Rugby School



Rugby School Chapel Panoramic

I've been so poorly over the past two weeks with Bronchitis and Flu that it's been tough to keep things going. I've had lots of work to fit in and I've tried to keep working as I never let our clients down but on the days between shoots I've been lying on the sofa with my two dogs watching The Sweeney and Minder on UK Gold!. Last week when I was really suffering I had a shoot at Rugby School where I photographed their chapel. The lighting in the chapel looks stunning and was designed by DPA Lighting Consultants. I really enjoyed the shoot despite feeling terrible and my favourite shot is one made up of three pictures taken on the 24mm T/S lens stitched together. To achieve this I shoot one shot with the lens fully shifted down, another with no shift and a third with the lens fully shifted up. Once stitched together the result is a lovely super wide view without too much wide angle distortion.


Rugby School Chapel

After the Rugby shoot I drove down to Wales for a shoot at the Millenium Stadium and had another shoot the following night for Philips Lighting where I photographed some old SOX lanterns soon to be replaced by LED street lights for a before and after case study.
Yesterday I managed a shoot in Brighton at the Rendezvous Casino but felt really tired and hot/cold so had a day off today to try to recuperate once again.
I've had to postpone some product photography for tomorrow as I still feel unwell but hope to be back out again later this week. I am definitely getting a Flu jab next year!.

Retail Photography Projects

Time has flown since my last blog post and I've been meaning to write an update for a few days now.

Nick Farraway - Havells Sylvania

Last week was very busy with a shoot in London for Willmott Dixon on Monday at a beautifully refurbished office near Farringdon.Then I headed down to Barnstaple on the train for a shoot at a new Tesco Extra store on Tuesday for Whitecroft Lighting for a feature in Lux Magazine. I love trains and really enjoyed the trip down and the shoot itself.
On the Wednesday I had a meeting with my partner in the video company we've set up called Inverse Square Media. we've just launched our new website so please take a look if you get a minute!. The web address is http://www.inversesquaremedia.com/

Tesco Extra Barnstaple

On Thursday I photographed a new Morrisons store in Peterborough for Philips Lighting which is lit entirely by LED lighting and on Friday I did a portrait shoot at the HQ of Havells Sylvania in London.
This week has been much quieter because I've had two jobs postponed due to the weather so I've spent all week working on the Inverse Square website and social media as well as taking some product photographs in the studio for Tridonic of some super slim LED panels.

Morrisons LED Lit Store Peterborough

I've recently been buying up second hand Pentax 67 lenses which I now use on my EOS 5D MK2 via an adaptor. These lenses are currently very cheap on the used market and provide top quality images on the Canon. I'd really recommend this as a way of getting some super prime lenses at silly money. Let me know if you'd like to see some sample pictures taken with this combination!.
Please do check out the Inverse Square Media website and let me know what you think.