Personal Notebook and Photographic Journal
I was planning on this evening being my last stressful photography session, after the hectic series of protests and events. The Million Mask March has a reputation for attracting a very outspoken crowd, and I was hoping for a little bit of chaos to capture on my pushed Tri-X, and subsequently the T-Max 3200 I... Continue Reading →
Today I celebrated a celebration for Diwali, which was held in Trafalgar Square. I've photographed so many events in Trafalgar Square, and I was almost expecting to be bored by it - but one of the best things about photographing people not places is that you can revisit the same location any number of times... Continue Reading →
Over the last few months I have photographed a fantastically diverse range of documentary images, working on my ability to tell a story in a single frame. After a lot of trial, error, and feedback I've found that there is a shortcoming in the capacity for a single image to be a truly accurate or... Continue Reading →
The last two weeks have been very intensive for me, documenting XR non-stop, followed by an Anti-Brexit march yesterday. It would have been ideal to take today as a rest day, but the sky was clear so I couldn't make excuses. I went directly to Marble Arch where I'd heard that the London gathering for... Continue Reading →
These last two weeks of documentary work were very intense, and something I'd been looking forward to for a while. Leading on from the last large scale XR action I photographed in April I wanted to really slow down and focus on some of the details. Although I'm happy with a lot of the work... Continue Reading →
I recently wrote about a perceived lack of energy in my images, where I discussed the possibility that my shooting approach of using a "flat plane" rather than composing along an angle could be a detriment to the energy my photographs are able to convey. I've since found another possibility beyond my original thoughts which... Continue Reading →
Retrochrome 400 is the name given to repackaged expired Ektachrome 2253, from a specific amount of bulk cold stored film in America. It is a 400 speed slide film, which offers me two stops more than the 100 speed Ektachrome I'm used to shooting, from their recently rereleased variation. After buying a couple of rolls... Continue Reading →
This weekend I photographed on set for a short film titled "Stillness" (directed by Rachel Fowler (her first directorial work as far as I know)).The subject and story of the film was quite serious compared to other films I've worked on, but the atmosphere on set amongst the crew was pretty much the same as... Continue Reading →
Tonight I photographed under some of the most challenging lighting conditions I've ever encountered. A group of student activists were planning on gathering at Westminster and lighting candles - a very classic scene, and one I was really interested in photographing. I had already loaded my F4 with HP5 @800 a few days prior, and... Continue Reading →
