new business cards

i'm in the process of getting some new business cards made at the moment.

it's been a while since i had any new ones made so i have had quite a lot of 

images to choose from and it's been quite a long process deciding which

photos of mine to get made into cards, and also which size of card.

when i receive them from the printers i will show them to you and of

course any feedback is most welcome.

until then, here are some images i considered but ultimately decided were

not quite right for business cards.

1

i shoot a lot of interiors.

i wanted an image to be made into a postcard size, which showed that i do interiors.

i like this frame very much. it's not immediately recognisable unlike my present

interiors postcard... but in the end i decided not to go with this one.

2

i thought about having this made into a postcard too.

i shoot a lot of portraits and i've had my present portrait card for a few years now.

however the model on my present card is a very well known model wearing a

matthew williamson dress.

this photo, though i like it very much, is one of my assistant g-fog

not wearing anything particularly stunning.

so even though i like the shot, i binned the idea of using it.

3

hmmm... i thought this would make a nice card to show i shoot interiors.

but then it doesn't show much of an interior.

i like the simplicity of this image. maybe i should have used it.

but i didn't.

4

i like this one.

but is there too much wasted space.

is the interior of the bar too small in the frame ?

in the end i decided it was.

5

this is nice. it shows i do interiors and also it's kind of a portrait shot.

in the end i decided the girl on the left looked a bit awkward.

maybe if it was just the other girl, or then again if the girl on the left was in a 

different pose ?

6

i shoot a lot of food.

however having just one image to portray food can be a bit tricky. the one i have

at the moment is a beauty but finding a replacement was proving tricky.

sometimes i think it's best to go to an extreme, for instance an old card of mine

was a close up of a portion of chips.

( albeit the chips voted best chips in london by tatler )

i thought these potato smiles at a food market in beijing might be the answer.

but then again they didn't seem quite right so i discarded this one.

7

perhaps just an image with my details on the back would be an idea ?

this is a birds-eye view of some erasers which i took during design junction

last september.

i mean i took the photo, not that i took the erasers...

i like this shot, and i love orange, but i decided it wasn't quite right.

8

how about this to show i photograph food ?

it's a simple enough image.

no, me neither.

9

once again, just an image.

would this be any good ?

no.

10

this shot very, very nearly made it.

i really love this photo.

as well as loving the photo i like that it shows i photograph restaurants.

it has people in it, it kind of has something going on.

the waitresses folding napkins and laughing with me

( not at me right ? )

i thought this would make a cracking business card, either as postcard size or

as standard business card size.

what do you reckon ?

11

i thought about this briefly.

i like it, but could i really hand this card out at the savoy or the cafe royale ?

12

remember this shot ?

it's one that i gave to an auction last year and it sold for a load of cash.

i thought it would make a blinding card but then i found a similar-ish shot

that i liked even more and had that one made instead.

13

to be honest i hardly gave this one much thought. i like the bear but not with a 'k'

14

i very much like this shot. 

the coffee shop is very famous and i suppose it shows that i travel the world with my photography... but no... not quite right.

15

i thought this would make a great card.

it's nice and simple.

chips and curry sauce... very me.

also it was taken in a pub in london called "the warrington"

but what put me off was that the bowl had curry lines on it... do you know

what i mean ? the curry had swilled around when it was delivered to me.

so no dice.

16

i love scotch eggs. they're quite fashionable too.

but when i looked closely at this shot...

the thing is a bit too pink isn't it ?

17

this would make a nice simple card. it would work small too.

but though it's ok, it's not much of a photo is it ?

i could hardly say "i'm a photographer, here's my card"

and hand over a photo of a fishing lure with the hooks removed.

18

and finally.

i thought this might show i travel a bit. it loosely shows food or cooking.

but no.

not for me.

so what do you think ? was i correct to can all the above images ?

do you think any of them would have made nice cards ?

i'll show you what i did get made in a couple of weeks hopefully.

year of the snake tease

last week i received a very interesting and heavy gift

from a friend of mine who works for converse

let's open up the box to see what's inside

oh my word.

a perspex shoe box with a red silk drawstring bag inside

a red elasticated band held the lid in place.

on the band is a black leather patch.

inside the bag inside the box is...

oh, i'll show you tomorrow.

in the meantime have a look, another day another flat white

this one was at number 26.

oh and look at this. i meant to show you this when i came back from thailand

it's a brown paper bag that my starter came in when i had a meal on my birthday.

the starter was called 'canned tuna fish sandwich'

guess what it was ?

that's right, it was literally a tuna fish sandwich that had been placed in a tuna

can and delivered to my table in a paper bag.

of course there was more to it that that, the sandwich was hot and it was a 

genius tuna fish sandwich at that.

