Behind The Scenes on my shoot with Lotan The Stripper

And here are some of the behind the scenes from my shoot with Lotan.
Lots of Police milling about in the background and a very interested passer by stopping to watch.

Luckily the Police didn't catch us out. I have a feeling, since the Queen was in residence and we shot during the changing of the guard, they might not have been too impressed. I asked a Policeman before we started shooting if they would object to a bit of nakedness but he said it could be seen as disrespectful to the Queen.
Personally, I would like to think that perhaps the Queen might have liked it, I mean something has to float her boat and it makes a change from boring tourists with cameras.

Oh and we had some interest in the park as well!

Lotan The Stripper

Earlier this month I photographed Lotan Carter, a male stripper with the Dreamboys, for Attitude Magazine. 

This shoot was SO MUCH FUN! 

The idea was to shoot in St James' Park  against a flower bed but I was inspired by Buckingham Palace and we shot this during the changing of the guard.  It was definitely gorilla style shooting (as in we weren't supposed to be there).  We were surrounded by police who were luckily looking the other way and Lotan wasn't perturbed about dropping his pants at all.  In fact I would say he quite enjoyed it!

More shots from my edit and some behind the scenes to follow......

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BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE MERRY CHRISTMAS SHOOT

Here are the behind the scenes from my recent still life 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' shoot, shot for Tu Clothing at Sainsburys and also handily used in my Christmas cards!  

The lettering was great.  We had a huge version of the word 'MERRY' made up so that the clothing would sit perfectly on the letters as though they were pedestals.  We had the 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' made up to sit together (Merry on top of Christmas) in smaller letters so that it would fit on the set and the big 'MERRY' was in post comped onto the smaller letters for the final frame of the advert.

TU November '09 TV Commercial

Below is my Tu Clothing ad, shot for Sainsbury's in October and shown on UK National TV a couple of weeks ago......

THE AMERICAN'S ENCOUNTER WITH A BRITISH BULLDOG

My favourite moment from a recent shoot is pictured below.  

The model/ actor below, Austin, was fresh to London from LA for the very first time.  Instead of showing him some of the usual tourist hot spots, we whisked him straight to London's East End, where I was shooting in the rain on the streets around various council estates.  

Walking back to our winebago, I spotted this bulldog tied up in a van.  After asking the owners permission and enquiring into whether the bulldog was a friendly character, I asked Austin to go and acquaint himself.  Nervous at first, we eventually got him in the van where he got well and truly mauled (in a playful way).  My assistant and I were howling with laughter as I shot it.....Austin was a great sport!

TU Clothing - Autumn TVC

Below is my Autumn execution for Tu Clothing at Sainsbury's. This was shown on UK National TV for 1 week in September.......

BEHIND THE SCENES: SHEBA-CARGO SHOOT

I recently shot an advertising campaign for Sheba cat food. This was in association with Cargo and Natmags.
The shoot required me to source 2 Russian Blue cats to use as models (one main one and one back up). I also had to hire a cat handler to look after the cats and to make sure they performed on set. The cats became like mini celebrities on the shoot, requiring their own private green room and a silent closed set when we were shooting. If cats get upset whilst shooting, they 'stop working' (the cat handlers words) and you can't get them back. So the entire set had to be carefully managed to ensure this didn't happen and we could get the shots needed.

SHEBA - CARGO - NATMAGS PROMOTION

Here are some of the tearsheets from my recent Sheba - Cargo - Natmags shoot. The ads are featured in Cosmopolitan, Company, She, Prima, Good Housekeeping and other Natmags publications. They are also Point Of Sale in Cargo stores across the country.

BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE FASHION DISTRICT/ LA

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BEHIND THE SCENES/ DOWNTOWN LA FASHION SHOOT

NEW LA FASHION.......

Shot in April 2009 in LA......more on websites (these are the out-takes....)

TU SUMMER FOR SAINSBURY'S

So here is the finished product, the latest TV Commercial for Tu clothing, the Summer range by Sainsbury's. I shot it a couple of weeks ago and it airs in the UK tomorrow and will be on for 1 week.
Enjoy!

BEHIND THE SCENES/ TU CLOTHING AD FOR SAINSBURYS

So, below are a sample of the Behind The Scenes shots from my latest TV Commercial for Tu Clothing by Sainsbury's. It was a fun, fairly relaxed day. We got what we wanted and a nice time was had. Thanks to all involved. The advert airs this week, from 19th May onwards...........