Horse to Water is a well-known folk-rock trio on the North London music scene, having been together for many years. They play in pubs and cafes and their style of folk-rock-americana music is very popular. They play guitars, banjo, electric mandolin, tin whistle, violin and sing. Catch them if you can! I often photograph performers …
One of my main areas of interest, using my candid “street” approach, is to take “environmental portraits” of musicians performing. Sometimes I am lucky enough to go to see them in their studios and to take their portraits “in context”. You see so much more when you observe them practicing or performing close-up. In their …
Taking portraits in context brings a richness to the image, often because there is so much story to be told. Rather than a simple head and shoulders picture, you can see the life laid out as the details emerge. I was concentrating on this when taking pictures of two older pharmacists. One was in his …
I find the people look much more natural when deep in conversation rather than posing for the camera. The ebb and flow of human emotion, especially when free from the need to “look like something”, is endlessly fascinating. I positioned two Speedlights in opposite corners of the room, well above the conversation round the table. …
y portraits are “Street-style” where I wait for the action to come to me and click an opportunity, often with a story but not always.