2022 Part 2
Had a lovely shoot in Totnes with healer Prune Harris. It was great to be working in my hometown and more specifically Dartington Hall Gardens.
New facilities at Mayfair Rolls-Royce Motorcars dealership
English Heritage Reenactors at Scarborough castle.
May was all about automotive in Italy. Starting out with a Ferrari 275 Tour around Tuscany from our base in Florence. I have a particular soft spot for Italy for both work and Holidays. The food, scenery, art and history. I love the lot. The Ferrari 275 tour was organised by Ian Poulter the golfer and Classic car dealer Tom Hartley Jnr. I was working for Sammon Media which organised the media coverage and video. We’ll know car snapper Alex Penfold covered the cars and I was trying my best to keep up in a hired goat panda and leapfrog the group of cars to cover the people side of things at each lunch stop. As you would imagine anyone who owns one of these £1mil + cars is wealthy so the food stops were high-end and great places to take photos. We had some amazing access to rooftop spaces in Florence. A particular highlight for me was driving Zach Brown (boss of Mclaren F1) a lift when his car broke down. The tour of Chianti vineyard was also amazing. Another notable moment I will never forget is being escorted by in covoy by the police. They stop every traffic light so the Ferrari's can drive straight through. I was tagging along at the back in a hired Fiat 500 with my foot to the floor trying to keep up weaving through traffic and red lights as the motorbike-mounted Police waved us through. It felt a bit like a computer game and an experience I will never forget.
After a quick stop home for a few days, it was back to Italy a week later. This time Lake Como for Villa d Este Concours d Elegaza with Rolls-Royce Motorcars. I have done this job for many years so am always very grateful for the work here as it’s an amazing part of the world. I have done this event for many years but for the last 2 years, we were based out of the newly opened Mandarin Oriental which was amazing as we were often transferred by wooden Riva lake boats.
I have been doing a lot of work with insurance companies this year. It's mostly office reportage and company culture based. This was a few days split over Newcastle and London for Aioi Nissay Dowa. Asia’s largest insurance group and Axa.
Commission with Bristol-based artist Helen Burgess. The Porcelain shells are individually cast and painted to relate to her client. A very meticulous process which looks amazing once finished. Helen also lives in an amazing house which serves as a great location to capture the artwork.
Personal project with Tom Moy Furniture