Most people love a bright, sunny day. If I’m photographing people outside it can make things tricky. Bright sunlight creates very harsh shadows which nearly always look bad. It can also cause people to squint. To counteract this I’ll often use a light (also called a flash or strobe) to fill-in the shadows. Sometimes I’ll just use a reflector which can achieve the same effect.
My mind usually goes blank when I’m asked this!
I make a distinction between people I’ve taken photos of and people I’ve photographed. The former is when I’ve taken photos of people without interacting with them – reportage or record-of-event. This includes several members of the royal family, film and pop stars including this photo of Angelina Jolie at Live8. I say I photograph people when I talk to them and pose them for portraits. These include sports people, actors, television personalities. and authors such as Michael Morpurgo. |
I consider myself lucky that my career is so varied, so I don’t have a particular favourite. What I would say that environmental portraiture is something I enjoy the most – that is, portraits of people in their environment. This probably comes across in the galleries.
Occasionally, but only if you ask very nicely!