120 Minutes

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120 minutes in possibly my favourite Provençal coastal town, Antibes, Cote d’Azur, France, shooting the people, life, flavour and activity on a hot July morning. Part of the fun of this was the challenge, 120 minutes, not a second over (except to attempt to park which took 45 minutes…), capturing something of the feeling, the spirit of the place in that time…

In common with 60 Minutes were the heat and the sheer amount of people – as you would expect in high season. Great travel shots aren’t usually made at this time of year which made challenge all the more interesting. Ironically, because of the number of people, I find myself wanting “clean” shots, shots without the hordes and, looking back, I’m not entirely sure that was the correct decision.

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60 Minutes

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60 minutes (of bicycles and benches) on the Promenade des Anglaise, Nice, Cote d’Azur, France, shooting the people, life, flavour and activity of a hot July afternoon. Part of the fun of this was the challenge, 60 minutes, not a second over, capturing something of the feeling, the spirit of the place in that time…

In high season Nice is packed. Heaving. The heat is oppressive. The temptation is to forget doing anything creative, or work orientated, and sit in the shade with a cool drink. The problems were the heat, the difficulty in separating people from the background and the clear, sharp, linear line of the sea (ND filter would have been useful) and the amount of people.

What came out of this shoot was a need to find those interesting people, shapes and views in camera; to isolate them from the frenetic surroundings and hope they say something about life on the Promenade des Anglais in summer. I’m not sure we have that (and equally I’m not sure that we don’t either), but for 60 minutes it was an interesting challenge and one I think further development will come from.

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Phoenix Luminaria

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Every Christmas the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, lines the paths of its desert garden with thousands of luminaria for “Las Noches de las Luminarias” (Luminaria Nights), lighting up hundreds of species of cactus and, seen here, complementing the blue dusk settling over downtown Phoenix.

Santa Monica Dusk

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Getting your work into print is always fun – especially when Atlantic Records decides to licence one of your stock images for a CD cover. This image was shot in Santa Monica in 1997 on medium format using Fuji Velvia and a Lee 0.6 soft grad ND filter. The low cloud really helped enhance the colours of the sunset.

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Tempus fugit…and roll on about 13 years (!), back in LA and another opportunity to record one of the area’s wonderful dusks. No low cloud this time but some wispy ones to catch the day’s last rays.

And yes, sunsets here really can be this vivid…

Many thanks to Macy, Paul, Sal and KP – without whom…

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Gehry’s Los Angeles

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Visitors to Los Angeles often go to Santa Monica, Hollywood and Universal Studios but by doing so miss the stunning architecture and life of Downtown LA which is more akin to New York than California.


Frank Gehry seems to evoke either love or hate as an architect. For me the response is “simply amazing”. These images are of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Bunker Hill, one of his designs finished in 2003, lit by winter light. The curves, intersecting aspects and seemingly ever-changing appearance as you walk around it and as the light changes are a photographer’s dream. Stunning piece of work. Well worth a visit.

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Aerial Photography

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This is a sample of aerial work in the Exeter area of Devon showing the Cathedral of St Peter, terraced houses in rows, typical Devon farmland with farm house and patchwork fields, Exeter City Football Club ground, the City of Exeter with the River Exe winding through it and, finally, a rural shot showing a housing development next to green field (agricultural) land.

Mills & Bartelski in Courchevel

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Heather Mills and Konrad Bartelski were guests at the Flexiski Hotel launch. Both very interesting people. Konrad, working for ESPN now, loves his photography and has produced some great imagery in the mountains. Heather meanwhile is training to be in the GB winter paralympic team and loves skiing – fast!

The Feeling played at the launch party to a select number of guests.

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Flexiski Courchevel

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Images for this twin hotel launch (Le Chapteau and Hotel Saint Louis) were needed during the launch week for immediate web use as were the PR editorial images of the invited celebrities. In addition, images were needed for brochure and direct mail use at the end of the shoot. Interiors and exteriors were required along with mountain-top images of the Flexiski ski staff.

The emphasis was on the quality of the product and a desire for atmospheric, sometimes darker images in a semi chiaroscuro style.