About Me
I am an amateur photographer, costume and model maker who creates images inspired by fantasy and mythology using photography of both full size and miniature subjects combined with computer generated backdrops.
Inspiration:
I am as much inspired by painters and illustrators as by other photographers. I’m a great fan of the Pre-Raphaelite and Neo-Classical movements of the 19th century, in particular Rossetti, Burne Jones, J. W. Waterhouse, Alma Tadema, Lord Leighton and John William Godward. Illustrators include Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parish and from the more modern era, Frank Frazetta, Luis Royo, Jeffrey Jones, Brian Froud, Alan Lee and Brom. I love the photography from the 1920s and 30s especially what was being done in the pre Hayes code Hollywood by Clarence Sinclair Bull, Edwin Bower Hesser and George Hurrell amongst others. Most of my photographic inspiration is from this period or before such as Julia Margaret Cameron, though in terms of contemporary photographers, I particularly admire the work of Joyce Tenneson and David Penprase.
Photography:
I have a degree in the Science of Photography from what is now the University of Westminster.
I'm a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of their Digital Imaging Group.
I have had images published on several occasions including in The Sunday Times Magazine.
I've been the official photographer for most of the British Costume Conventions and the masquerade photographer for "Interaction" the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention.
Costume:
I have made many masquerade costumes for Science Fiction Conventions including designing and making a good part of “Innocence Lost” the entry that won Best in Show at "Reconvene" the 50th National British Science Fiction Convention. I tend to specialise in using various craft techniques and at the moment I'm doing a lot of work in leather.
Model Making:
At one time I was a very prolific model maker, picking up several awards including winning the S2F2 trophy at the 52nd Model Engineer Exhibition. Models I've made have appeared on network TV and on video and DVD.
I now combine my talents to create images like the ones displayed here using friends and acquaintances as subjects.
Characters and miniatures are either photographed on medium format film and scanned to create 20+ megapixel images or shot on a high resolution digital SLR allowing very large prints to be made.
Please note all the pictures are of people over 18 years of age. I do not work with models under the age of 18. I am always looking for people to appear in my pictures so if you’re interested and can get to the south east of England for a shoot, get in touch using the contact form.
Its my intention to offer limited edition prints of certain images in the near future, contact me if you would be interested in buying a print.
Inspiration:
I am as much inspired by painters and illustrators as by other photographers. I’m a great fan of the Pre-Raphaelite and Neo-Classical movements of the 19th century, in particular Rossetti, Burne Jones, J. W. Waterhouse, Alma Tadema, Lord Leighton and John William Godward. Illustrators include Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parish and from the more modern era, Frank Frazetta, Luis Royo, Jeffrey Jones, Brian Froud, Alan Lee and Brom. I love the photography from the 1920s and 30s especially what was being done in the pre Hayes code Hollywood by Clarence Sinclair Bull, Edwin Bower Hesser and George Hurrell amongst others. Most of my photographic inspiration is from this period or before such as Julia Margaret Cameron, though in terms of contemporary photographers, I particularly admire the work of Joyce Tenneson and David Penprase.
Photography:
I have a degree in the Science of Photography from what is now the University of Westminster.
I'm a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of their Digital Imaging Group.
I have had images published on several occasions including in The Sunday Times Magazine.
I've been the official photographer for most of the British Costume Conventions and the masquerade photographer for "Interaction" the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention.
Costume:
I have made many masquerade costumes for Science Fiction Conventions including designing and making a good part of “Innocence Lost” the entry that won Best in Show at "Reconvene" the 50th National British Science Fiction Convention. I tend to specialise in using various craft techniques and at the moment I'm doing a lot of work in leather.
Model Making:
At one time I was a very prolific model maker, picking up several awards including winning the S2F2 trophy at the 52nd Model Engineer Exhibition. Models I've made have appeared on network TV and on video and DVD.
I now combine my talents to create images like the ones displayed here using friends and acquaintances as subjects.
Characters and miniatures are either photographed on medium format film and scanned to create 20+ megapixel images or shot on a high resolution digital SLR allowing very large prints to be made.
Please note all the pictures are of people over 18 years of age. I do not work with models under the age of 18. I am always looking for people to appear in my pictures so if you’re interested and can get to the south east of England for a shoot, get in touch using the contact form.
Its my intention to offer limited edition prints of certain images in the near future, contact me if you would be interested in buying a print.