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...but my real name is Tim.
I'm 37 and I've been into photography since I was a kid, when I used to shoot random still life pics on my Kodak Instamatic. In my teens I moved up to my Mum's Olympus OM1n, with which I photographed rural landscapes and the occasional unwitting sheep or cow (I lived behind a farm). These days the cows and sheep are far more commercially aware, so I tend not to photograph them unless they're willing to sign a release form for free...
Today I'm a commercial photographer, specialising in stock images. These I shoot on a project basis, under contract to a couple of stock agencies. Each project takes a couple of weeks - from receipt of the brief (which is usually the title of the project and some sample thumbnails), to choosing the models, locations, props, styling and costumes etc., through the shoots themselves and finally to the post-processing and uploading to the clients's servers. Then the next brief arrives...
The job is interesting because no two projects are ever the same and the briefs are often quite challenging. My partner and I have to produce 100 completely unique images per project, so of the 400 or 500 we normally shoot, only 4 or 5 of them can look the same or follow the same precise theme. This means that we spend a great deal of time looking closely at the topics and considering the individual themes and concepts, so in actual fact the shoots themselves are the easy part. As far as the models are concerned, we use the types of people who suit the briefs, so clearly if the theme is organised crime, we'd recruit people whose appearances might suggest that they're criminals, whereas if we're covering health and beauty, we recruit physically fit and attractive models for obvious reasons.
When I'm not working (or in the pub), I love shooting landscapes - be they urban or rural - and I am a huge fan of both John Washington and David Nightingale, whose perspectives seem to loosely reflect my own. While I've never marketed my private stuff, I'm looking to change that in the near future, starting with some market research and an assessment of the more obvious markets, such as businesses with receptions and meeting rooms, restaurants, cafe's, bars and whatever else might present itself. Then there'll hopefully be a dedicated website and if demand is sufficient, a large-format printer which I'm assured will pay for itself in around ten prints' time...
Oh, and I like motorbikes too. And Magners Irish cider.
But not golf......or cricket.
I'm 37 and I've been into photography since I was a kid, when I used to shoot random still life pics on my Kodak Instamatic. In my teens I moved up to my Mum's Olympus OM1n, with which I photographed rural landscapes and the occasional unwitting sheep or cow (I lived behind a farm). These days the cows and sheep are far more commercially aware, so I tend not to photograph them unless they're willing to sign a release form for free...
Today I'm a commercial photographer, specialising in stock images. These I shoot on a project basis, under contract to a couple of stock agencies. Each project takes a couple of weeks - from receipt of the brief (which is usually the title of the project and some sample thumbnails), to choosing the models, locations, props, styling and costumes etc., through the shoots themselves and finally to the post-processing and uploading to the clients's servers. Then the next brief arrives...
The job is interesting because no two projects are ever the same and the briefs are often quite challenging. My partner and I have to produce 100 completely unique images per project, so of the 400 or 500 we normally shoot, only 4 or 5 of them can look the same or follow the same precise theme. This means that we spend a great deal of time looking closely at the topics and considering the individual themes and concepts, so in actual fact the shoots themselves are the easy part. As far as the models are concerned, we use the types of people who suit the briefs, so clearly if the theme is organised crime, we'd recruit people whose appearances might suggest that they're criminals, whereas if we're covering health and beauty, we recruit physically fit and attractive models for obvious reasons.
When I'm not working (or in the pub), I love shooting landscapes - be they urban or rural - and I am a huge fan of both John Washington and David Nightingale, whose perspectives seem to loosely reflect my own. While I've never marketed my private stuff, I'm looking to change that in the near future, starting with some market research and an assessment of the more obvious markets, such as businesses with receptions and meeting rooms, restaurants, cafe's, bars and whatever else might present itself. Then there'll hopefully be a dedicated website and if demand is sufficient, a large-format printer which I'm assured will pay for itself in around ten prints' time...
Oh, and I like motorbikes too. And Magners Irish cider.
But not golf......or cricket.
- hmm, lemme see - lives in Wakefield? hehehe
....I can't possibly comment on why you'd reach that conclusion, but I came up with it because I believed it encapsulated both my physical appearance and my general attitude, but I can see why it might invite more questions than it answers 
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