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Commissioning a professional photographer can be a daunting business. My philosophy has always been to make it as painless and as uncomplicated as possible and I believe that this is best achieved by a proper dialogue between photographer and client. We both want the same thing - a set of pictures that achieve a purpose. In my experience, the better defined that purpose is, the easier it is to get the photographs that the client needs. I call my service "bespoke" because I believe in tailoring what I do to what you want and need. The way I shoot, the way that I deliver pictures and even the way that I charge are all options that we can explore before going ahead with the job. |
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Features shoot for The Guardian
The newspaper runs a regular supplement called "Best of British" where they feature a wide range of days out and short breaks in the UK. This feature was written by a reporter who went on this one day food foraging course led by Masterchef winner Mat Follas based from his award winning Wild Garlic restaurant deep in the heart of Dorset.
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PR shoot for DEFRA/CEFAS
They commissioned me to cover the arrival of their survey ship, CEFAS Endeavour, through a specially raised Tower Bridge into the pool of London to show visitors the work that they do and to host a visit from an important Parliamentary committee. The job took a whole day and the images were uploaded to a password protected web gallery so that CEFAS could use them in their own magazine, on their own website and then supply images to other publications as necessary.
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Magazine shoot for The Job
The Metropolitan Police has an in-house magazine called 'The Job' and I was asked to shoot two sets of pictures of Sir Paul Stephenson when he became the new Commissioner. One set was portraits in his office and the second was of his address to a meeting of rank and file officers at the Methodist Central Hall in London. Two very different sets of images but both well within the range of work that I do.
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News feature for the Times Educational Supplement
Year after year the Finnish education system comes out at the top of every comparative table of European countries. Everyone has a pet theory about why this is and on this trip the reporter and I were tasked with interviewing people inside the Finnish schools system and with visiting a range of schools in and around Helsinki.
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When I shoot editorial images for magazines, newspapers and websites my approach is to work with the style of the publication and deliver pictures ready to go into print or on the web. Shooting for PR clients means that I have to be aware of a whole range of styles that might be needed and that the sole purpose of my being there is promote the client, their brand and their business. The widest field that I work in is commercial photography where my pictures often have no designated use - the clients often keep libraries of images for future use in a whole range of materials from business press to brochures and even in advertisements.
Many potential clients find the whole language of the photographic industry confusing and I make it part of my role to explain terminology and demystify the process. It boils down to you asking me questions and me answering them. Only when we have answers for all of your questions should we go ahead and shoot pictures. To help, I have posted some frequently asked questions here. If yours isn't there, please get in touch.
You might find one or two of my essays interesting if you are new to commissioning photography.
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