During a couple of recent events my clients have asked me if I could take a few headshots of some key staff members for their websites. I wasn’t expecting to be asked and so lack the sort of lighting rig that one would normally want to use for corporate headshots. My top 5 tips as…
I love working in Prague and started out there in 2009/10. In that time I’ve covered quite a few corporate conferences and each one throws up a different set of challenges. The AMBA conference at the Corinthia Towers Hotel was challenging because these were long days with lots of speakers to cover during plenty of…
Technical details; Nikon D700. AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8. Shot at f/3.5, ISO 1000 and 1/100s. This shot was taken at a recent client event in Barcelona. Brand Loyalty are an incredible Dutch company based down in Den Bosch and are always looking for interesting ways of making their events come to life to give them…
Technical details; Nikon D700. AF-S Nikkor 50mm, f/2, ISO 1250 @ 1/200s Late last year, prior to a client event in Barcelona, I had the rare opportunity to do some street work – my favourite form of photographic adventure. Out and about on the streets around La Rambla, there was a biblical thunderstorm which went…
Technical details; Nikon D700. AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm, f/3.2, ISO 1250 @ 1/20s On a job for a corporate client in Rotterdam just before Christmas we visited the now famous Markthal. With a subject like this you may think it impossible to get a bad shot. You’d be wrong. It was my first time visiting so…
Technical details; Nikon D700. AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm, f/6.3, ISO 500 @ 1/125s This shot is typical of my photo-journalistic style for weddings and the lesson is a simple one; a good wedding photographer understands that on your wedding day the story can be found anywhere and everywhere. Sure, the focus is on the bride (especially)…
Benjamin Arthur – Clients I remember my old days in the agency. Every credentials presentation we’d have to put together a logo soup of our current clients & brands. I never did one of these for my photography business … until now. And I am so blessed to be able to call every single one…
In this season of Remembrance we Brits not only are thinking about the fallen in the First World war and all subsequent wars but also, for the 5th November, we remember the Gunpowder plot. Each year now I cover the British Society of Amsterdam’s big night celebrating Guy Fawkes Night. There are sparklers, spectacular fireworks,…
This beautiful couple celebrated their 1st anniversary recently and, as a present, Matt gave Laura a 2 hour walkabout session. We started in beautiful autumnal light and finished in total darkness … with an hour’s change and refreshing break in the spectacular Andaz hotel in between. It was one of the shoots of the year…
Portrait head-shots are more important than ever before in the age of social media, LinkedIn and ubiquitous visualization of everything. This one of Ben Crabbe – a pastor with our local Church – grabbed me and is typical of my style.
