Celebrity profiles from Up North
Martin kemp The location was Manchester city centre and the event, Grimm Up North 2011. A few days ago I was asked by Festival Director, Simeon Halligan to photograph celebrity guests attending the event. I was generally given a 10 -15 minute time-slot to get the shots, which meant there was no time for error. Since [...]
Checkum campaign – back with rugged vengeance
Wayne Godwin and Ashley Gibson of Salford Reds are the latest rugby star duo brave enough to reveal all for Checkum. Wayne and Ashley were photographed for the campaign a few weeks ago at NPD studios in Leeds, a fantastic well-equipped and spacious facility for still and TV/movie shoots. The duration of the shoot was [...]
Boxing shoot – Round two!
As a result of some encouraging comments from a magazine editor who happened to stumble upon my blog (see the comments below my last blog entry), I responded by adding in a few more action images to the boxing theme I’ve been shooting recently. The original boxing images had been created for two purposes – [...]
Boxing shoot – round one!
It was the day of the Royal wedding and rather than partaking in the offer of a Champaign breakfast and joining the nationwide party, I instead ventured in to Manchester to photograph a passionate group of male and female boxers in a location not far from Manchester City football ground. The shoot was initially organised for [...]
Ian’s nude image wins BIPP silver award
Portrait of a Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) Artist. The British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) regional award ceremony was recently held in Liverpool during the first weekend of April 2011. Although I couldn’t attend this year I was delighted to learn that I had won a silver award for one of two images that were [...]
cheshire wedding photographer – Ian thraves
Based in Wilmslow, Ian Thraves Photography operates a bespoke Wedding & Portrait service, covering Cheshire, Manchester and surrounding regions. Please click the image to visit our dedicated Wedding and Portrait website. To find out more about wedding photography, call Ian on 01625 524018.
Stuart Pilkington poses up North for Checkum
Stuart Pilkington of Big Brother 9 is yet another celebrity to hit the headlines for getting his kit off for charity. We photographed Stuart in a Manchester studio very recently, followed a couple of days later by an additional celebrity shoot in London – soon to be revealed! The idea of the final Checkum posters [...]
…and here it is – ‘Life Changing’
Click on image for larger view Above is the final image of a year long project, that started as a nude shot at the tale end of a yoga shoot (see previous blog entry) and became a series of three images as a result of finding out the model was pregnant. I always prefer to [...]
