A year of events photographed in 2010

Though the majority of my work is in private and corporate portraiture and architectural and interiors photography, I regularly cover events in both formal and informal ways using a Fuji Finepix S5 Pro and a Leica M8 and have put together a slide show of some of the events I did photograph last year.

These include the launch event for the Boiler House Event space at Battersea Power Station, Designer Breakfasts, At Abrahams, 

A gilding master class by Rodrigo Titian, a Triibes Seth Goldin meetup at the Royal Festival Hall, 

 The Music Publishers Association AGM, The Thinking Hotel 24 hour workshop,

The British Quality Foundation Awards and the Change Play workshop - variety is the spice of life.

 

and a wedding in Surrey,

Rodrigo Titian creates some armchairs

Rodrigo Titian and his team at Titian Studios have been commissioned to create a pair of armchairs by a client based on an antique sofa design. I was asked to photograph them at an early sage of their creation and will return in two weeks to photograph the finished pieces in all their glory. It is a labour of love and involves an impressive range of skills.

 You can see more pictures from this shoot in a slideshow.

Rodrigo Titian gives a Gilding Class for BAFRA at Titian Studio 12/6/2010

On Saturday I was privileged to attend and photograph, a class on Water Gilding, by master restorer, Rodrigo Titian of Titian Studio to members of BAFRA, the British Antique Furniture Restorers Association.

 The Studio restores a vast range of items and I first photographed some of the workshop areas with their multiplicity of tools and materials.

Then the class started with Rodrigo introducing himself and the studio and then a step by step display and explanation of all the processes involved in gilding.

Words like jesso, comp, rabbitskin glue, yellow clay, red clay were revealed as were the techniques and tricks to apply them. The sheer range of knowledge, skill and craft, with a need for sensitivity and aesthetic sophistication was amazing and everyone left, with copious notes and a need to practice their new skills.

You can see more pictures in the slideshow.