Came across this on Smashing Magazine.com Great selection of inspiring press and art photography! I find F-Stop magazine and Burn Magazine of great interest.

As well as shooting corporate commercial projects in Cambridge and beyond. I get the opportunity to photograph family portraits. This can be great fun for me and hopefully the recipient families. Working without the pressure of a commercial shoot and the weight of masses of equipment I can often photograph with just the available light. Making for relaxed and natural images. Below are examples of some wonderful families from Bristol and Cambridge. More can be seen here Family and Children’s portraits

Baby Portrait - Cambridge Series

Mother & Baby Portrait - Cambridge Series

Baby Feet

Sleepy Baby

Its always good to have an assistant when taking family portraits.

Fun family portrait with help from assistant

Image below of one the huge coal burning furnaces at the Museum was lit using x3 Nikon SB800′s. 2 were placed close to the right and left of the furnace, behind walls. Angled up and zoomed slightly for a narrow throw of light. The 3rd light was placed out of frame through a doorway camera left, this light was again zoomed for a slightly narrow beam of light and aimed down towards the cobbled floor, children and  wall opposite. The exposure was around 1/30s  to expose for the daylight entering through windows high above. Part 1

Coal Burning furnace at Museum of Technology

The museum is a real gem for a photographer as there lots of character details and shapes.

This simple shot used a single SB800 flash placed low and behind the spanners and a long exposure to capture some ambient daylight on the front of the spanners.

Museum of Technology Spanners

More off camera flash used in this example.

Hathorn Davey Pumping Engine Detail

New images for the Cambridge Museum of Technology. No specific brief for these images. The room used at the museum was full of old radios and television sets,  unfortunately none were working. The children had fun though despite the lack of interaction in the exhibits. I asked them to pose and they really got on with finding ways to look intersted. I used x2 Nikon SB800′s without modification placed on stands on camera right to provide side and backlight while filling shadows from window behind the exhibits. The use of off camera flash helped also to separate the subjects from the background. I also used 1 SB800 fired into the window side wall to help lift the ambient light. See lighting diagram below, handrawn! More example lighting set ups in Part 2

Children enjoying exhibits at Cambridge Museum of Technology

Children enjoying exhibits at Museum

Lighting Setup diagram

Every year Cambridge District Council’s Sport Development in conjunction with Living Sport host a sports day for children with disability. I volunteered to take photographs of the event. It was great fun!!! As a photographer based in Cambridge I hope to have more opportunities like this!

South Cambridgeshire District Council Sport Development

Prize Winners

Bowling

High Five

Excited

Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue service training day – All images taken illustrate the service in action and methods of search and rescue for the CAMSAR website and other publicity. It was a very wet start to the day with continual rain making the protection of the camera and lens a priority as well creating well composed images. Everyone was in good humour and seemed not to mind being outside in the continual rain. Much of the day was spent following the various training activities culminating in one of the team groups finding a volunteer missing person. I documented event as they happened and also set up and posed key images.

Search & Rescue Team Briefing

Rescue Team Leaders Check Map

Trained volunteer search technicians are assisted by a central control room providing up to date information from the local constabulary and GPS radio tracking technology.

Cambridge Search and Rescue Incident Control Room

Volunteers undergo training to track a persons movements.

Search Technicians examining foot prints

Lighting for the two person portraits below was provided by off camera flash and the ambient daylight. Two flashes were placed behind and to the right/left of the subject and one overhead of camera position with softbox. Sunlight provided intermittent overhead backlight.

Search & Rescue Team find missing person

Photography for the first Dunmow Triathlon went well over the weekend. A gallery of images will be posted here as soon as possible.

If you would like more information please email with your request.

Dunmow Triathlon Club

2 month Cambridge Mencap photography commission close to completion. Results and insights posted here soon. Currently completing final images for the new Cambridge Mencap marketing campaign with new leaflets and website.

Lots of portraits taken over two days for the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital’s new nursing recruitment brochure. Great job, loads of fun meeting some very nice people. The brief was quite open with guidance to take approachable, happy portraits with neutral backgrounds. I chose to shoot with available light where possible and fill shadows evenly.

Cover Portrait Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Nursing Recruitment Brochure

Nursing Recruitment Brochure Portrait