Honda Epic Tour – Day 8 – Cagliari, Sardinia to Rome, Italy.
Cagliari, Sardinia > Rome, Italy Distance: 280 miles The beginning of the end, today we would arrive in Rome – having completed almost two-and-a-half thousand miles over eight days. Feeling...
View ArticleMy new short film series // We Are Warwickshire
Brazen Ink // We Are Warwickshire from Adam Swords on Vimeo. I’ve been looking for a personal project to sink my teeth in to for a while now and I wanted to shoot something different from bikes and...
View ArticleHonda Epic Tour Film now online
If you’ve been reading the blog recently you’ll know that I was commissioned by Honda Motorcycles as the director of photography for the short film documenting the Honda Epic Tour. Well I’m pleased to...
View ArticleThe Orangery // We Are Warwickshire
Film #2 in the We Are Warwickshire series features Gabrielle and The Orangery flower shop in Kenilworth. This little boutique flower shop caught my eye when it opened in the centre of Kenilworth...
View ArticleTech: Lowepro S&F Series shakedown in the woods.
I’ve been one of Lowepro’s “Loweprofessionals” for a while now, which means that every now and again they’ll ask for my opinion on one or two of their products to help with their R&D process....
View ArticleMonster Tuning Monster Truck and 8×8 Defender Promo Video
In the Crimbo Limbo I had a call from Rik at Monster Tuning to ask if I could shoot a last minute promo video for their stand at Autosport in January. He said they had a Land Rover Discovery Monster...
View ArticleCrustum Bakery // We Are Warwickshire
Film #3 the We Are Warwickshire series features Crustum Bakery in Kenilworth and the owner Nick. Installed in to a shop big enough to touch both walls with your outstretched arms, this little artisan...
View ArticleLifestyle test shoot in a chic modern apartment
If you’ve been through my portfolio recently you may have noticed some new lifestyle shots in there. A couple of weeks ago I had a great test shoot with Leanne, Jane, Rachel and Jordan from Alan...
View ArticleWe Are Warwickshire Short Film Series
The We Are Warwickshire microsite is now live: http://www.wearewarwickshire.co.uk We Are Warwickshire is a short film series shot and directed by myself over the last ten months. What started as a low...
View ArticleLow cost, high quality DIY Photography laptop case
Back in 2007 Chase Jarvis released a video showing his custom photography laptop case (aka Pimp Your Laptop Case) using a Pelican 1490 and a bit of custom fabrication work. The whole set up was hugely...
View ArticleEscape to the Lakes: Shooting the Revo Amarok
Last weekend I was comissioned by Revo to shoot their freshly wrapped Amarok. The brief was fairly loose; to incorporate lifestyle elements in to the photography whilst ensuring the emphasis remained...
View ArticleHow to get hired as a photographer – 3 simple tips to landing your dream job
To those on the outside, us photographers live a wonderful life full of exotic locations and beautiful models and you know what, I’m absolutely fine with that perception. What’s not fine is that some...
View ArticleLencarta Safari 2 Portable Flash System – Unboxing video and my initial thoughts
For a long time I’ve been hiring my lighting when necessary, but lately I’ve been shooting with lights more and more and I decided it was time for me to take the plunge and pick up a set to call my...
View ArticleGetting the shot – Behind the Scenes on the new Nokia Lumia 930 wireless...
Back in May I was commissioned to shoot a video spot for Nokia featuring their brand new Lumia 930 and the wireless charging plate the phone ships with. The brief was simple, but technically rather...
View ArticleHonda Epic Tour Film now online
If you’ve been reading the blog recently you’ll know that I was commissioned by Honda Motorcycles as the director of photography for the short film documenting the Honda Epic Tour. Well I’m pleased to...
View ArticleThe Orangery // We Are Warwickshire
Film #2 in the We Are Warwickshire series features Gabrielle and The Orangery flower shop in Kenilworth. This little boutique flower shop caught my eye when it opened in the centre of Kenilworth...
View ArticleDIY Location laptop case hands on [VIDEO]
A few months back you may have seen my post on building a DIY location laptop case similar to the one Chase showed off in 2007. We finally got around to filming a little video tour of it on a recent...
View ArticleShooting the £1.2million McLaren P1
I get to spend time around a lot of beautiful cars in my line of work. But every now and then something REALLY special comes along… Like the £1.2 million, 903bhp, 2.8-to-sixty, 217 miles per hour...
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