Portrait of a man holding a chicken

It's a portrait of a man holding a chicken. What more do you want?

Ok it's the Farmer David from Mile Oak farm in Brighton and I photographed him for Viva Brighton Magazine.

Happy now.

The Way We Work - Brighton Home Brewers portraits

The Way We Work - Brighton Home Brewers portraits

I had a great day last month shooting my regular project, The Way We Work for Viva Brighton magazine. 

I got to meet and take the portrait of five of Brighton & Hove's home brewers. I even got to take some of their delicious beers home with me.

If you'd like to see more of The Way We Work project, just check out this link.

Portrait of a Brighton Photography Legend

Tony Tree - Brighton Argus Photographer

It's always a pleasure to taking a photographers portrait and usually a bit daunting. However on this occasion it was an absolute joy.

I had to take a portrait of legendary Brighton photographer Tony Tree (which you can see in this months Viva Brighton magazine), who has worked with the likes of David Bailey and Helmut Newton. He also spent 20 years as a photographer for The Brighton Argus during the 70s, 80s and 90s when press photography was a very different beast to what it is today.

Tony was a joy to photography and to chat to about all things photographic and hear some stories of the past. He was so accommodating and I wanted to capture some of that kindness in the portrait. I also took inspiration for this portrait from one of my favourite photographers the wonderful Jane Bown. Who worked for the Observer for many many years and worked with minimal equipment and always shot on an old black and white film camera. This portrait wasn't shot on film, but I was thinking of her during the shoot.

So thanks so much Tony and Jane.

SILO Brighton chef portrait

Brighton Chef Magazine Portrait

A little while ago I was asked to take a portrait of the head chef Doug, at the zero waste restaurant SILO in Brighton for specialist coffee magazine Longberry. Which is a very cool publication and describes itself as 'An occasional journal of coffee.'

Doug the head chef is quite a character and is doing some really interesting things with food. So if you get a chance, you should really head down there. He was also a man in demand. When I arrived he was just finishing one interview and there was already a film crew standing by to interview him for something else. So I only had five mins with him, but managed to get a couple of portraits that I'm really happy with.

And this is what the finished article looked like in the magazine.

Portrait Salon Exhibition 2015

Portrait Salon 2015 Exhibition

I'm super excited to say that the portrait above of Tim Crouch, Brighton playwright, director and actor, which I took for Viva Brighton Magazine is going to be on show as part of the Portrait Salon 2015 exhibition.

The exhibition will show the true depth and variety of portraiture in photography today. It a great honour to be amongst so many brilliant works by so many other talented photographers.  

It is open from 6:30pm on Thursday the 19th of November in the Embassy Tea Gallery. 378 prints will be on display until the 22nd of November.

You can find out more here: https://www.portraitsalon.co.uk/blog/

Autobiography Book Cover Photography

Autobiography Book Cover Photography

One of my goals is to do more photography for book covers. I've already done a couple, however seeing as I love portrait photography it's one area of my business which i'd love to expand. 

I really enjoy looking at the autobiography book covers in the book shops and seeing the great portraits which entice you to read the book. Thats what i'd love to be taking more of.

So if you're reading this and you can help, it's a big fat plea from me......Please help me do more.

Anyway, this lovely lady is Baroness Gould of the House of Lords. She's a Labour Party peer and has stood for some amazing causes over the years, mainly to do with discrimination. I spent a very memorable morning with Joyce, in her home chatting about this and that and learning so much from her.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the book when it comes out in January I think. This was my favourite image from the shoot, but I have no idea which one they will use.