Holroyd Howe, a food services provider within independent schools were looking for some updated staff headshots for their new website. Their whole brand is based on freshness, natural ingredients and creativity so it was important that the images, whilst professional, reflected this. So an outdoor shoot, with natural greenery in the background was an obvious solution. Time was limited as staff were … Read More
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Jumeirah Carlton Tower Botanicals Cocktail Photography Shoot
A little drunken (just kidding) cocktail photography shoot for The Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel group, who wanted some fresh photos of these botanical themed cocktail ahead of a special summer launch. We had a lot of creative fun styling the images for the shoot and making sure the photos look beautiful Bloomin Brilliance Bar. ” … Read More
Apple Themed Portraits for Casna Group
Recently I returned to Casna Group to help them finish building a library of photos for their new website, brochure and promotional material. As always, with their staff head-shots, we went with the apple theme (based on the company founding family’s name Appel) for each of the staff members and then took a more conventional … Read More
Dennis Severs House – A Wonderful Step Back in Time…
I love this place, it’s what London does so well. Old, historical, vintage and slightly bonkers! Dennis Severs was an artist. He acquired the house back in 1979 and lived there until his death in 1999. On finding the house, he envisioned a family of Huguenot silk weavers living there in the early 18th century and so … Read More
Staff Portrait Photography at The Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel
I was commissioned by The Jumeirah Carlton Tower to shoot the incoming General Manager Katie Benson, who I had photographed about five years before for The Langham London, so it was lovely to see her again. Even though she had a really busy day with inductions and meetings and so on, we managed to grab … Read More
Institution of Civil Engineers Christmas and Wedding Venue Photography
For this shoot, the marketing department needed some new shots for their future promotions, so whilst the venue was all beautifully decorated for Christmas, they got me in to shoot some of the sparkly set-ups. They were also in the process of setting The Great Hall up for a wedding, so took that as an … Read More
Unicef UK Rights Respecting Schools Charity Photography
This photography shoot for Unicef UK was held in a London school, with permission from parents and teachers, of course, in order to gather a mixed set of images for illustrating the fundraising packs and website around Unicef UK Child Partners and Rights Respecting Schools campaign. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”510″] To read about … Read More
Worldpay UK Conference 2014 at The Cumberland Hotel
Every year, like many large companies, Worldpay UK hosts their annual conference and asked me to shoot this year’s for them – having been introduced to the company recently. The thing with large conferences is that they are an absolutely perfect opportunity for a company to gather a library of photos, as well as shoot … Read More
RetailChoice.com 10th Birthday Party Photography
What can you do about the unpredictable British weather? On one of the hottest days of the year so far, RetailChoice.com had their 10th birthday party celebration and it was in the basement of The Haymarket Hotel! Luckily, however, it was one of the coolest spaces I’ve had the pleasure to shoot in. Despite the fact … Read More
PR photography shoot with Danny Wallace for Nicholson’s Pubs
Working alongside KV Comms, I was commissioned to shoot writer and presenter Danny Wallace at Truman’s Brewery in Hackney, as Nicholson’s Pubs were about to launch a new collaboration beer with him. Tom Ditto IPA (5% ABV) has been created to mark the release of Wallace’s new novel ‘Who is Tom Ditto?’ and Nicholson’s was the first to exclusively distribute … Read More
Strada New Menu Launch Photography
Being in the hospitality world and with lots of experience photographing events and parties, I often get asked by my clients to shoot various events for them and their clients. This one was slightly different to the last few parties I had shot as it had a live cooking demonstration to show off Strada’s new menu. I’d eaten at … Read More
Hotel Photography for Red Carnation Hotel Group
We did a shoot across a few of Red Carnation Hotels, which included The Milestone Hotel, The Egerton and The Montague, ticking of a list of images needed for upcoming promotions, editorial and marketing. These are a few of my favourites below: ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”510″] We also shot this voucher images, which you … Read More
Bbar Victoria – Food and Drink Photography Shoot
I was asked to return to Bbar by the marketing team at Red Carnation Hotel Group to shoot a few new additions to their menu, including some brand new cocktails and their classic Bbar burger. Whilst there, I also grabbed a nice shot of the staff serving drinks to customers and some action shots of … Read More
Act Clean Brochure Photography Shoot
Act Clean, provides specialist cleaning services for customers who want a luxury service, hence the stunning West London location we planned to shoot in. Since the shots were to go in a new brochure, the brief was to show the staff at work with their focus on the care and attention to detail that they specialise in with their five-star service. … Read More
Lambeth Council Social Housing Restoration Project
I was commissioned by Lambeth Council to photograph a stunning social housing block which they were restoring to modern standards for new tenants to move in. They wanted to keep as many of the original features as possible, yet make it a practical place for families to live. It’s always great to photograph something, which, on a … Read More
Wilcox Burchmore Hospitality Kitchen Design Company Photoshoot
Cathy Wilcox & Michael Burchmore, who run Wilcox Burchmore, a commercial catering design & installation company, approached me wanting professional photography to update their website & marketing material. They also needed some input on how to go about it as they hadn’t done a professional photo shoot for their business before. I suggested the best … Read More
A Dorking Adventure with Roast Restaurant
This was an absolutely wonderful shoot – featuring three of my very favourite things – wine, food and cute animals! I was hired by Roast founder Iqbal Wahhab to accompany him and his new head chef, Stuart Cauldwell, on a trip, alongside their PR company and a food writer, to capture images, as they visited supplies … Read More
Afternoon Tea Photographs for Red Carnation Hotels
Anyone who knows me knows that I love nothing more than afternoon tea. It’s not really the eating part, though that’s fabulous of course, but it’s the artistry behind it, the ceremony and the luxury. For chefs and hotels it’s just a fabulous chance to show off, get creative and of course fill that quiet … Read More
Christmas Ski Lodge at The Montague on The Gardens
This fabulous Ski Lodge has been set up at The Montague on the Gardens just in time for Christmas and as part of an afternoon of photography at the hotel, I was asked to shoot some images in order for them to market the space. Because this is a new venture, we had to ‘rent … Read More
Portraits of Staff for Casna Group
Casna needed some portraits of their staff for their website and wanted something a little different. Given that the outside space was not great, this left us with the office as my studio. These are the results:




















