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2009 Summary
I realise doing this may well come across as self-righteous. It is. But for those of you who do take an interest in just what I’m doing with my life instead of going to university - I’ve listed all the things I can remember from 2009 below. For those of you that don’t care obviously don’t read on, I hope 2010 brings good things and many successes no matter how little or large, to everyone.
I wanted to take note of this past year for a variety of reasons. It’s always nice to remember and realise the successes we enjoy. I went self-employed at the end of 2008, and things have been a rollercoaster ride ever since. I’ve enjoyed the heights of working solidly for weeks on end with people at the top of their industries and I’ve ridden the lows of long stints of no work coming through the door at all. 2009 has generally been good to me; it certainly could have been a lot worse. I know of experienced assistants and photographers who have really struggled, and as someone who only just entered the industry, the fact that I haven’t is something I can definitely look positively upon.
I can’t wait for all the things 2010 will bring and I’ve learnt the true and proper way, like we all have to in the end; that the harder I work the more luck I seem to have. Here is to much hard work this next year and I hope you get the luck you deserve too.
Photographers I worked for:- Ram Shergill
- Cambridge Jones
- David Gill
- Ellis Parrinder
- Soren Starbird
- Derrick Santini
- Jenny Lewis
- Simon Rix
- Laura Alice-Hart
- Angus Thomas
- Tom Campbell
- Glen Burrows
- David Lidbetter
- Elise Dumontet
- Tyson Sadlo
- Adrian Myers
- Neale Haynes
- Dean Alexander
- Pete Muller
- Richard Dawson
- Sam Barker
- Ray Burmiston
Talent I worked with:
- Mark Ronson
- Sir George Martin (Beatles Producer – The 5th Beatle)
- Andre Arshavin
- Jools Holland
- Michael Sheen
- Nicholas Hoult
- Trevor Horne
- DJ Ironik
- Lemar
- Cerys Matthews
- Colin Salmon
- Myanna Buring
- Roberto Bolle
- Howard Schultz
- Tom Felton
- Anarin Bernard
- Paul Gambaccini
- Dionne
- Athlete
- Naomi Harris
- Blake
- Tom Ford
- Sugababes
- Chase & Status
- Vampire Weekend
- The Saturdays (x2)
- Esmee
- Ronde Barber
- Ozwald Boateng
- Abishek Bachan
- Take That
Magazines I worked for:
- DRAMA Magazine – Editor In Chiefs Assistant
- Tatler
- Esquire
- GQ Style
- The Sunday Times Magazine
- The Times Luxx
- Attitude
- Russian L’Officiale
- India L’Officiale
- Mens Health
- Walk
- FHM
- Elle
- Red
Celebrities I photographed:
- Princess Anne
- James Khan
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- David Beckham
- Wayne Rooney
- Frank Lampard
- Steven Gerrard
- + Rest of England football squad
Other notable things I did:
- I was in a 30 minute Indian TV Special, working on a shoot with one of Bollywood’s stars.
- Photographed a Summer wedding and a Winter wedding
- Passed my driving test and bought a car (15 days from first lesson to passing test, I was pretty chuffed with that)
- Designed a published book cover – 88 Days: Murder Without Motive.
- Assisted the design of a published book cover for The Princes Trust – “Inspired”.
- Covered a London Fashion Week show.
- Had work published in WSGN, Lets Eat Cake Magazine, Newcastle Evening Chronicle (x3), Herts Ad (x2), Leeds Guide + various others.
- Produced the photography for the St.Georges School Brochure
- Ronnie Scotts Official Photographer for the night
My 2010 Targets / Ambitions:
- Travel to Brazil
- Work with 20 new photographers
- 100 Paid Assisting Jobs
- 20 Private Client Shoots
- 20 Personal Photoshoots
- Produce a charity book with celebrity subjects
In the Pipeline already
- Designing a book cover for January on the financial crises
- Assisting a project on the Conservative party for Cambridge Jones - Just got the go ahead
- Assisting a project on famous Welsh Talent for Cambridge Jones - Just got the go ahead for that too.
