Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Peckham car park art: part 2
Sunday's Observer featured the same exhibition by Peckham galleries that was in this blog on Monday.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Peckham car park art
Bold Tendencies III from the Hannah Barry Gallery is on at Peckham's multi-storey car park, Rye Lane, at the moment until September 30. I went to the private view, which was hugely sunny and insanely popular - a great excuse to relax in the summer weather, listen to jazz and look at the great view ... oh, and look at the art.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Anna and Jason's London wedding
On Friday afternoon, I was planning a visit to the library for the following day. By 9pm, I had agreed to photograph a wedding for a sick colleague. Matt Pereira gave me all the information I needed to cover the wedding on my own, but on the day, was able to be lead photographer, with me second shooting. The day was very long, but wonderful and Anna and Jason had set aside a full hour for their portraits in Hyde Park.
We started with Anna and her parents Lord and Lady Sterling getting ready at their home in Chelsea Harbour. Anna had a mix of vintage and more contemporary jewelry and Lord Sterling had his customary cornflower buttonhole.
Then it was onto the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge for Anna and her father in a Rolls Royce.
Anna's very elegant exit from the car.
We popped out the back of the hotel to Hyde Park for some portraits with Anna and Jason, before their ceremony.
Some details of the pink-themed day.
One of my faves - the bridesmaids waiting for the ceremony to start, with their baskets of rose petals.
After Anna and Jason were married, Anna's father had arranged for a singer to perform throughout the drinks reception with a guitarist.
The singer then introduced O mio babbino caro from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, in which a daughter asks permission from her father to marry, which provoked a huge round of applause.
Then the toastmaster asked guests to take their seats for dinner and were piped in.
Anna and Jason were such a tactile couple, it was easy to work with them.
We started with Anna and her parents Lord and Lady Sterling getting ready at their home in Chelsea Harbour. Anna had a mix of vintage and more contemporary jewelry and Lord Sterling had his customary cornflower buttonhole.
Then it was onto the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge for Anna and her father in a Rolls Royce.
Anna's very elegant exit from the car.
We popped out the back of the hotel to Hyde Park for some portraits with Anna and Jason, before their ceremony.
Some details of the pink-themed day.
One of my faves - the bridesmaids waiting for the ceremony to start, with their baskets of rose petals.
After Anna and Jason were married, Anna's father had arranged for a singer to perform throughout the drinks reception with a guitarist.
The singer then introduced O mio babbino caro from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, in which a daughter asks permission from her father to marry, which provoked a huge round of applause.
Then the toastmaster asked guests to take their seats for dinner and were piped in.
Anna and Jason were such a tactile couple, it was easy to work with them.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Lauren and Peter
If there was an award for the most number of kissses on a wedding day, Lauren & Peter would probably win it. They were constantly together, looking into each other's eyes and you could see they were very close to their families and friends too.
Both wanted photographs that reflected their central London wedding venue and as I was waiting for Lauren, her father and bridesmaids to arrive in a black cab, a BT truck parked outside Camden Town Hall received a parking ticket - not many things more London than that!
Lauren's mother checks her veil, then her father and bridesmaids escort Lauren to the council chambers for the wedding ceremony.
Peter welled up when Lauren arrived at the council chambers.
They didn't need telling to hold hands.
Married!
Congratulations from family and friends.
Lauren and Peter have a moment before following their family downstairs.
In Russell Square, we chose a couple of places for their London links.
Then in the park itself, we had time for a full-length portrait session. Lauren & Peter had also brought along a parasol for some promenading. The silhouette they made reminded me of Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte from the late 1880s.
We finished with some portraits of them near the fountain before family group photographs under one of the large trees.
At the end of our session, Lauren and Peter led their guests into the Hotel Russell for drinks and dinner.
Both wanted photographs that reflected their central London wedding venue and as I was waiting for Lauren, her father and bridesmaids to arrive in a black cab, a BT truck parked outside Camden Town Hall received a parking ticket - not many things more London than that!
Lauren's mother checks her veil, then her father and bridesmaids escort Lauren to the council chambers for the wedding ceremony.
Peter welled up when Lauren arrived at the council chambers.
They didn't need telling to hold hands.
Married!
Congratulations from family and friends.
Lauren and Peter have a moment before following their family downstairs.
In Russell Square, we chose a couple of places for their London links.
Then in the park itself, we had time for a full-length portrait session. Lauren & Peter had also brought along a parasol for some promenading. The silhouette they made reminded me of Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte from the late 1880s.
We finished with some portraits of them near the fountain before family group photographs under one of the large trees.
At the end of our session, Lauren and Peter led their guests into the Hotel Russell for drinks and dinner.
Dulwich Picture Gallery: The Polish Connection
In several sessions over the last few months, I've been detailing works in progress by artist Antoni Malinowski in readiness for an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery open until September 27.
It's been brilliant to capture an artist who is so concerned with capturing light and how it changes. For these works, he mixes his own paint with pigments and a synthetic binder that allows the pigments to reflect light easily. The works really do change colour as you move and as different light strikes them. This is amazing to see ... and a complete nightmare to capture in a photograph. I had to accept that because the work changes as you and the light move, I could not capture everything about it.
The photographs of Antoni at work, his portraits and the works themselves have been on the cover of the galllery's magazine InView as well as being part of a four-page spread on the exhibition inside. Some are also on the inside of the exhibition catalogue.
And yesterday, the gallery's wonderful Ingrid Beazley sent me a link to where the exhibition is listed, again, with one of my photographs.
We started our first session with a pot of tea and cakes from the nearby Cupboard. Antoni is a wonderful host - sorting out drinks for film-maker Ed Saunders, Ingrid, InView writer Peter Belchamber and myself.
Then while Peter interviewed Antoni in his studio, Ed filmed and I watched and then photographed him at work and some portraits. He is so keen to share his enthusiasm for light - he talks with his hands and his eyes.
Everything about Antoni's home is carefully placed, so visiting is like being in a quirky gallery.
You can see Antoni talking about his exhibition and its complexities in Ed's video.
In the second session, the works were finished and I was capturing them in the studio after they were varnished and before they were assembled and moved to Dulwich Picture Gallery.
A painting's detail for the catalogue endpapers.
Getting the works ready to be photographed.
It's been brilliant to capture an artist who is so concerned with capturing light and how it changes. For these works, he mixes his own paint with pigments and a synthetic binder that allows the pigments to reflect light easily. The works really do change colour as you move and as different light strikes them. This is amazing to see ... and a complete nightmare to capture in a photograph. I had to accept that because the work changes as you and the light move, I could not capture everything about it.
The photographs of Antoni at work, his portraits and the works themselves have been on the cover of the galllery's magazine InView as well as being part of a four-page spread on the exhibition inside. Some are also on the inside of the exhibition catalogue.
And yesterday, the gallery's wonderful Ingrid Beazley sent me a link to where the exhibition is listed, again, with one of my photographs.
We started our first session with a pot of tea and cakes from the nearby Cupboard. Antoni is a wonderful host - sorting out drinks for film-maker Ed Saunders, Ingrid, InView writer Peter Belchamber and myself.
Then while Peter interviewed Antoni in his studio, Ed filmed and I watched and then photographed him at work and some portraits. He is so keen to share his enthusiasm for light - he talks with his hands and his eyes.
Everything about Antoni's home is carefully placed, so visiting is like being in a quirky gallery.
You can see Antoni talking about his exhibition and its complexities in Ed's video.
In the second session, the works were finished and I was capturing them in the studio after they were varnished and before they were assembled and moved to Dulwich Picture Gallery.
A painting's detail for the catalogue endpapers.
Getting the works ready to be photographed.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Raelene & Kevin's London wedding
Greenwich couple Raelene & Kevin set up their wedding itinerary yesterday so that I could capture the moment when Kevin set eyes on Raelene. I had known they were arriving at Marylebone Town Hall together on a traditional red double-decker bus with Kevin on the top deck and Raelene on the bottom. Relatives shielded Raelene from Kevin with a pashmina until he had made his way to the top of the town hall steps and was looking away. Raelene could then walk up behind him, ready for him to turn around.
Raelene on her way to meet the registrars.
Raelene and her father Alex enter the ceremony.
Raelene and Kevin had composed their own vows to each other - and could not have looked happier when they were pronounced man and wife.
Raelene's two bridesmaids Michelle and Pam had handed out cones of confetti to the guests, who had arranged themselves very neatly down the steps of Marylebone Town Hall to wish Raelene and Kevin well.
