Four : Porsche 964

Another mag shoot. This time for issue 1 of an industry car audio magazine. They wanted something appropriate to the car and their target audience so I opted to shoot this using only available light. I darkened down the sky using quite a harsh ND grad filter to help add to the moodyness.

So far this is only a prototype. Hopefully the first issue will be in print pretty soon!

Gemma Massey pulls faces for Red Nose Day 09

In an attempt to do our bit for Red Nose Day, we got together with Gemma Massey to pull faces and generally act like idiots for this photoshoot. All proceeds from the image sales are going to Comic Relief.

It was a lot of fun! hehe

Morgan Lees

Did a shoot on wednesday for GIRL Syndication with Morgan Lees. Kept the lighting really simple for this one. Used a single light on the background to turn the back wall of the studio into the only light source. This combined with an aperture of f/4 gave a really nice soft back light. I used the modelling light from a second strobe to focus.

The Google Way — and How It Devalues Photography

Just read an interesting blog by Paul Melcher on Black Star Rising and thought I should share it as it raises some interesting points.

"Google has become a standard that everyone follows and copies. Most photo agencies these days emphasize the size of their archives and the speed of their search results rather than the quality of their content."

"Creativity is trumped by productivity. A photographer producing more has more chance of being sold than one who has great talent."

Although it's focused on the stock photography industry, I think there are a lot of parallels within commissioned photography too.

Click here to read the full blog post