New Workshop Dates

Finally, I've got around to booking some days to teach more workshops... And the first of those dates are Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of May.

Tiny Things

You'll have to excuse the lack of new posts here in recent weeks... Just over a week ago my wife, Katharine, gave birth to our first baby. His name is Edward Charles.

It turns out that babies are actually quite time-consuming little things.. Who knew..?

Normal service will be resumed as soon as we have worked out normal is.

Karl Bowman Runway Show 2012

I was asked to shoot Karl Bowman's 2012 runway show at the weekend. Karl's passion and enthusiasm for his art is infectious and shooting with him is always great fun and it was a shoot that I've been looking forward to.

Karl and his team put a staggering amount of work into the show, not just in creating a collection of more than 57 truly outstanding couture dresses, but also in the whole production and organisation of the night. With so much time and energy going into a single, one-night-only event, there's a lot of pressure on the people documenting it to do a good job. Which is as it should be, and I do get a massive kick from playing some small part in this kind of event.

Fell Day

Last week was the first time I've been able to get out onto the fell for a proper walk in quite a while. No clients, no models, no brief. Just me me and the dogs. And a camera, obviously.

We had fantastic views over Ullswater and some amazing skies over the Helvellyn Range that I spent a happy hour shooting.

Making of.. Sprayway Autumn/Winter 2012 location shoots

I do regular commissioned shoots for outdoor clothing manufacturer Sprayway. Most of what I do for them is pretty simple; we take some models, dressed in the waterproofs, fleeces and baselayers that they'll be selling next year, we take them out into the Lake District and we shoot some pictures of them having some fun. Almost all of which is easier than it sounds.

Photo: ©Tommy Martin 2012  all rights reserved

Karl Bowman Green Screen Shoot

Just before Christmas I had another opportunity to collaborate with the fantastically talented Couture designer Karl Bowman.

Julie Watson Book Cover

One of my shots of Haweswater Reservoir's pump tower has been used as a component on the cover of Julie Watson's latest novel.

Kind of odd, seeing my work as a part of someone else's composite. And very cool.

The rights managed license was arranged by Tim Kahane at the endlessly inspiring Trigger Image.

Trigger Image are pretty unique for an image library in the fact that they have opted to develop a very definite house style and avoid the standard 'cover everything' approach of most stock libraries. It's dark, gothic, edgy, atmospheric and.. well, right up my street.

I was very flattered to be invited to join Trigger way back when they were just starting out. It's great to see them getting so many talented artists onto so many book covers these days.
Trigger represent the bulk of my fine art landscape work (yes, Tim, I will be sending you some new stuff very soon)...



My original shot looked a bit like this: