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Great locations
Most of the time when you’re commissioned to make a portrait and given very little leeway to produce something interesting, the biggest challenge is the location itself. But every now and then, a little gem presents itself. So it was when I was asked to photograph Richard Garriott, games maker extraordinaire, space entrepreneur and astronaut recently.
It’s not the first time I have photographed him by a long shot, but I wasn’t holding out much hope of anything interesting in an academic building in London. How wrong I was! My problem was not the location so much as the over abundance of red light. Bit of off camera flash resolved that, and a suitably space-age image of a space man was the result:
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Just because the weather is crap…
… it doesn’t mean that your wedding photos have to be boring. In fact, far from it. The dark and dramatic skies can allow you to create imagery that would not otherwise be possible with the clear blue skies that all brides and groom hope for (and at the moment, very few seem to get!).
Last week I had a wonderful couple, Alex and Mollie. They were lucky. Despite the best efforts of the weather, and horrendous problems with traffic thanks to the M25 being closed for hours on end, they still had a wonderful day. I for one was delighted to be there with them.
I worked for them part time in 2000(July) until 2001(May) and it was a really nice team to be involved…