Doggy Branding

I recently received this tweet from a designer friend of mine - Have you ever seen a brand identity based on a dog? http://t.co/2lncn2Hq  – Originally a tweet from Design Week back in March. Well the answer is yes, and it was mine from a few years back!

This is some of the stationery from my old company Mill Yard Studios Ltd. Nellie was the star, and although she hated having a camera pointed at her, she begrudgingly performed……. with a little temptation ( a biscuit ). She’s no longer with us but will always be fondly remembered.

A Royal appointment

It was great to hear that Fudges – purveyor and maker of fine biscuits – received a ‘royal appointment’ yesterday. I’m hoping that HRH liked the lovely photography I did for their packaging!

Steel Coil

I love the texture created by this steel coil – one of the products I was asked to shoot for Tata Steel on site at their Scunthorpe steel works. Normally I would shoot samples at the studio, but this stuff was way too heavy to move so we set up a mini studio on site and spent 2 days shooting a range of rail, rod, plate and coil product.

Red Cross

Here’s a shot from my “Black Period” as I like to call it….

Meat Fest

A meat-fest grill recently shot for TGI Friday’s. New images for their updated menu to follow soon

The Allotment

The last of the snow this week revealed winter greens growing on an allotment close to home. I’m always drawn by the mundane or what most of us may not even notice. Here clumps and rows of vegetables are isolated by the snow. The minimal colour palette of green against white help emphasise that. These are six of my favourite shots.

Scrub

Having spent the best part of three days sat in front of the computer retouching, I thought it best to get some fresh air. With camera in hand I headed to the woods. These  images are the result – I love the muted colours and the textures created by the tangled branches and scrub. 

Bubbles

Quite a technical challenge of shooting bubbles against different coloured backgrounds. These were used on an exhibition stand for Parker to highlight their product and services range for the medical sector. Reproduced at a metre+ I chose to shoot them using  Linhof/Schneider/PhaseOne so as to retain the beautiful detail in the surface.

Retro

Found tucked away in the plan chest was this spread from a Micromega hi-fi brochure I did way back in the 90′s/early 00′s. Shot on 10×8 transparency if I remember and before the days of retouching. A bit dated, but I still like the shots – not sure about the brush stroke effect though.

Elizabeth Arden

I’ve just completed a nice little job for Elizabeth Arden involving a days shoot in Geneva and 2 days back at the studio. These are a couple of test shots I did..