The Latin American Forum is a recently formed organisation dedicated to improving trade, business and cultural connections between Latin America and the U.K. I was asked to photograph the launch of the forum at City Hall in London recently. The keynote speaker was the London mayor, Boris Johnson. Apart from photographing the speeches, I was asked to document the event from the beginning, before the guests arrived through to the end of the launch. I have the pleasure of photographing many such events, both business and social and it’s always fun to tell the story of the day through the photographs. Here are a few favourites from the afternoon, photographed from the beginning when the delegates arrived.
Here are a few favourites from Kristy’s headshot portrait session at my studio recently. Kristy needed the headshots for an upcoming audition and we wish her the best of luck.
I was asked by the ladies of HN Marketing near Maidenhead to photograph them in a relaxed style. The idea was to photograph at their offices in a portrait style rather than a strict business headshot style. Here are a few favourites from the portrait shoot.
I was asked by Devant Ltd, a Reading based contracts and training company to photograph the process of recording audio for their new iPhone app. Business photography takes many forms, but I do enjoy this kind of editorial photography (photographing a process or happening) very much.
The app. is designed to take you through the basics of negotiating a contract and Devant was keen to maximise the publicity associated with it’s release. The voiceover recording took place at No Machine Studios in Wokingham and the idea was to photograph the recording process and to use the photos in Devant’s press release and other publicity initiatives. I have to admit we cheated and photographed during the setup and the rehearsal because of the camera clicks. Here are a few favourites from the photography session.
Engineer Neil at the studio recording desk.
Voiceover talent Scott Joseph gets into character.
Jenny Benson who travelled to Wokingham all the way from Lancaster.
My photographic colleague Douglas Fry asked me to provide my commercial photography services to record some of the formal presentations and talks at the opening of the World Travel Market event at ExCel in London. Here’s a few favourites from the shoot. Formal presentations on stage are always tricky to photograph – you have no control over the lighting and positioning of the subject and access is often limited in that you can’t really get close to the stage or lectern as blocking the audiences view doesn’t go down very well! I usually photograph these using long lens from the back to retain perspective and context and try to catch the interesting expressions and movements of the speakers.
Stephen Sackur of the BBC opens the proceedings.
James Cracknell, Olympic gold medallist gave an excellent talk.
Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, UK Secretary of State for Culture concluded the official opening.
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