As a freelance photographer specializing in headshot photography, I am dedicated to helping you create a strong personal brand that stands out in today’s competitive marketplace. Whether you're an actor, corporate professional, entrepreneur, or creative artist, a high-quality headshot can make a significant impact on how you're perceived.
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Documentary photography for Wild in Art - We Live Here Eccles
In the summer of 2023, visitors to Eccles discovered a vibrant Wild in Art trail celebrating the unique character and heritage of Eccles, which took over windows, walls and spaces in the town centre. The public art installation featured street art, paintings, murals, photography and pop up studios – all created by local artists and Eccles residents.
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Greg Marsden photographed for Connected Places Catapult
It was a privilege to photograph Greg Marsden, a leading academic in transport planning and sustainable mobility, for the latest issue of Connected Places Catapult. Greg Marsden’s research focuses on the future of transport systems, mobility policy, and innovative infrastructure planning, making him a key voice in shaping smarter, more sustainable cities across the UK and beyond.
Choosing the Perfect Location for Editorial Portraiture
For this portrait, I wanted to create something dynamic and reflective of both his visionary work and the transformative power of urban environments. I chose the University of Leeds for its striking brutalist architecture—a location that perfectly complements Greg’s forward-looking approach to transport planning. The sculptural concrete walls and rough textures of the building provided a visually compelling backdrop, while streams of natural light falling through the structure allowed me to play with shadows and highlights to create depth and drama.
Dynamic Portraits with Light, Architecture, and Storytelling
In the image, Greg is looking up toward the light, a pose that emphasizes curiosity, reflection, and vision, moving beyond a standard academic headshot. By carefully positioning him within the intersecting planes of concrete, I captured both the human element and the architectural environment, producing a portrait that tells a story: of an academic at the forefront of shaping connected, future-ready cities, and a photographer exploring how light, texture, and composition can elevate storytelling in editorial portraiture.
Highlighting the Work of Connected Places Catapult
Connected Places Catapult plays a crucial role in translating academic research and innovative transport solutions into actionable urban strategies, fostering collaboration between industry, government, and research institutions. Documenting Greg Marsden in this context allowed me to highlight the connection between pioneering research and the environments it seeks to influence—perfectly marrying the worlds of photography, architecture, and sustainable urban development.
Photography Techniques for Academic and Environmental Portraits
This editorial portrait is a testament to how location, lighting, and pose can transform a simple academic portrait into a visually compelling story. Using natural light, brutalist architectural textures, and thoughtful composition, the portrait showcases Greg Marsden’s expertise in transport planning and the impact of Connected Places Catapult on the UK’s urban mobility landscape.
Joe Thompson for ESPN
Soccer Players Talk Retirement for ESPN
A wonderful opportunity to meet and photograph former footballers Nedum Onuoha (ex-QPR and Manchester City), David Thompson (ex-Liverpool, Coventry and Blackburn) and Joe Thompson (ex-Rochdale and Tranmere) for a recent ESPN article discussing their varied experiences of retiring from the game.
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Ann Treneman for The Times
It was a pleasure to photograph Ann Treneman for The Times recently, a shoot that resulted in my first cover for The Times Weekend supplement and my first image on the cover of The Times newspaper.
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John Junior for Samaritans
Another great shoot for Samaritans, photographing mental health activist John Junior.
In 2019, John started vlogging about his experiences of mental health issues on Instagram in order "to reach out to others with mental health difficulties". In May 2020 his vlogs on Instagram caught the attention of UNILAD, who approached Junior to test Samaritans self-help app during mental health awareness week and to help raise awareness for world suicide prevention day on 10 September 2020.
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Lillian and Fidaa for Asthma UK - British Lung Foundation
It was wonderful to meet and photograph Fidaa and Lily and be a part of Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation’s vital campaign for clean air.
Lily has asthma, which is exacerbated by air pollution.
“She is nine years old now and has had breathing problems since she was a baby. Her old school was in an area with very high pollution levels, despite being near a park and off the main road. School is a place where children should be safe, but too many of them are in high air pollution areas.”
The family didn’t realise how bad the pollution was until Lily’s friend’s mum, Ruth, borrowed an air quality monitor from the British Lung Foundation. The results showed regular spikes of nitrogen dioxide that peak 50 per cent above EU legal limits. Ruth pushed the council to take action, starting a petition to create ‘school streets’ and ban cars on the roads close to schools at drop off and pick up times.
“Politicians simply aren’t taking enough action to clean our air. We need less traffic on the roads and social housing needs to be safer for children with asthma. They need more trees and green spaces to clean the air. Fresh air is so good for their lungs.”
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Sheila Anderson for Samaritans
Earlier in the year I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing the wonderful Sheila Anderson on behalf of the Samaritans. Sheila had taken part in the Samaritans’ Managing Suicidal Conversations training while working for the railways and has since helped a number of people in very difficult situations.
