"You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams
I usually pitch my photography services directingly to a client however if you have found my site and like what you see please contact me.
I use both professional film and digital cameras supported by a range of lenses and accessories that enables me to offer a comprehensive photography service.
For digital Photography I can supply images in a variety of file formats as well as prints in a range of sizes and finishes.
For film I use a variety of formats; 35mm and 35mm panoramic, 6x7, 6x9, 6x12cm medium format and 5x4 inch Large format. When shooting on film I can scan images from 35mm up to 5x4 inch and supply them as digital files together with the negatives or transparencies. Film images can also be supiied as prints in a variety of sizes and finishes.
My photography is supported by good Photoshop skills together with a knowledge of a variety of image and multimedia software.
Painting with Light
A quick definition of my aim as a Photographer is to show a subject in it's best light. My interpretion of the subject through the lens together with my use of Light is what makes or breakes the image.
The three photographs left give a demonstration of how a lighting scheme evolves and is an example of how showing is quicker than explaining.
Photo (a) shows my basic lighting set up with the light coming from below the objects through a translucent sheet. This light gives some detail to the edges of the objects and shining through the round filters it shows their colour.
Photo (b) shows how the addition of a fill light from the side that adds detail to the objects.
Photo (c) is almost identical to (b) but the fill light has been moved a little nearer to slightly increase it's intensity.
While photos (b) and (c) are very similar it is (c) that gives the most accurate rendition of the tonal values of the subject and lifts the exposure that causes the white print to appear white.
The difference might seem small but as Leonardo da Vinci said, "Perfection requires attention to triffles and Perfection is no trifle." It probably sounds better in Italian when you don't think of the dessert.
"Photography is such a versatile medium that for me it always seems to invite endless possibilities. There are more roads to explore than can possibly be travelled in any lifetime. It always offers challenges and the search for solutions that for me is part of the attraction, it really is painting with light and sculpturing in time" - Kevin Thomas
I gain an immense amount of personal satisfaction from being able to work with a tradition view camera. My Horseman FA45 has all the benefits of modern engineering and I use some of the finest lenses ever manufactured. The FA stands for "Fine Art" and it is capable of producing a 4 by 5 inch negative or transparency of exceptional quality. Even so just like the earliest photographers I need a dark cloth to see the image on the ground glass that is upside-down and back-to-front. It reminds me that ultimately any camera is a box that simply lets in light. The skill in making an image lies with the photographer.
