Actor portraits

Actor portraits

A huge drive for me at the moment is to photograph people and who better than to work with actors creating real moody actor photography. Working with good actors means we can immediately get to the zone of look and feel. Really explore a character portrait and work to perfect it. For me the skill is to understand what we need to achieve from the character portrait and with the right clothing, actor performance and correct lighting and direction from myself, the results can only be good…

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Painterly photography portraits
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Painterly photography portraits

I’ve always had a love for the work of painters like Rembrandt, Vermeer and Frans Hals. I find real joy in looking at how they all worked with the limited light available - from a candle or natural window light. Looking at each piece the light subtly wraps around the subject as the surrounding backdrop fades into darkness giving such a powerful mood to every painting.

For me as a photographer creating painterly portraits has its challenges but applying a similar thought process to the portraits you can produce something not too shabby with help from modern day flash units and some post shoot processing.

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Actor headshots
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Actor headshots

I love to create striking actor headshots. To produce headshots that work for getting you auditions but to also push much further, creating something that viewers feel emotionally from the photography and you look at and feel pride in what you see. The photography can be powerful, insightful perhaps touching… whatever you want from your session. To discuss what we together can create, drop me a line.

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