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How to prepare for your commercial photoshoot

Whether it's for your personal brand, headshot or for your business, getting ready for a photoshoot can be an exciting (and slightly daunting) venture.

Read my guide for steps on how to get the most out of the photo session and get my expert advice on planning, clothing choices, posing, location styling and more.

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Location Hunting: Vale of Glamorgan Abandonded Bunker and Battery Complex
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Location Hunting: Vale of Glamorgan Abandonded Bunker and Battery Complex

First real outing armed with my D800 and 50mm prime lens only. The 50mm feels like a different lens now shooting with full frame sensor - genuinely feels like how it did when shooting film. I'd heard about this bunker and old WW2 anti-aircraft battery complex located at Lavernock Point from a friend, and had planned on coming here a few times before. The area has been converted into a nature reserve and is a great little walk just 15 minutes out of Cardiff.

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The Keys
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The Keys

Suite of images shot for UK Psych band, Keys. All shots from the shoot were shot in one take, to compliment their ethos with their analogue recording.

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EJ Catering Christmas Food Photoshoot
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EJ Catering Christmas Food Photoshoot

Shoot for the Christmas range of food goodies on offer from the most excellent Cardiff Caterers, EJ Catering. I always love shooting her food, so elegant and tasty and created with a real passion. This food is all available to order for Christmas (if you don't feel like doing the full monty yourself this year).

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    Advertising product imagery and lifestyle photography of their new school handwriting pens. 2024

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    Total TV / TV Choice

    Editorial portraiture, candids and behind the scenes shooting for the UK’s favourite medical drama (and TV magazine) - including front cover. 2024

  • Newfields law photoshoot - headshots and lifestyle

    Newfields Law

    Lifestyle people and portraits for business, sport and health immigration lawyers, Newfields Law. 2024

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    Women of Llanrumney

    Photographic editing and compositing. Sherman Theatre, 2024.

  • A person holding a taco filled with shredded beef with tongs, smiling as liquid drips from the taco.

    Packed Sandwiches

    Advertising photography and product shots for Italian Beef Sandwich brand in Cardiff. 2024

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A woman dressed in historical clothing with a white headwrap at a table set with food and drinks, surrounded by flames in a dark room, with a portrait on the wall behind her.
People holding colorful balloons, some floating, others jumping or sitting, in a playful and joyful scene.
A woman smiling on a video recording setup with a camera and monitor in a room decorated with posters and framed pictures.