My good friend Cameron Davidson asked me recently to splurge out some thoughts on UK stock photography for a guest blogging spot over at his place.  So I did. Here:

Zen and the art of UK Stock Photography

He’s found my missing “h” too – well done Cameron!

Until later…

J

Sitting here in nervous anticipation of the biggest game of the year later today for my beloved Tottenham Hotspur FC.  Yes, its the home tie against the auld enemy and arch nemesis, Arsenal.  Read more from this entry »

I don’t get much chance to shoot Landscape.  That’s a shame because there’s nothing quite like picking your spot and waiting for the light. Read more from this entry »

Every now and then I’m lucky enough to get a commission that really appeals to the 7 year old boy that is deep within the psyche of all adult men.  The sort of excitement that is aroused by miles and miles of pipes and dials and shiny metal and flashing lights, not to forget the machine that goes “ping”. Read more from this entry »

A belated Happy New Year to everyone I know (and those I don’t yet know but may be getting to know in 2009…er…best stop before I get myself further into any Rumsfeldisms).   Its cold.  I hate the cold.  Read more from this entry »

Just to prove the weathermen wrong I had glorious weather for a recent shoot with England cricket saviour, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff.   The location was Old Trafford,  Lancashire Cricket Club, and I was on a commission from Spin magazine to shoot some portraits of Freddie while he was working his way back to fitness from a recent injury. Read more from this entry »

If there’s one guy who has really taken regeneration of urban areas (especially Manchester) by the scruff of the neck and shaken it until it squeaks it’s Tom Bloxham.  Tom’s property development company Urban Splash invests in regenerating inner city areas by taking old warehouses and office blocks and creating cool living spaces out of them.  Read more from this entry »

… I am not!  But during a session in the studio that combined shooting stock with a bit of experimentation I found myself shooting some close ups of chillies and sun-dried tomatoes.   I was trying to get a shadowless wraparound light effect, soft yet well defined.  Read more from this entry »

OK, OK, I know I haven’t posted since January but circumstances overtook me, sorry! I had this blog in my sights but never quite got to it. Anyway, I’ve got a fair bit to blog about having been silent for 5 months so lets start…

It’s late April and I get a commission to go and shoot new young fast bowler of English cricket, Stuart Broad. Brief was to get some portrait shots of Stuart while he was on a promo day for VW and that I’d have an hour to share with the journalist doing an interview at the same time. There’s a possibility this could be a cover shoot and there’s nothing like that to sharpen the mind. So I set off to the location – Trent Bridge the home of Nottingham CC. Read more from this entry »

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a good rest and are raring to go in 2008. Somebody needs to tell the weather though.

Its past mid-January now and the big shiny yellowy thing in the sky has overslept. It was last seen sometime in mid-December. Would anyone who lives nearby please go and wake it up. There’s nothing much you can do when as Morrissey would say “Every day is like Sunday, every day is silent and grey”. That pretty much sums up the current weather here in the north of the UK. Oh, and its rained shedloads too…. Read more from this entry »