Shropshire Artist Elizabeth Turner commissioned us recently to photograph her exhibition "Flat Earth & Other Viewpoints" at the VAN Street Gallery in Shrewsbury. Read more
We've been working at Blists Hill, Victorian Town in Shropshire on a series of videos and photographic assets for their web site and social media. As a venue for a Steampunk weekend Blists Hill is difficult to beat.
Steampunk is a movement that has its origins in science fiction and has surfaced in fashion, music and film. Think Jules Verne, Mad Max, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Alice in Wonderland. Its a chance to dress up, parade and have fun. Read more
To paraphrase Randy Newman, there are no people like cat people. This is a fact. We have two rescue cats that started life in a bedsit in Camden Town shared with a human with poor mental health and twenty seven other cats. They have been a delight and so when Shropshire Cat Rescue needed a photographer to record the launch of their magazine "The Cat's Whiskers", we jumped at the chance, on condition we could also photograph the cats. Read more
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Branded Content is compelling content that creates an immersive experience for the consumer. Generally the content will exist on its own platform, instead of interrupting an experience on somebody else's platform like advertising. Read more
If a picture tells a thousand words, then is video at 30 frames per second a no brainer? Well it's not quite as simple as that, but 2017 is the year that brands will devote some serious attention to their content strategy for video. Read more
December 14, 2016 — Comments are off for this post.
First published on Medium in "Thousand Words"
This article is a bringing together of several seemingly unrelated strands I have been thinking about recently. Things that I have been doing in my commercial practice and more theoretical concepts dating back to some work I did with Transmedia a couple of years ago. Read more
Content Marketing is one of the most overloaded terms in the world of Digital Marketing. Let's begin by taking a look at the difference between Content Marketing and Content Strategy and then explain how effective Content Strategies work. Read more
December 2, 2016 — Comments are off for this post.
Photographing Jewellery is one of the most difficult tasks in photography. Tiny, highly reflective, nuanced objects are a nightmare! This post tackles the problems, suggests answers and prescribes one successful method that solves the conundrum of how to photograph jewellery. Read more
Homeless Charity Emmaus won a free photoshoot in our product photography promotion this summer. We were looking for an opportunity to put something back into the community and this seemed like a very good fit. It's not Product Photography but the Emmaus Photography Project shows another side of what we do. Read more
We travelled from Birmingham to Andalusia in search of the fine foods of the Alpujarras. In 2013 we bought a run down cortijo, Casa de Almendras, in the hills just outside the bustling market town of Orgiva. It took us a year to renovate and we generally base ourselves here in the winter. We've been busy in Birmingham this year with the studio taking off. So instead of meandering by car through Spain, we packed up our cameras, jumped on an airplane and headed for Malaga. Read more
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