People Portraits

From professional headshots to personal, creative portraits, we offer a relaxed, collaborative service tailored to your needs.

Portrait Sessions Starting at £150, our sessions are designed to be friendly and pressure-free. I don’t believe in forcing stiff, awkward poses; I focus on putting you at ease so we can capture natural, authentic expressions. Whether you need a simple, high-quality setup at your office or a more creative, bespoke shoot on location, I am happy to be led by your vision.

Company Headshots I provide professional, efficient headshot services for teams of any size. Pricing is scaled to your requirements—please get in touch to discuss your project.

Not seeing exactly what you’re looking for? I’m always open to new concepts and love the challenge of delivering imagery that perfectly reflects the style you have in mind.

Portrait of Service: Creating a Timeless Image

Proving that a great portrait is about creativity and care, not just a studio space

When a long-standing colleague, a teacher and CCF leader at the school where I taught for 36 years, asked me if I could take a formal portrait of him in uniform, I felt both honoured and quietly aware of the responsibility. This was something he wanted to display at home, a piece of personal history captured with care and lasting meaning.

We didn’t have a studio, so we improvised, as one often must. We found a small room at school just large enough to allow for a three-quarter length shot with my 85mm lens . Just enough working space to frame the image without compressing everything too tightly.

The backdrop? His idea! He suggested using one of the school’s ceremonial tablecloths; deep, rich tones in school colours, normally reserved for prize givings and formal events. It gave the portrait a warm, dignified background and an immediate sense of place and tradition. He also brought along a flag, another thoughtful touch. It turned out to be a little too tall for the room. At one point I jokingly suggested we saw a bit off the bottom, but in the end we found a way to incorporate it cleanly into the frame!

Lighting was simple but deliberate. I brought along a Neewer 300m strobe with a gridded softbox for the key light, camera-left for shape and drama. A gridded strip box camera-right and behind provided some subtle definition, and a flash gun, fired through an umbrella and placed low at the front, gave just enough fill to lift the shadows without flattening the image.

Back at my desk, the work continued. The original framing was tight, so I gently extended the scene, rebuilding the edge of the flag, lengthening the flag pole, extending the trousers and widening the background while keeping the folds of the fabric believable. A few coffee stains (inevitable in a school!) were cleaned up and the background softened just a little to let the subject breathe. His uniform needed very little work, as he was immaculately turned out. I kept the retouching on his face to a minimum, just enough to ease a few patches and brighten the eyes without losing the natural look.

A few subtle adjustments to exposure and colour brought the image together. The final result wouldn’t be out of place in a military academy. But more importantly, it’s a portrait that feels personal, respectful, and entirely his.

Not bad for a borrowed room and a tablecloth!