Lovely to see one of my unit still photos used as the poster for Roy! Poster design by the wonderful Dan Anscombe.
A member of the BAFTA CREW!
Pretty stoked to have been selected for BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew 2021 @BFINETWORK @BAFTA and #BAFTACrew #NationalLotteryfunded #unitstillsphotographer I am looking forward to the year ahead, and the opportunities being a member of the BAFTA crew will bring!
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The Short film -Roy with Actor David Bradley!
Unit stills from the short film Roy, I got to work with the lovely BAFTA award-winning David Bradley, such a wonderfully kind man.
We were on a lovely set in a small cottage, within a picturesque village. So much fun was had with lots of laughs!
The photos can also be seen on the On set section of the site!
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Majority Short Film!
Unit stills from the short Majority, it was a fun set to be on, with a talented crew and cast director -Tessa Hoffe producer- Lauren Parker, DOP-Carl Pollard, sound Adam Fletcher, too name a few. With Maria Popistasu and David Neilson as leads!
In recent news, the film has been selected for the BFI London film festival 2020, See some stills from the shoot below and on the On-Set section of the site-
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Kelly! A Short Film.
I had the pleasure last year to work on the short film Kelly in London, from the creative mind of Joe Roberts, This short comedy was a lot of fun, I got to work with the wonderful Scroobius pip and Maddy Anholt, And a beautiful little dog too!
One of the shots I took also got used as the poster for the short which can be seen below-
The Unit stills from the short can be seen here and the On Set part of the site.
Scroobius pip
BTS shot
Directing in progress!
A dogs time to shine.
Once the film is online I shall pop a link in the Blog :)
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
2019 has been another brilliant year in photography, from shooting portraits at the Hermit studio in Nottingham studio to behind the scenes on short films with amazing actors such as Stephen Graham, to photographing for events and working as a photographer at Boots!
I’m so grateful for all the opportunities I’ve had this year and I look forward to 2020 and all that it brings!
See below for a selection of some of my favourite photos that I have shot through the year!
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Snowflakes
Unit stills from the short film Snowflakes that I worked on earlier this year, directed and produced by Faye Jackson was good to go to the screening recently and catch up with some of the crew!
This one was fun to work on, was in a very chilly shoot in an old prison, It is great to get to work on such interesting locations which is one of the many reasons why i love working on set!
BFI short Pop!
I had the opportunity to work as a Unit stills photographer recently on a BFI short film called Pop which is about identity and gender, the short needs some support to get it to completion.
The talented Director Laura Margo Roe and DOP Bartholomew Bazaz did an amazing job on the film as well as the rest of the crew, and it was so much fun to work on, I had the pleasure to work with the wonderful Stephen Graham and the young lead Jake.
So to get it through post-production they have a crowd funder which can be seen below, So get yourself a perk and help it get to the final stage, even a share is a big help! Take a look at some of my stills from the film while your there and some can be seen in this blog to!
Portrait of Stephen Graham who plays Pop
Behind the scene shot of Stephen Graham and art director Charlotte Ball
behind the scene shot of Jake the lead of Pop.
Portrait of the talented young Jake
Checking back the shot with Bart Bazaz.
Director Laura Roe going above and beyond helping Jake across a flooded field.
Behind the scene on Pop.
Poster
At the Beginning of this year I worked as a unit stills photographer on a short film called Snowflakes, It’s great to see one of the unit still I shot used on the poster for the film! - see below
I’m unable to share any of the BTS of the film yet but as soon as I get the all clear they will be up on the website!
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Tractors and Robot Arms
I worked on a little Commercial last week doing behind the scenes photography on a Farm in Rugby it was an interesting shoot with tractors and a robot arm for the camera, which was called the Milo! It was very fun to photograph, and watch manoeuvre around the actors to capture the scene.
Here’s a few photos from the shoot, I met some lovely people and leaned how to sneakily get my shots without being hit by a gigantic mechanical arm!
Who needs a mirror!
I’l now be moving onto a short film next week doing more Behind the scenes!
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Portraits and Short Films!
I had a wonderful shoot recently with the amazing musician Ajay Henry a local RNB singer, we had so much fun creating portraits together in the studio!
The Behind the scenes from this shoot can be seen below!
The studio set up with a colourful background!
Natural light shots in the studio!
I have a busy week coming up, I’m working on a short film doing Behind the scenes photography, I’m looking forward to meeting some new crew and working with some talented people I already know! Then its back into the studio for some business headshots.
So I will update you with the photos from these soon!
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First Shoot Of The Year!
First shoot of the year was shooting Behind the scenes photos on a commercial for Glide. It was a lot of fun and a great start to 2019! The commercial can be seen here Glide-Typical Student.
I have some exciting shoots coming up this year which I look forward to sharing in time!