pity i don't have any photos of it but it was a meal at night in the open air and the only illumination was the moon and the stars above and a little candle on the table.

oh, one last thing, look what i was given last friday in an under the table deal
in my favourite coffee shop ( wild and coffee )

product !

i'll be using this like a champion from now on.

thanks to mr wahl for these.

late birthday present

i know, i know...

but seriously, i received another birthday present a couple of days ago.

decent packaging

not only did it have digi camo masking tape all over it

but it had that edge crush test thing that i like to see.

inside the box

skill !

a very, classy coffee mug

like a lens.

like a leica lens.

many thanks to asiatic for this fine gift.

right that's it... no more birthday presents.

wait a minute... is that the postman ?

building site

i have a shoot this friday at a new place in the west end.

last friday i went along to have a look at the place.

to me it looked like a building site.

it was certainly full of builders sitting down drinking tea and smoking.

i took a few photos to show how a place can change in 7 days.

hopefully this time next week i'll have some 'after' photos to go

with these 'before' shots

1

this is a rare shot of some chairs without builders sitting on them.

the one on the left is pretty flashy isn't it ?

nice table too.

2

i don't suppose this is staying. an old standard lamp with an orange shade.

3

while some stuff there was obviously old and to be kicked out, other

things were brand new and waiting to be installed.

like this la marzocco coffee machine.

mmmm...

4

this is like a porno mag for a builder.

5

in fairness, this mains extension is in better condition than the one in my 

lighting case.

6

that's going to need fixing.

7

what do you reckon ?

for the coffee machine ?

no... maybe just for the water... or the dishwasher ?

pedro, you're a plumber and all that. what are these for ?

( and don't charge me for the answer )

8

i know this one. it's a b.n.c. right ?

9

oh yes.

an orange case.

no idea what it's for but it's a good one isn't it ?

10

saving the best for last.

my friend m1 has three girls working for him. this is one of them.

i mentioned to her on friday that it's like charlie's angels.

m1 is charlie and she's one of the angels.

she said something along the lines of 

"i never thought of it like that, but you're right"

( but in an italian accent )

obviously it's now going to be a challenge of mine to have my photo

taken with all of m1's angels.

i'm going to call this one 'angel a'

hopefully she will be there on friday and we can recreate this shot but with a

nice background, some decent furniture and perhaps even a cheeky coffee.

a bathing grape

grape shall never kill grape

what ?

iphone pics

right. that does it.

no more iphone pics.

i think the reason i've been getting a bit meh with my blog is that i have

been using too many iphone pics.

from now on i will only use proper cameras and hopefully this blog

will have decent photos to accompany my ramblings.

so, let me get rid of all the iphone pics i have stored in my blog folder 

in this one post.

1

c is for cookie.

cookie monster's first solo album after the split.

2

damn dirty iphone !

i was so proud of myself wearing proper trousers that i thought i'd share a pic.

3

on a shoot the other morning, the chef offered me a sausage.

game on.

4

grrr !

another great coffee spoon, but it's a rubbish photo.

i think it was seeing this photo that made me decide to kick the phone 

camera into touch.

5

the other end... the business end if you like, of the previous spoon.

6

same coffee shop the next day. great spoon, pony photo.

7

some t-shirts i bought this week.

a pack of 3 pre-shrunk bathing ape 100% cotton tees.

with an illustration of gareth bale on the packaging.

my heart

is my heart not really in this blog these days ?

it would appear not.

another hastily cobbled together effort today.

i will try harder next week.

for now though, let's begin with another coffee spoon.

sadly, it's another iphone photo. next week no iphone photos... that's my aim.

this spoon was interesting. i liked the hole bit. what's that about ?

oh no... more birthday news. a while after my birthday i returned a gift

to gucci and i swapped it for this really excellent belt.

regular readers may recall that i've been after a decent gucci belt for years now.

i've been through three that had to be returned because they didn't work

( don't ask )

and i have another which works for a while

( don't ask )

but now i have this real corker, which in my opinion looks good and most

importantly, it actually does the job.

new trainers ? yes... i do have some new trainers thank-you.

converse year of the snake edition pro-leather.

it's a long story with these, and without trying to sound too show-offy

which seriously is something i try not to be...

well, there are only two pairs of these in the uk.

i believe they will be on general release here in about 4 weeks

but until then only myself and one other person will be wearing them.

as you can probably guess, i am going to bore you with an in-depth look at

these bad boys next week.

they are a friends and family edition so wait until you see the packaging.

even if you don't like trainers you will be impressed.

have a good weekend everybody.

i'll be posting tomorrow and on sunday so please drop by.

next week though... next week the blog starts properly

( er, you said about a week ago - ed )