Recent work - June 2025

As usual, this is an occasional selection of my 4* and 5* work over recent months (see here if you’re interested in the rating process). It’s a mix of editorial portraits, business headshots, lifestyle images for a university, a PR shoot for Disney, and some other bits.

The 5* work will end up in one of my galleries. So these “Recent Work” posts are really about showing the 4* ones, the not-quite-portfolio-strong-but-a-shame-to-consign-to-the-hard-drive. Or NQPSBASTCTTHD for short.

A bit of a preamble: portfolios are on my mind at the moment. I noticed I’ve not updated mine much over the past year, and this has always been the litmus test for how I’m doing: how often am I on my website, updating my galleries with new images?

I’m not good at social media. And I’m unsure if anyone reads this blog (there are diagnostics… but the graphs look unhealthy. Again, it doesn’t matter, I’d write anyway). And so my portfolio is all I really have as my CV. It’s there to show my best work, without algorithms, echo chambers, or social media tomfoolery. Anything I’m not happy with gets removed over time, as it just can’t survive the seasons.

So it’s reliable. And I can direct people there.

But if it’s not watered regularly (to mix metaphors) with fresh content then that can be stressful. ‘You’re only as good as your last photo’ - and all that. And it hasn’t been fed or updated much. There are perhaps three 5* images in this set, but none of those that I really love. Which I’m not thrilled about. I don’t want to overstate it. All of the below are fine, even decent. The main thing - The. Main. Thing. - is that they did the job. But we always have to aim higher, for the client and for ourselves.

(If this applies to you, read this and then maybe this which I hope will help your thinking.)

OK love you all bye.