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.