Tag: london

I’ll be running another Urban Action and Parkour course for Nikon in Central London on Saturday the 20th October.  It’s the 3rd time we’ve put one on, and

I’m running another experiential course with Nikon in London, and this time we’ll be shooting some fast moving Parkour action.  We’ll be working with the very experienced (and

I shoot on location in Central London dozens of time every year, by which I mean I’m shooting a commercial job, outside, usually in a public space, rather

Being based in Central London, and not being born into the aristocracy means I don’t own a studio, I rent them when I need to.  I’ve rented many

OK, I’ve written in the past about how not to approach photographers for work, so what does the perfect assistant CV look like? First off, simply reverse everything

A couple of posts ago I promised I’d share some anecdotal evidence of “assistant etiquette”, namely how not to do things. Well, here are a few tales that

You will often hear me repeat the caveat that all photographers are different, and yet I still think there is a broad range of technical skills that any

Despite the obvious fact that all photographers will work slightly differently, have different expectations from an assistant, and that each shoot will be different, there are several things

I can speak of with some authority about being a freelance assistant, as it was my livelihood for more than 3 years. From the minute I arrived in

Studio assisting used to be seen as a very happy medium between full time and freelancing, but in the current economic climate (how often is that phrase used