Book

Just finished and uploaded my first book :D So excited is an understatement! go check it out here :

Pocket Cars

Tribe Magazine

Just got an email through from Peter Davey from Tribe Magazine and I'm extremely excited to say that he wants to put my work in their magazine. He came down and saw my work I exhibited at the Pipe Gallery back in March and wants to put my final images in his magazine that reaches over 80 different countries!
Excited is an understatement.

SWDubs Epic Meet

Well once again my images where used for the annual south west Volkswagen meet in Golf+ magazine. All the photographs of the cars and the single picture of dave where mine, so I'm pretty chuffed with that.
Can see my name got credited for the pictures at the top of page one under the heading.

David Fielding

Just secured two more weddings in June with David as a second photographer. I initially started working with David last year and we did a wedding together. The shoot was a big success and he was extremely happy with the photos I produced for him.

http://davidfielding.vpweb.co.uk/default.html

Harry Vinnicombe

The pictures that I took the other day at the Barnfield of Harry Vinnicombe have been used on a poster to promote his gig at the Picture House.

Harry Vinnicombe - Barnfield

So after doing the poster for Harry, I was then commissioned to come a long to the actual event and take pictures of him and his backing band. It was a real challenge for me as I've never gone a band/gig before, but I knew lighting would be really tight. I expected to be shooting on a high ISO, and in the end I ended up shooting on 32000 ISO, which was od for me, as I'm used to doing studio photographs at ISO 50/100. I was worried about what sort of noise I would get, and after looking at the image there was a lot of noise. So I decided to keep with the vintage theme they wanted and edited all the photos in Sepia to eliminate the noise as much as it possible could. Anyway, here a link to the out come of the photos have a look and like my page :)

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.384089158290823.98236.384071744959231&type=3

Taylor James

After loosing my love for photography recently I had a chat with my lecturer about what other directions I could head in other than solely photography. Mu tutor told me to look into Taylor James and she thought it would suit me. In all fairness it does, I'm a very digital kinda guy and love to manipulate digital images. A digital darkroom is where I would mostly be seen, rather than your standard film darkroom.
So I decided to check them out, and a good browse round their website. I found their introduction very summerative and got me clued up on what they did.

A high-end Creative Production Studio working at the forefront of digital production, we blend innovative storytelling with technical expertise. Renowned for photographic realism & attention to detail, we deliver content across print, interactive & broadcast media. With CGI, photography, live-action & post-production under one roof, our studios in London and New York tailor productions to realise the full potential of your campaign.

It interested me that they don't just do photographs, they do a range of  media formats including video and film which involved CGI.

Here's some of their work I found intriguing and inspirational.

They also take you throught it step by step in how they did it, very clever!

http://www.taylorjames.com/project/kalbitor-hands/?thumb=2708

Liability Insurance

It was advised that I look up liability insurance for myself to cover for anything that happens out on a shoot for other people etc.

What does public liability insurance cover?

Public liability insurance is important for your business because it will pay out in the event that a mistake is made which causes an injury to a member of the public or customer, or which damages their property.

Incidents where customers slip or trip over are among the most common accidents which can result in public liability insurance claims.  For example, if a spill on a shop floor isn’t marked sufficiently with a warning sign, and a customer slips and becomes injured as a result, they may claim for compensation.  Public liability insurance covers this cost for a business.

http://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/insurance/public-liability/

Harry Vinnicombe

Been working really close with a local upcoming star in Exeter. His names Harry Vinnicombe and he's a wiz on the microphone and with his guitar. I've been able to be work with him close enough to be able to get photography commissions from him.

I was commissioned to photograph him for his up coming show at the Barnfield in Exeter. He wanted an artistic approach and with a washed out look. He loved the photo which is always a bonus, and went on to be blown up and A3 size and was shown all over Exeter to advertise him. 

News Paper

The picture I took for harry was used in the News paper in an interview which was about him and his upcoming show at the Barnfield.

Cinematographer

Decided to have a good browse around at cinematography/ DoP and came across a few links I found interesting.
Found this quote quite interesting and I guess it sums up the job perfectly well.

What does a cinematographer do?

My job is to help the director realise what's in his head.

The cinematographer creates a consistent look for the film and makes images that help tell the story. It's what's in the frame, the lighting, getting the mood right - getting images that push the story along and keeps the audience inside, not outside, the film.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12540386

And came across this website that is a forum advertising for creative jobs, only problem is the majority of them are all american, but I guess if the perfect one popped up I would jump at it!

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?180-Jobs

Client

Recently been working close with a client, doing photographs for posters and flyer to advertise him at gigs. Recently just done a photoshoot for him for his album cover and portrait sessions. I've also secured a place with him to do a documentary series of photographs of him developing the album and some gig photos. The photos will hopefully appear in the inlet of the album.
As I'm interested in being a Cinematographer, DoP (Director of photography) for films/videos, anything moving image based I've agreed to do a debut music video for Harry as well, which is in the making at the moment.

SWDubs Annual Meet

Late January is that time of year again that the people of the south west join together to show their pride and joy. The groups come along way since it was first created easily over 8years ago. The annual meet first started last year, so this was the second ever event and what a turn out! We had easily over 100 cars turn up from all over the south west.

Anyways, check out the pictures at : -
http://www.chrizquick.co.uk/#!cars/vstc8=swdubs-12
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75474567@N07/