Bret Freeman

Bret Freeman is one of MMA's premier Ring Announcers.

Originating  from sunny California, he has made his home in Buckinghamshire.

Also known as 'Hollywood' for his American style and glamour that he brings to the many shows that he comperes in England and abroad, he is also a regular face on Sky Sports and other channels.

You can read more about him on his site at http://www.bretfreeman.com/

I recently photographed him in a small area using 3 lights in the first set up then just 2 for the rest of the images, sometimes using coloured gels for some 'Hollywood' effect.

I did a mixture of headshots with many posed shots of Bret holding his trademark microphone and showing off his trademark skull and crossbones jewellery.

We utilised the punchbag that Bret has in the shots to get a visual link to the fighting that he announces for.

From set up to breakdown was at least a couple of hours and Bret kept up his showmanship throughout, happy to change some of his attire as we went along to get some different images from the shoot.

Miss Sophie Plummer

I recently shot some images of the very talented Sophie Plummer

at a location in Surrey.

Sophie has got a fantastic voice and also plays the piano-a winning combination, it's amazing how someone so young can be so talented!

You can find all about her here

The shoot was an exterior and interior job due to the fantastic location, luckily some decorations had been put up for an event at the location which we utilised, then we arranged some shots at the piano with some more edgier images later in the day against a Union Jack flag taped to the wall as a background.

The shoot lasted for about 4 hours with a few tea breaks thrown in and lots of clothes changes and lighting set ups.

The above image is one of my favourites, a very simple image that say's it all-a talented young lady and a piano.

On the technical side of things, most of the images were made with two lights, one main light onto Sophie on the front with a light at the back to throw some light onto her hair. We shot against the sun outdoors and also balanced the light indoors with the light outside in some images.

STOP PRESS!....images from the shoot feature in Sophie's new video on Youtube.