Attitude Feature on Exes

Last year I shot a feature for Attitude about Ex boyfriends who remain friends and here is the finished article......this feature involved a daytrip to Harrogate, a day out in Brighton, a shoot at a dog show in Highgate and hi-jacking a table in a restaurant in Tower Bridge.....it was lovely to meet all the boys and hear their stories, some of them were quite moving.

Adoption

Hot off the press this month is my latest shoot for Attitude Magazine, which is a great feature on adoption/ fostering.

This shoot was a challenging one as I couldn't show any of the children's face's. It's quite tricky trying to create engaging photography using the backs of heads!

Anyway, we got there eventually and I'm pleased with the way it all looks, especially when combined with illustration.

Sir Ian Mckellen - the out-takes

I have been editing some old shots (well, from 1 year ago) of Sir Ian Mckellen and here they are......enjoy!

Paul Keating - some out-takes

Well, i shot British actor, Paul Keating a while back now but I have only just got around to taking a look at the out-takes.

This was shot at The London Palladium last year just before 'The Wizard of Oz' opened it's doors to the general public. Paul is currently playing the scarecrow in this West End production.

Charlie Condou - some out-takes

I've been a bit slack at blogging of late but I'm finally getting round to posting. It's 7.45pm on Friday evening and I have told myself I am not allowed to go to the pub until I blog so here goes......
Some out-takes from my shoot with Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou. My favourite shots from this day are most definitely the ones outside the green cafe (Cafe Columbia). Can you guess the location? (the name of the cafe being a dead giveaway of course!)

Charlie Condou

I recently had the pleasure of meeting and shooting British actor Charlie Condou for Attitude Magazine. Charlie is known for playing Renoir in The Impressionists and Marcus Dent in Coronation Street.

Charlie returned to Corrie as Marcus back in March for a gay dad storyline with on screen boyfriend Sean Tully.......

Our shoot was fun and it was lovely to meet Charlie's real life daughter, Georgia Mae.

Ruby Wax out - takes

Finally getting around to going through some of my back catalogue again.....and here are some out-takes from my shoot at Julie's restaurant with the lovely Ruby Wax........

Out-takes: Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affair

So here are a couple of out- takes from the Andy Butler shoot to tantalise your taste-buds!
I have been so busy of late, I haven't been going through old shoots but this is a start to sifting through the backlog........Enjoy!!

Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby!!!

Recently I shot Ruby Wax at Julie's coffee shop in Holland Park, London and here is the article......it was fun to meet Ruby and also fun to visit Julie's!

Paul Keating @ The London Palladium

Paul Keating is a British actor currently starring as the Scarecrow in 'The Wizard of Oz' which is previewing at the London Palladium right now.

The show opens to the public on 1st March and reviews thus far have been promising. I plan to go see it next month.

I shot Paul during a rehearsal break at the Palladium so I didn't have him for very long.

The Palladium was also upside down as they were just finishing off refurbishments in time for the show opening.

Check out Paul's t-shirt - it's a dog made of buttons. I liked it a lot!

Sir Ian McKellen talks about homophobic bullying

I had a great afternoon out back in November last year. Attitude magazine sent me to 'The Hundred of Hoo' school in Kent to shoot Sir Ian Mckellen.

He was there as part of anti-bullying week. Specifically his talk was regarding homophobic bullying. Sir Ian was on a very tight schedule. Organised by Stonewall, he was visiting 2 schools a day to speak to pupils.

After the brief 5 minutes allotted to get my shots, I was allowed to sit in at the back of the assembly hall to listen to Sir Ian's talk (the highlight of my day, i might add!).

It was all very moving, Sir Ian talked about how things were in his day and how persecuted people were back then for being gay. He also talked about the term 'gay' being used as another word for something being rubbish or no good and expressed how much that upset him. He asked the pupils to refrain from using the word 'gay' in that negative context.

And finally, 2 boys came out as gay to Sir Ian during his visit.

Phew! What an afternoon. It's not often you get the opportunity to listen to an A-list Hollywood star talk to schoolkids about gay bullying issues!

Andy Butler from Hercules & The Love Affair

A few months back I shot Andy Butler from the band, 'Hercules and Love Affair'.

Being a fan of the band, it was great to meet Andy and the shoot was fun.

It was also good to be back in a studio and have some time to set up my lights etc.

The celebrity shoots I've done recently seem to have been a lot quicker, think on your feet affairs, where I get sent to an unknown location and have to make things work within that environment. There is no time for around in that kind of situation and the last thing I want is people waiting for me to figure out what I'm going to do.
I just need to make quick decisions and do it.

Working in a studio is therefore different because I can get there and set up before the subject arrives and I know exactly how it's all going to work and what it will look like beforehand.

So I was pleased with how this turned out. Andy was sweet, he told me afterwards he had been quite nervous but he was awesome and the shots turned out great.

I'll post some out-takes later.....

Boy George and Mark Ronson out-takes

First post of the New Year and it's Boy George and Mark Ronson, the out-takes!

Happy 2011, let's hope it's a good 'un!

Boy George & Mark Ronson exclusive!

Mark Ronson's new album, 'The Business Int' features Boy George singing (with Andrew Wyatt) on the single 'Somebody To Love Me' This is a great track..... Check out Mark's website to hear the song and see the video, featuring old footage of Boy George.

I was lucky enough to get George and Mark in the same room for an exclusive photo-shoot back in October and here are the tearsheets from December's Attitude Magazine.

Mark Ronson

I recently shot Mark Ronson at Sony HQ.....below are some of the out-takes, recently submitted to Camera Press, who are my new syndication agency.