Brighton Taxi Driver

November 10, 2016 in Portraits

Portrait of a Brighton Taxi for Viva Brighton Magazine driver up at Devils Dyke, Sussex, from back when you could wear shorts and T-Shirts.

Portrait of a Brighton Photography Legend

July 12, 2016 in Portraits

Tony Tree - Brighton Argus Photographer

It's always a pleasure to taking a photographers portrait and usually a bit daunting. However on this occasion it was an absolute joy.

I had to take a portrait of legendary Brighton photographer Tony Tree (which you can see in this months Viva Brighton magazine), who has worked with the likes of David Bailey and Helmut Newton. He also spent 20 years as a photographer for The Brighton Argus during the 70s, 80s and 90s when press photography was a very different beast to what it is today.

Tony was a joy to photography and to chat to about all things photographic and hear some stories of the past. He was so accommodating and I wanted to capture some of that kindness in the portrait. I also took inspiration for this portrait from one of my favourite photographers the wonderful Jane Bown. Who worked for the Observer for many many years and worked with minimal equipment and always shot on an old black and white film camera. This portrait wasn't shot on film, but I was thinking of her during the shoot.

So thanks so much Tony and Jane.

SILO Brighton chef portrait

June 15, 2016 in Commercial Photography

Brighton Chef Magazine Portrait

A little while ago I was asked to take a portrait of the head chef Doug, at the zero waste restaurant SILO in Brighton for specialist coffee magazine Longberry. Which is a very cool publication and describes itself as 'An occasional journal of coffee.'

Doug the head chef is quite a character and is doing some really interesting things with food. So if you get a chance, you should really head down there. He was also a man in demand. When I arrived he was just finishing one interview and there was already a film crew standing by to interview him for something else. So I only had five mins with him, but managed to get a couple of portraits that I'm really happy with.

And this is what the finished article looked like in the magazine.

Brighton Festival CEO portrait

May 20, 2016 in Portraits, Corporate

Seeing as it's currently the Brighton Festival on at the moment I thought I'd share a portrait of the Brighton Dome and Festival CEO Andrew Comben that I took recently.

This is another of my portraits which could come under the subheading 'portraits taken in corridors outside of toilets". For some reason I always end up in unusual places taking my shots.

Commercial photography of Brighton Food Vans

April 18, 2016 in Commercial Photography

Commercial Photography of Brighton Food Vans / Trucks

So seeing as summer is almost upon us (well it felt a little summery this morning, but now i'm not too sure) I thought i'd share some Brighton / Sussex food vans which I did for the regular business section of Viva Brighton Magazine.

Feeling hungry?

Portrait Salon Exhibition 2015

November 19, 2015

Portrait Salon 2015 Exhibition

I'm super excited to say that the portrait above of Tim Crouch, Brighton playwright, director and actor, which I took for Viva Brighton Magazine is going to be on show as part of the Portrait Salon 2015 exhibition.

The exhibition will show the true depth and variety of portraiture in photography today. It a great honour to be amongst so many brilliant works by so many other talented photographers.

It is open from 6:30pm on Thursday the 19th of November in the Embassy Tea Gallery. 378 prints will be on display until the 22nd of November.

You can find out more here: https://www.portraitsalon.co.uk/blog/