Kevin's first duty as husband was to hold a compact mirror for Raelene to touch up her lipstick. He was a huge success ... and wonderfully, the compact matched Raelene's Jenny Packham dress as if it was made to order.
We stopped off by Lambeth Bridge to get some photographs of the bridal party with the Houses of Parliament in the background - a very London scene. This is one of my faves and includes the distinctive Thames lights with fish details that Raelene very much wanted included.
The bus then took us all to The Guildford, a Greenwich brasserie close to Raelene and Kevin's (and my) home. After canapes and Pimms in the sunshine, I took Raelene in the street just outside The Guildford for some portraits. Kevin joined us for a few more before it was time for them to sit down for dinner.
Raelene on her way to meet the registrars.
Raelene and her father Alex enter the ceremony.
Raelene and Kevin had composed their own vows to each other - and could not have looked happier when they were pronounced man and wife.
Raelene's two bridesmaids Michelle and Pam had handed out cones of confetti to the guests, who had arranged themselves very neatly down the steps of Marylebone Town Hall to wish Raelene and Kevin well.
Kevin's first duty as husband was to hold a compact mirror for Raelene to touch up her lipstick. He was a huge success ... and wonderfully, the compact matched Raelene's Jenny Packham dress as if it was made to order.
We stopped off by Lambeth Bridge to get some photographs of the bridal party with the Houses of Parliament in the background - a very London scene. This is one of my faves and includes the distinctive Thames lights with fish details that Raelene very much wanted included.
The bus then took us all to The Guildford, a Greenwich brasserie close to Raelene and Kevin's (and my) home. After canapes and Pimms in the sunshine, I took Raelene in the street just outside The Guildford for some portraits. Kevin joined us for a few more before it was time for them to sit down for dinner.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
G's maternity
G has just given me permission to show some of her maternity portraits taken a few weeks ago. She and her husband A took a lot of time planning their session and came in for a consultation a week ahead of their portrait session, so they could maximise their session time & best choose what to bring with them.
G brought her wedding veil, with its softness and wonderful draping qualities.
She had also raided one of my favourite Soho fabric shops for some translucent material which also draped wonderfully, giving us a range of new lines. This is my fave from this session.
G brought her wedding veil, with its softness and wonderful draping qualities.
She had also raided one of my favourite Soho fabric shops for some translucent material which also draped wonderfully, giving us a range of new lines. This is my fave from this session.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Ellen & Andrew's Hampstead engagement portraits
When I suggested to Ellen & Andrew that they might like to have their engagement portraits early on a Sunday morning for great light, they very helpfully agreed. So at 8am today, we met in Hampstead to walk over the heath. They had ridden their bikes there and have been on several cycling holidays in the past, so it was entirely appropriate that the bikes had a role in some of the portraits.
We found an area with lovely backlighting and used the shadows, then walked deeper into the woods for a more lush, green background.
We had an audience for some of our shoot.
But after a short while, they lost interest.
After some more close-up protraits, we went to some quiet grassland overlooking Highgate. Our original plan was to head to Parliament Hill for the last portraits, but we got lost on the way and decided this view was better and possibly quieter anyway.
I'm looking forward to Ellen & Andrew's August wedding at The National Theatre's The Deck and then Regent's College. Another bonus from today was finding out that there are branches of Euphorium Bakery and Le Pain Quotidien just near Hampstead Station and (on advice of Andrew), spotted ANOTHER Euphorium branch at nearby Belsize Park. I'm yet to meet a client who isn't in tune with yummy bakeries. Managed to resist today but have made plans to return there with a friend who lives in North London.
We found an area with lovely backlighting and used the shadows, then walked deeper into the woods for a more lush, green background.
We had an audience for some of our shoot.
But after a short while, they lost interest.
After some more close-up protraits, we went to some quiet grassland overlooking Highgate. Our original plan was to head to Parliament Hill for the last portraits, but we got lost on the way and decided this view was better and possibly quieter anyway.
I'm looking forward to Ellen & Andrew's August wedding at The National Theatre's The Deck and then Regent's College. Another bonus from today was finding out that there are branches of Euphorium Bakery and Le Pain Quotidien just near Hampstead Station and (on advice of Andrew), spotted ANOTHER Euphorium branch at nearby Belsize Park. I'm yet to meet a client who isn't in tune with yummy bakeries. Managed to resist today but have made plans to return there with a friend who lives in North London.
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