A great Lonely old find

Don't you just love it when you have to go through old stuff and suddenly you come across a little gem you'd completely forgotten about?!

Well its that taxing time of year again, and look what I happened across...

This is a newspaper cutting that appeared in the Middy (an East Sussex local newspaper) about 4 years ago.  At this time I was working with my good friend Tim Hunt on our first little film, 'The Lonely Walk'.  Its a simple idea that caught the imagination and proved quite a hit!  Check it out on my website here if you fancy dipping into our peculiar world.

[Click on the image for a readable view]

Slaves To Vanity Photo Shoot Video

Check out the behind the scenes video from my recent shoot with 'Slaves To Vanity'.

I didn't even know it was being filmed!!

Swimwear in Sydney

Wow, its been a while!  Over a month since my last post...but I'm back!!

The main reason for this is I travelled over to Australia and New Zealand for the whole of December, mainly to visit family and enjoy the sun, but I also managed to get in a couple of shoots in the warmer climes during that time and here are some of the results, starting with a contemporary swimwear shoot at Bondi Beach...

Followed by a more fashion based story in Sydney...

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Model: Rebecca Frith

Make Up by Danielle

City Wardrobe Stylist: Samantha Smith

Andy Turner - Olympian!!

Andy Turner, Commonwealth medalist and Olympic Track Athlete for the 110m Hurdles.

Fresh from the Beijing Olympics, I was fortunate enough to meet and photograph Andy recently as part of the promo shoot I did for 'Slaves To Vanity'.

He's a really nice guy, and here are the images we got together in a very cold old factory in Birmingham in November.

Thanks Andy for being such a good sport!!!  (Sorry!)

All Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Slaves To Vanity Photo Shoot

In my last post I said I had just had a month of working with guys for a change, and that the work that I was going to show couldn't be much more different from each other...well, here is the contrast!!

I met up with the boys from 'Slaves To Vanity' in Birmingham to shoot a promo for their new website.

Somebody had the great idea to shoot this in November in the UK, which meant we spent the day trying to avoid getting a soaking and jumping around to keep warm.  Actually, the jumping around wasn't so much myself, as I could keep my clothes on...the models however, could not!!

They say a model's life is glamourous?  Not so much on this day...

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Make-Up: Deborah Lawson

Models: Garry Turner, Daniel MacNeill, Leon Knight, Andy Turner, Antonio Balsamo, Dan Eccleston

Dale Y - A new face to watch!

Wow, its been a month since I last posted on here, and I've been itching to get some new stuff up.

This month I have been working with the boys for a change, and its been fun too.  The couple of shoots I'm going to show from it couldn't have been much more different really...but first up is Dale Y.

Dale is a face that is definitely worth watching in the future.  I think he's going to do really well. He has the sort of look that the fashion industry is loving right now, strong features, yet very slightly androgynous!

I only used one light for our first set of shots and made it all about the attitude and actions, he came out with some cracking poses too.  Then it was off to the park to try out something a bit different from what I usually do, inspired by The Sartorialist.  Then finally back to the studio to play around with colours.

...and my favourite...its got to be that James Dean look you see at the top.  Wow!

I hope you like what you see...

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Model: Dale Y

Make-Up: Deborah Lawson

Commercial Photography Manchester

A new addition to this blog...Commercial Photography!

Everything to date has been following more of a fashion and edgy feel, so I want to make a show of some of my commercial and catalogue work.

Please let me know what you think, or if you have a new collection that needs photographing, give me a call... 

...and here's a few product shots too...

How to do Classy Topless...

...I couldn't think of a better title!

For the current couple of weeks, I have been working together with my long-term collaborator, Deborah Lawson, on putting together some funky creative studio shoots.

We are constantly striving to keep the portfolios fresh and try out new ideas and techniques and this is the first of a small series that will see us pushing on previous concepts.

These Black & White images are of the model Kitty Chu.

The following images are of model Lucienne Perry...

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Make-Up and Styling: Deborah Lawson

A Very National Portrait!

I thought it would be interesting to show the photograph I decided to enter for the National Portrait Gallery's annual photographic portrait prize.

Since it didn't get through to the final selection, you unfortunately won't get to see it gracing their hallowed walls, so you'll have to enjoy it here instead!

The photograph is of Tim Hunt, a good friend and also a Sound Recordist for a lot of the political television news broadcasts for the UK.  Hence why I decided to photograph him on Abbingdon Green, in front of the Houses of Parliament.

The above image is my favourite, because I think with such a portrait it is necessary for the viewer to have a connection with the subject through their eyes.  However, I have included the other few possible options below, so let me know if you disagree...

All images © Christopher Perkins 2008

The Lord has arrived!!!

To all you slightly wacky film lovers...

I just found that the short film I worked on last year with Rockutainment is now up on their website for viewing, along with some hilarious out takes.  So please go and check it out.

Link to the 'Lord Of Pain' Movie

A new style for corporate headshots

Its time for a new style for corporate headshots!

Gone are the days of,

"Right then, sit at 45 degrees to the camera. Don't smile, you're a business man.  Head up. Look in the lens.  I only want your head and shoulders.  Here, lets put a nice mottled background behind you, that'll look lovely.  1 2 3..." Bang!  "Job's a good 'un...you can pay on your way out!"

Business isn't run like this these days and your images should reflect that fact.  You can be professional and business-like and still smile at the same time, in fact you're likely to appeal to potential customers more if you do.

These are some images from a recent shoot I did for Aquarius Equity in Manchester...