About01 Career
Knowledge Skills & Experience
Interests and Projects
Freelance Career
2008-2009 Contract - Protoype Product and design photography for Nokia (UK)
2005 - providing Lifestyle and Dance images for Alamy Stock Library
2004-Present Wedding Photography
2002-2007 Commisioned work in Product Acorn Fine Furniture Co.~ Bill Lewington Instruments Lifestyle Entertainment Group Rendezvous Ltd
Education Prospectus & Dance Sussex College / Assignments for
Independent Record Labels holiphonic,TZonecomz.
1999-2002 National and international Published Advertising photography in Fashion, Hair & Beauty for Independent creative stylists & designers.Lifestyle advertising for clients
1996-1999 Studio 134 - Brighton
Portfolios, Headshots and portraits for model agencies, theatre companies and independent actors, musicians.
providing lifestyle advertising images for local and City based companies.
1994-1996 Freelance Photographer
in Brighton working in portraiture, modelling portfolios, social functions
& lifestyle images for local business.
1991-1992 Enigma Studios - Eastbourne
Portraits, Portfolios, Musicians & bands . B&W darkroom handprinting services
partners:Tony Arnes
.
Academic Study
2009-present MFA Masters of Fine art Photography Degree at University of Creative Arts, Farnham. The study of theoretical and research methodologies with practice-based work projects.
Practical Experience & Technical knowledge
CAMERA : PhaseONE digital medium format (Mamiya 645AFD- tethured ,35mm ,120 (6x7), 5x4 large format Monorail (all film types and polaroid) tilt/shift & leaf shutter lens types.
STUDIO : Studio Flash (heads and powerpack) HMI and Tungsten lighting, studio setup for Portraiture, fashion, dance & tabletop product & still life.
LOCATION : Experienced in lighting indoor and outdoor locations with both continous light or Portable flashpack.
DIGITAL DARKROOM : Advanced Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom , Raw file & HDR., Film scanning and inkjet printing . Basic website design, videography & video editing skills with Sony Vegas.
DARKROOM : Monochrome hand film development, B&W Hand-priniting and print toning with understanding of fundemental film sensitometry.
Knowledge & Understanding of;
Image Capture All film types and formats .Digital RAW & tethured capture. Handheld ambient and flash Light metering and digital histogram readings. Understanding SBR (subject brightness range) and Zone System metering. Exposure, ISO and WB (wight balance) control & adjustment.
Digital Image Processing work-flow processes for volume shooting, system profiling for output , principles of image manipulation, enhancement and HDR.
Traditional Monochrome advance knowledge of B&W film / developer / papers & toning chemistry. Comprehensive experience of Photo-enlargement techniques.
Contract Employment
2001 - Studio 27 (Portfolios) - Brighton
Technical Advisor
2000 - British Images
Photographer (Location)
& Lighting Technical
1998 -1999
Spotlight Photo studios
-Cardiff S tudio Launch Consultant,Technical Advisor & Photographic Trainer
1996-1997 - Pretty Woman Makeover Studios - Nottingham
Technical Advisor & Photographic Training
1996 -Bolton Portraiture
Photographic Training
1995 - Bath Makeover & Portrait studio
Technical advisor
I was always fascinated with all aspects of film photography starting with 35mm but soon moving onto medium & large format . I soon found a passion for black and white and discovered the darkroom. Film processing and printing techniques together with studio lighting really helped me changed my
direction and not having studied photoraphy as I left home at 17 I always felt I needed to laearn so I bought and read lots of books on all aspects of photography.Within the first couple of years of professional freelancing practice and the help of a friend and colleague Tony Arnes I discovered the Ansel Adams zone system and the fundamantals
of film sensitometry. I spent the next few years honing my
darkroom skills (working as a printer for other photographers) using discovering different film types/developers/paper and
chemstry combinations. I did study the 'City and Guilds
Exhibition monochrome priniting' course in 1994 and after that I knew I wanted to study more but I continued to work and my philosophy was 'never turn a job down' which meant I had to think on my feet and learn quickly but it made me become a more versatile practitioner.
My interest moved on to fashion , hair and beauty and
another great friend of mine Justin Bavosi opened my eyes
to the things you could acheive with colour transparency film on location with the right light , great energy and reflectors. I used to buy all the fashion magazines and study the pages to try and work everything out for what ever the next project was that came along..After seeing a photo of Peter Lindbergh in Vogue in the early 90's holding a Pentax 67 in his hand , I knew then I just had to have one and this helped me create images that were a cut above all those shooting 35mm.
Full time
Employment
1995-1996 Paris Makeover studios - Hove - Principal Photographer & Trainer
1992-1994 Pilot studio
Elegance Makeover Studios - Principal Photographer & Trainer
1990-1992 Olan Mills Family Portrait Studio
- Photographer
my 1st fashion shoot 1992
lighting workshop 2012
back in 1999
at the studio in 1991
