I took this portrait today of my excellent colleague and friend James. I notced the light orange tones of the background walls and bookshelf against James’s great red colouring. I asked him if he wouldn’t mind and in 10 minutes using a single remote flash with umbrella diffuser, produced this. I hope you like it...
Margo was my 4th “100 portraits” subject, but she was the 1st person who I managed to relax with sufficiently to enjoy taking pictures without too much self-consciousness. This was mostly because Margo was an artist and a truly charming and interesting person, and realising that I was just getting to grips with a challenging...
I must be becoming more confident with my portraiture. My stylish colleague Wilma was on the phone on these stairs today at work, and I asked her if I could take a picture of her. She kindly agreed and we reproduced her natural pose an hour or so later. While setting up the shot, her...
Mac was my 2nd 100portraits subject and I was a bit nervous taking his picture. Mac was a professional photographer and so being sent to him on my 2nd outing with so little experience was a shock. He turned out to be a great guy, and did all he could to help me, but I...
for those of you who don’t know me I did a project last year to photograph 100 people who chose each other in a sort of chain. I chose my favourite picture from each session and these went on my “100 portraits” blog. Now that I have the luxury of this blog I thought it...
