brighton photography
Portraits and profile shots of Guy Parker-Rees is a British illustrator and author of children's books taken in his Brighton studio.
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Dramatic and creative photography of Brighton board game players in the Dice Saloon. The Way We Work, photography project featuring Brighton board gamers from The Dice Saloon playing Dungeons and Dragons as well as other strategy and fun games.
Read MoreI don’t really do photography projects…..however I seem to have accidentally been shooting one for five years now.
Once a month, every month for the last five years (that’s 60 shoots), i’ve been photographing Brighton people (326 in total) in various professions / hobbies / businesses for the wonderful Viva Brighton Magazine with the help of the amazing Rebecca Cunningham and Kelly Mechen.
Although it's not quite an A to Z of professions, we’ve shot everything from Adventures to Window cleaners including Butchers, Bakers and Cocktail Makers.
When I started the first The Way We Work shoot in November of 2014 I didn’t think we’d be still shooting five years later, but to be honest, i’m more than happy to continue this project indefinitely as it’s such fun, incredibly interesting and is literally a documentary of The Way We Work.
Like I said, I don’t really do photography projects, but when I do they seem to be big.
About this time last year, I got to indulge in two of my favorite things and photograph a cycling street art tour of Brighton using the Brighton Hire Bikes.
I love street art and graffiti and cycling is very close to my heart as I cycle every week and am super passionate about it. So getting the chance to photograph and document this tour and learn about Brighton’s art scene was a wonderful experience.
More of that please.
I was very fortunate to be able to spend a wonderful afternoon at the Brighton Gin distillery, taking photos of the who process of making Gin.
I really learnt a lot and loved every minute of it. It’s given me a greater love for Brighton Gin and the lovely people who run the business.
The thing that I was most surprised and impressed by, was the list for the staff’s tea and coffee. I loved the way that everyone was so precise about the length of time the tea bag should stay in the cup for. The exact measurements of coffee and sugar for everyones brew. I’m also sure that I saw a paint sample chart for how milky certain people like their tea. This I really respect.
I love being asked to go into a space and document or capture what businesses or people do there. I'm free to just observe and take photos of how I see the place and it makes me look at the people and the details with a much more critical photographic eye.
So this time I was asked to take photos of the wonderful Brighton Table Tennis Club in Kemp Town, Brighton for a magazine article. I must have been past this place hundereds of times and not realised what goes on inside. It's just an amazing place and if you have any interest in Table Tennis what so ever, you really shout check it out.
It's Brighton Festival time again. That great time of year when the city goes all crazy and there is all kinds of creativity going on.
Last year I was very fortunate to be asked to photograph the opening event / private view of a special Virtual Reality art exhibition / film experience at the Lighthouse in Brighton.
It was my first experience of virtual reality and it was really interesting to see where the technology is going. Not to mention being in a room full of people in Brighton but all of us were transported to the Australian outback.
So if you're doing something for this years Brighton Festival make sure you enjoy it and go and have fun.
