7 Tips for Creative Christmas Photography
7 Tips for Creative Christmas Photography Over the holidays, everyone loves to take lots of photographs of friends and family amidst the Christmas decorations and other seasonal trappings. If you want the best results, perhaps it’s a good time to put down your phone and pick up your camera instead, where you’ll have much more...
Breakfast Meeting Photography and Video
Breakfast Meeting Photography and Video The US office of this corporate client arranged the photography and video coverage of this event in London. The format was for breakfast meeting at One Moorgate Place (Chartered Accountants’ Hall, 1 Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA). In particular they were looking to capture video footage and photographs of attendees...
Keeping Clients, Journalists and Publishers Happy with Fresh and Contemporary Photography
Contemporary photographic content is constantly evolving and it’s important for me as a professional photographer to hear the latest views from leading companies, agencies, publishers and editors. Last week, I booked myself on a commercial photography weekend with Magnum Photo, where The FT Weekend Magazine, Diana Markosian (World Press Photo Award Winner), ‘Barbara’ the lifestyle/advertising...
How do you get the most value from your corporate photoshoot?
How do you get the most value from your corporate photoshoot? Now the UK economy has tipped over into recession expectations are that it will be neither long nor deep. But even if the UK quickly moves back into positive territory, both the Bank of England and the Office of Budget Responsibility are forecasting GDP...
The Leica M11-P. How safe are your corporate images?
How safe are your corporate images? As you know, there will be a general election in the UK this year. While the government hasn’t yet set the date, the odds are shortening on a November ballot. The UK isn’t alone in holding a general election in 2024. There will also be important and potentially divisive...
Professional make up is the best preparation for a corporate photoshoot
Ten minutes in make up is the best preparation for a corporate photoshoot For over 25 years, we’ve been working as professional corporate photographers. Our bread and butter assignment is the corporate portrait, with clients requiring, roughly every couple of years so, a new set of images of their board directors, senior executives and other...
Professional Photographic Lighting
Professional Photographic Lighting – Light Work can be Heavy Going Lighting for professional London photographer If using natural light was the answer for a professional photographer, you wouldn’t find me lugging around 30 kilogrammes of off camera flash lighting equipment on the London Underground travelling to photo-shoots. As a trick of the trade, the truth...
Roaring back in 2022 – Piranha Photography’s busiest and best year
Roaring back in 2022 – Piranha Photography’s busiest and best year After all the disruption caused by Covid and lockdowns, 2022 was probably our busiest and best year ever. What follows are the facts and figures that bring to life Piranha‘s story of last year. But before that, we want to thank each and every...
Photography of Clowns International, Grimaldi Church Service in London
Portrait photography at Clowns International Church Service in London
“I hate having my photo taken” – a solution for the camera shy
Do you get nervous having your picture taken? When it’s for a formal occasion, say a publicity shot for a business launch or an important company document, a nervous client, or at least a camera-shy one, is surprisingly common. It’s very common to be camera-shy I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard clients admitting...
Selected Photographs by Piranha on Leica Gallery
Selected Photographs by Piranha on Leica Gallery The photographs shown here have been selected to feature on Leica’s website. The pictures were taken in a variety of locations including London and Oxford. It is a great honour to have an image selected by the Leica team for one of their categories and a major compliment...