographed them on the stairs leading up to the venue and inside the venue as well, although all these images here are from the 'stairs' session!

As you can see the final result of taking an image can be changed, from colour to black and white or even manipulating the colour image to give a slightly different look. None of the above are the original image i made, obviously the mono image has been changed but the other two colour images have some type of manipulation done to them-the top to the extreme with type added and the bottom image less so.

The images from inside the venue were of Sarah and Tony by the large bright windows but lit by flash to balance the light  and the stairs images were lit by one flash alone.

To see/hear more of Saint Avian, click here



Jody Rule

I spotted Jody sitting outside a coffee shop with a large guitar case next to him.

I'm always on the lookout for musicians to photograph, so i spoke to him about supplying him with some professional images of himself. As luck would have it he mentioned he was on the lookout for a Photographer to do some PR images that he could use on posters/CD artwork and such like, it was good timing as he was picking up plenty of gigs and needed some images to go on advertising.

We met at a location and did a number of different shots with and without his guitar and with a few changes of clothes and hats.

Lighting info: top image was lit with two side lights and a softbox from the front-high up with the light falling off  behind Jody onto a grey background.

Bottom image was lit with a softbox from the side at a sharp angle and a light from behind at a very low power.

I supplied Jody with a CD of images for his website and for print purposes.

You can hear Jody's songs here