But for now here’s some of the BTS photos from the Glide shoot, more can be seen at the Unit Stills section of the site!
Beth ready for the shot.
BTS of Andrew and Matt ready with the Stedicam.
Going for a take.
BTS of a shot of Beth and Andrew ready to go!
BTS of Stedicam shot in action.
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Christmassy work!
Hello again so I guess this is another update on the work I’ve been up to!
It’s been a christmassy couple of weeks of work!
To start I had another studio shoot with the wonderful band Megatrain, with the lovely Felix and Tiger, shooting their Christmas photos and Cover shot for their new Christmas single Bolshevik Xmas No. 1, which is an amazingly Beautiful song and now available to listen to on Spotify and by clicking Here :). These guys crack me up, I struggled to take some of the photos due to laughing so much, the shoot was a lot of fun!
Check out the photos below from this shoot!
Megatrain Christmas Portraits!
Megatrain Christmas Portraits!
Here’s the cover photo from the new xmas single on Spotify!
I’ve been Pretty busy on commercials and Music videos shooting Unit stills and behind the scene photos, some of which can be seen below, some are actually from Megatrain’s music video to!
BTS from the Megatrain music video.
BTS from the Megatrain music video.
BTS from the Megatrain music video.
Unit still From the Xmas Bosch commercial
BTS photo From the Xmas Bosch commercial
There’s more from these shoots on the Unit stills section of the site so go check it out!
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A little Update!
Hello
Thought I would do a little update of whats been happening! I have been a little unwell so that took me out for a week and a half, but I’m healthy and well now so all is good!
Ive been in the studio again shooting headshots and playing with my lovely new hand painted backdrop from Bespoke Backdrops, it has a lovely colour and texture to it, and I look forward to creating some interesting portraits with this soon!
Some of the photos below have been shot on this new backdrop!
Portrait Of Ryan on the Bespoke hand painted backdrop!
Portrait Of Ryan on the Bespoke hand painted backdrop!
Headshot of ED.
Portrait of ED.
A few of the films I have worked on have had the all clear for the unit stills to be shared, so I’m happy to share some of these with you below. Some of which are from a lovely new music video orange from Artist Daithi which can be seen by clicking here Orange.
Checking the shot, BTS from a music video for Daithi.
Uni still from a music video for Daithi.
BTS of Director Lochlainn directing the Actor Diarmuid on a music video for Daithi.
MUA and costume working on the short film connective tissue.
Unit still from short film Connective Tissue.
DOP getting the shot on short film Connective tissue.
More from these films can be seen on the Unit Stills section of the website.
I’m busy on a few studio shoots and commercials over the next few weeks so will update you all with another blog soon!
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Films Films and more Films
I’ve been quite busy lately on a few film sets. From working on music videos in Ireland to short films in Manchester!
I love working on set and documenting the events of the day, I did Unit stills on a great little music video for Hazey eyes with Director Simon Diamond, and amazing actors Erin Kellyman and Tom Blyth, Stills from this can be seen below and on the unit stills page!
Unit still of Erin and Tom
BTS of Erin waiting for a take!
I worked on another music video in Ireland for musician Daithi and Director Lochlainn Mckenna, which is on the low down till the video is released, so I’m unable to share photos for this at the moment. But I can share the music video I worked on in the summer for Daithi, which is here: In my Darkest Moments which has won 3 Shark awards since its release!
I also just came off doing Unit stills on a Short Sci-fi at the weekend, the photos for this are in the editing process at the moment.
And last but not least, I worked on a great little short in Manchester called Lippy, which is a short horror for FOX’s Hulu, Huluween film festival. It was great to work with Director Lucy Campbell DOP Phill Wood, and Actress Kierston Wareing. Stills can be seen below, and on the unit stills page.
BTS of the Clowns in action.
Kierston Wareing applying some Lippy!
All words in Bold can be followed to a video of the productions, or a link to the photos on my website!
If your after a Unit stills photographer for any of your projects, please get in touch!
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Two Music Videos and a Commercial in Ireland
Been busy on a few shoot's in Ireland this past week, had two music videos for the amazing musicians Daithi and 1000Beasts, and a Pride commercial for Aerlingus, all within days apart.
My role was the behind the scene and portrait photographer on each of these shoots, I got some amazing photos and explored some beautiful places, we shot in Dublin and CountyClare in West Ireland which had some beautiful sunsets and sea views, it was great to spend a few days working and hanging out with the same team, which really helped us create some beautiful work.
There weren't many BTS shots of me captured on this shoot as that was my role, so I was always behind the camera!
But I got some lovely sunsets, and the photos from the shoots can be seen in the Unit Stills section and in the corporate portraits part of the website, and il share the music videos in a blog in the due course.
For now have a Sea View Sunset! :)
Sunset sea view in CountyClare West Ireland
A little photo of me watching the sunset!
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