Sheila was on her way to the weekly shop when she saw someone who needed help – trusting her instincts, she struck up a conversation and managed to get them to safety, potentially saving their life.
“Around the beginning of last year, I was on the way to my weekly shop when I came across a young woman in floods of tears, I stopped the car and slowly approached her. I asked, “has something happened to bring you here today?” and I could tell that instantly broke her thoughts. She told me her name and said she was struggling to cope as she wasn’t able to get the support she needed.
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Bruce Grobbelaar for 11 Freunde
A recent commission to photograph Liverpool FC legend Bruce Grobbelaar for German football magazine 11 Freunde.
A total gent who even bought me a beer at the end of the shoot, I think that’s the first time that’s happened in 20 years!
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Sue Steer for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
I was asked by London-based agency Sunday to visit Sue Steer at her home in Shropshire a few weeks ago to take some portrait photographs. Sue is a rural surveyor and the pictures were to accompany an article in the Royal Society for Chartered Surveyors’ Modus magazine.
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Bradley Dreha for Dwell Magazine
When Bradley Dreha revamped his bedroom he decided to post before and after pictures on TikTok. The results were so good that San Francisco based design magazine Dwell got in touch to ask him for an interview.
Dwell then asked me to visit Bradley at his home in Walton, Merseyside to photograph him and his room for the latest issue of the magazine.
You can see more of Bradley’s work on Instagram @shitprints2
Dwell magazine can be found at dwell.com
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Photographing Fran Millar: Cycling Leader and Former Team Ineos CEO for Rouleur Magazine
It was great to photograph Fran Millar CEO of Belstaff and former CEO of Team Ineos for this month’s Rouleur magazine, an entire edition dedicated to and celebrating women and cycling.
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Seashell Trust & Lauren Mullarkey Location: The Atrium, Library Walk (mixed media installation)
50 Windows of Creativity. An assignment for Wild in Art
This autumn, Manchester is hosting 50 Windows of Creativity, a showcase of the work of artists and makers displayed in a series of windows, venues, businesses and spaces across the city centre.
The displays feature multiple art forms from fine art and photography to ceramics, crafts, mosaics and murals curated by well-known and emerging artists and collectives – all with a connection to Greater Manchester.
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Barnfather Wire for HTP Digital
Barnfather Wire is the UK’s largest independent wire production company. I was commissioned by long-time collaborators HTP Digital to visit the factory in Wednesbury to produce images for the company’s new website.
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Phoenix Healthcare distribution for Fagan Jones
A shoot documenting the high technology pharmaceutical facility in Preston Brook commissioned by the wonderful Vicky at film production company Fagan Jones. I was once again shooting stills alongside the exceptionally talented film cameraman Dan Lightening.
Miles and miles of robotised, computerised conveyors pick, sort and pack drugs for distribution to pharmacies around the country.
An enjoyable and very busy day that reminded me that running shoes are required equipment for photography professionals.
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BeClear Orthodontics for What Marketing
During the quiet times of our coronavirus disrupted summer it was great to get a call from the team at What Marketing to work with them on a shoot for cosmetic dentist BeClear Orthodontics.
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Mark Radcliffe for the Daily Telegraph
Mark Radcliffe is as nice in person in real life as his radio persona would suggest. Music nerd, City fan, all round good egg.
I’ve photographed him a couple of times, here in Dunham Massey country park in Cheshire with a beautiful vintage VW Beetle for a motoring feature in the Daily Telegraph.
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People relaxing on their Honda’s outside St. Joseph’s cathedral, Hanoi
Vietnam
In October I made my first trip to Vietnam, a country that I’ve been wanting to visit for as long as I can remember. I was attracted by the culture, the cuisine and the thought of getting away from this year’s dismally dreary ‘summer’ to a country that while it has its fair share of rainfall also has its fair share of heat. Oh and scooters…
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Aaron Heinzelmann of Assa Abloy for Off the Wall, Stockholm
It was great to photograph Aaron for his employers Assa Abloy last week.
Aaron came to the aid of a mother and her seriously ill daughter while at work earning him a hero award and a feature in the company’s magazine. I'm glad to have been invited to be a part of it by Swedish agency Off the Wall. The final shot is a ‘behind the scenes’ for the rear cover of the magazine, thanks to Aaron’s Uncle Dave for sterling work on second camera duties.
The shoot was in Kenn, North Somerset so I had road trip and a stay in a holiday cottage the night before and a refreshing tea on the seafront at Clevedon before the long drive north.
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Francis Lung for Scandinavian Airlines
Photographs of Francis Lung, solo musician and former member of the Manchester band Wu Lyf.
A portrait photography commission for Scandinavian Airlines.
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