Now apart from having hundreds of shots of my own daughter, most of them in my own collection. I do think there is something magical to be captured when it comes to parents and their bundle of joy. Just a few from my Parents series.
Recently photographed Rich and Rebecca's Wedding on the 25th August 2007. The week before the wedding was one of the coldest and wettest weeks in years. We were all relieved as the sun came out on Saturday morning and the whole day was bathed in beautiful sunshine. It wasn't difficult capturing the emotion of this couple, and the day, as it was very relaxed and everyone so friendly. They even had a helicopter to transport them from the ceremony to the reception, what a way to arrive! Richard is a camera operator in Film and TV so the pressure was on to make the pictures of their day filmic and to choose my settings correctly. Was a tough day but got some great shots of the easy going couple.
This was taken on, 'The Subways' second music video, 'Rock and Roll Queen'. It was a very long day and as you can see by the end of the day's shoot there was quite a bit of mess.
Did a job for Sky with Peaches Geldof. Enjoyed working with her as she is so relaxed in front of the camera. As you can see none of these are posed for me. All taken reportage style between takes. These are a few of my favourites from the day.
Helen and Michael were great to photograph. They didn't really have any ideas of what I should shoot or how I should shoot their wedding. I gave them a few ideas and they went for every one of them. They weren't thinking of how and weren't that bothered about their photographs. Until, of course, when they got back from their honeymoon they were itching to see what I had shot. I'll no doubt be posting the photographs from the Christening of their new little boy, Miles, very soon.
I got the chance to photograph one of my favourite boxers this country has right now. Being a fight fan I jumped at the chance to watch Ricky in a training session leading up to one of his many defence fights. Not everyday you get the chance to watch and photograph a 2 time World Boxing Champion.
Just some of the pictures I took in Sri Lanka. I was there over Christmas and New Year 2007. It has to be one of those most amazing countries in the world? My Wife is Sri Lankan so I'll go visiting quite alot. I would recommend anyone experiencing what this beautiful country has to offer. I'll be posting more pictures from Sri Lanka soon. The photograph of the boy has been published in Digital Camera magazine recently and I have entered it into the Digital Camera Magazine Photographer of the Year Competition. If you love photography you should check the site out. If not, just go and put your vote in for your favourites. www.poty2007.co.uk
I've been working in the film industry for 10 years now. First film was, 'The Mummy', back in 1998. Then onto 'Gladiator'. My full list is on www.imdb.com. I consider myself very lucky with the projects I've been involved in and the people I've worked with. As a kid watching the credits roll up on some of my favourite films I never thought I would one day have my name up there too. It has been an incredible journey so far and can't wait to share it with my daughter. Okay, that's a short history.
I am still in the film industry but also starting my own photography company. My collection varies from 2 times World Champion Boxers, to Baby Elephants in Sri Lanka. I also do Wedding Photography both reportage and traditional. If you are interested in hiring me please e-mail me for introduction, ideas and prices. burgess.ch1@gmail.com