Product photography on location? Don’t you shoot product in a studio? Well yes, on the whole I do. Whether it’s the set-up-a-white-background-eBay-style stuff that people want, or clean, simple photos on a different background, usually I do shoot product in a studio. Because product photography is about showing what the product looks and feels like. …
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Interiors photography has a pretty simple rule of thumb that’s worth sticking to. Make everything look as big as possible, and get up close and show interesting details. Recently I was asked back to a new development in Shudehill in Manchester, North Central, to shoot the entrance of the building, the hallway and lifts, and…
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When you book a corporate photography job, there’s always a brief to fulfill. The client, or their agent, has got in touch for a reason. They might be bringing a new product to market; or moving premises; taking on new staff members … whatever the reason, the job of a professional photographer is to tell…
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I try to update this commercial photography blog regularly, but this summer has been really busy at work and at home. I’ve been out and about on shoots more than I have been in my office, so haven’t found the time to post on here as much as I should have done. At home, we…
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An enquiry from a firm of architects in Stoke-on-Trent inviting me to photograph the interior of a Grade II listed building, the Victorian Town Hall, whose refurbishment they’d supervised …… this was in the realm of ‘if Carlsberg did commercial photography enquiries’ …. One of the great joys and privileges of my job is going…
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