About 2 weeks ago I put a post up on social media stating that I am looking for subjects to photograph. I go in to detail about the I Need blog post but to summarise I need to Get Off My Ass and make portraits. #GOYA

This is Stuart.  He answered my call for portrait subjects via twitter, thank you Stuart. 

Turns out we had met before back in 2012 at Manchester Comic Con and I had also photographed him then as the Punisher, that image landed him a part in a small film which was nice to know. Small world. 

I have wanted to work on some portraits with a table for a while, the table in this shot is a horrible but practical white picnic table so it got covered with some black material to eat some light.  I love the light in this shot, it's no Dan Winters but I like it. 

The idea came from looking at his work, he does it better. Anyway....

These shoots are to get me moving again, thinking again, off my ass and shooting. I don't have an end goal to produce a set of images to build a set or new portfolio. I just need to shoot. 

Hopefully something will come out of this process.  The first 3 shoots have taken place at my studio which is fine but the next ones will be on location either at homes, a location somewhere, anywhere but my studio.  I want to shoot some environmental portraits as well as push myself and most likely my subject.  Watch this space. 

If you would like to help me out and let me in to your home or drag you on location somewhere you can apply via this blog post >>>> I Need

Thank You for reading. 

Rick