This is the third time I’ve photographed Liam, and this time was just a little different . . . He wanted some portraits to show off his character as an actor which will be featured on his website. We started off in deepest, wettest Leeds in The Adelphi pub, whilst dodging the rain and traffic wardens to grab some shots outside in and around the streets of Brewery Wharf.
This was one of those shots that took a little bit of patience to light correctly, to get the left hand side of his face to just creep out of the shadow,and to get a decent amount of fall-off onto the background. I love the way all the colours subtly blend into each other.
This is just naturally window lit.
I seem to have a strange fascination with roller-shutters at the moment, I think it’s just a phase.
A winning combo guaranteed: Brick walls, shallow depth-of-field, moody stare.
We attempted to get some shots that look like they’d been pulled from a movie, even down to the widescreen ratio.
All in all a hard, but fun 2 hour shoot which bagged Liam about 80 shots. Its kinda nice when you’ve photographed someone before, because you know how far you can push them and where they’re coming from.
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