Shot for the Day (25 September 2017)

September 25, 2017 | Zapfly

The day had been a mixture of rain and clouds. For landscape photography, this can either mean a really interesting cocktail of factors or a nightmare in the making. Alas, the rain had meant that the morning had been a write off. I travelled the length of the north coast of the Isle of Lewis without finding the right ingredients for a memorable image.

After scrutinising a map, I noticed an interesting coastline option that meant transversing a local farmer’s land. With no one around to ask for permission, I trekked the 2km to the beach and found the stormy, isolate image above. This image is a 100 second exposure using a 10 stop ND filter. The long exposure robbed the photograph of some of the colour. To counter this, I put my longer prime lens on my camera and took a 2 second shot of a section of the same scene.

Shot for the Day (09 January 2016)

January 9, 2016January 12, 2016 | Zapfly

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West Witterings – Shot 4

Last shot from West Witterings beach in December last year. This shot was taken using a Lee Filter 3 stop ND filter and polariser as the storm moved off towards the east, along the beach.

Shot for the Day (13 August 2013)

August 13, 2013August 16, 2013 | Zapfly

Following on from my last shot of the day on August 10th, this shot was take a few hours earlier at Ayrmer Cove, just as the sun was setting behind the peninsula. The magic of the moment was having this entire beautiful scene to myself, something that rarely happens at sunset.

Shot for the Day (10 August 2013)

August 10, 2013 | Zapfly

I had originally intended to photograph one of my favourite beaches in southern Devon but it was the wrong time of year for the sunset across the opening of the cove. Instead, I retraced my steps by a few miles to Ayrmer Cove and waited until around half an hour after the sun dropped below the horizon, to capture this long exposure shot.

Shot for the Day (04 August 2013)

August 4, 2013 | Zapfly

Second trip to the quayside in Lyme Regis in Dorset earlier this year to catch the morning light, which, as can be seen above, did not appear. It was, however, windswept, cold and rained, so a thoroughly rewarding experience nonetheless…

Shot for the Day (01 August 2013)

August 1, 2013August 4, 2013 | Zapfly

A shot from earlier this year on a very cold Easter morning, it was taken on the southern Devon coastline, close to Exmouth.

Shots from the archive: Namibia

March 26, 2013 | Zapfly

Several years ago, I spent a couple of weeks on the road in Namibia. This was before digital photography had taken off (still prohibitively expensive), so I was armed with my trust Canon T90 and long lens as I intended to shoot wildlife photography. However, on day 2 of my 15 day trip, whilst I sat in Etosha Park waiting for the animals and lighting conditions to align at the watering hole, my camera electrics suffered a catastrophic meltdown (literally) at the hands of the African midday sun.

All I had left was a £20 Lubitel 6×6 camera, 10 roles of Fuji Provia and my father’s 40 year old light meter As it turned out, that was all I needed. Over a decade later and I still love the analogue nature of these shots, all captured on a camera with a super cheap lens.

Sossusvlei – Namibia

Skeleton Coast 2 – Namibia

Skeleton Coast 1 – Namibia

Open Road 1 – Namibia

Skeleton Coast 3 – Namibia

HTC One global launch

March 19, 2012June 11, 2013 | Zapfly

During my time at Mother, I was the Head of Integrated Production on the HTC account and worked on the launch of the company’s latest and greatest smartphone, to combat top models from Apple and Samsung.

My production team co-ordinated the creation of all global launch material, ranging from a photo shoot of the new handset, the TVC of a photorgaphy student sky diving with the HTC One handset to collateral for all the subsequent digital channels with interesting behind the scenes material as well as social commentary and a PR event at the launch of the HTC One on the site of the TVC drop zone, in the desert around Arizona.

Here is how we made the TVC.

Boeing Dreamspace photography – Work from the archive

December 28, 2011June 17, 2013 | Zapfly

Sometimes I end up doing vary varied tasks for different projects. Whilst based at PCI Fitch, I was the agency photographer and one of the jobs I covered was the Farnborough Airshow in 2006. The design team had created the Boeing Dreamscape interior at the air show, which I shot for Boeing. It was a delightful mixture of physical installation and digital elements.

Here are some images of the space.