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Glenn Lamont – Headshots

15th November 2021 By Mike Barrett

Here are a few photos from a recent shoot with actor Glenn Lamont. His roles include appearances in Doctors, Holby City, Mile High, Spooks: Code 9 to name but a few, and a three-year stint in Emmerdale as Richie Carter. After a period of pursuing other ventures and concentrating on family life, Glenn is returning to the arena of acting. He approached me and asked if I would produce an up to date set of headshots for him. Here are a few from the shoot. I will look forward to seeing him on the screen again in the not too distant future.

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Family Urchins

13th September 2021 By Mike Barrett

This gorgeous pair of urchins are my sister’s kids. I’ve not seen them for about three years. I don’t get to see them that often at all to be honest, as they live so far away. That coupled with the crazy epidemic that we have all been living through, it has made it all the more difficult to get together. Anyway, recently they all sprung a massive surprise on me and turned up quite out of the blue. My wife and daughter were in on the secret and had help plan it, but it was a delightful and unexpected surprise. They spent a few days with us and it was great to catch up. It was so good to spend time with my sister also. We laughed, cried, sung songs, ate great food and played hard to make up for lost time. My daughter gets on with her cousins so well, you’d think they were family. (“,)

It’s good to hug the people you love and to have regular contact with them. It’s always a lot harder when they live in a different country. I thought I would take some portrait shot of the kids in the studio while I had them with me. Children change and grow up so fast that it was nice to capture these lovely souls as they are right now. The portrait photograph is such a beautiful medium for making and keeping memories. These photos will always remind me of the time that this crazy bunch sprung the most awesome surprise on me. One that I will never forget.

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Pater and the Taraxacum Officinale

1st May 2019 By Mike Barrett

My father and I were out ‘Fertle Barging’ recently, which is a great Barrett tradition. What is Fertle Barging I hear you ask?! It is a phrase that my father coined some years ago that pretty much covers a multitude of mischiefs. In essence it means being out in the countryside or urban spaces looking for and collecting things of interest that people and/or nature have left behind. For instance, last week, while out Fertle Barging, my father found some owl pellets in a woodland. He took them home and together with my daughter they dissected the pellets in order to see what the owl had been eating. My daughter was absolutely fascinated by this. They found a load of bones, fur and a very fine tooth during their explorations. It was a lucrative Fertle Barging session, certainly regarding the discovery of such earthly delights and fascinations.

On the very same day my father picked up a dandelion clock and asked me to take his photo while he blew the seeds away. This is the resulting photograph. Never a dull moment in the Barrett family I can tell you.

I took a few shots actually. I didn’t think that I had got one that I liked, but this one has kind of grown on me. In fact on a personal level it speaks quite a lot about how much fun it is to be around my father and certainly represents the type of character that he is.

My father is the soul reason why I have such a passion for nature and the great outdoors. Since I can remember he has always shown and taught me about the earth. Right from being a young boy I have fond memories of him discussing wild animals and bird species with me, being enthusiastic about the fascinating things that live under rocks and talking passionately about gardening and the nurturing of plant life. When I was young we were always out and about in the countryside on some huge walk or mission of some sort. He has always talked fervently about the wonders that can be found in life such as the changing of the seasons and the profound beauty that the earth has to offer and in its wealth of diversity. Over the years I have built upon this shared knowledge and find myself now doing the very same thing with my daughter. I often smile to myself when I hear my father’s voice in my own when talking about the things that are in the world with my little girl.

It’s fabulous the see my father doing at all again too, but this time with his grand daughter. It fills me with a huge amount of joy and pride.

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Pater and the Taraxacum Officinale

B Sides

25th January 2019 By Mike Barrett

Any parent will tell you that child development and child growth happens at a rate of knots. I take a lot of photographs as you can imagine! In fact, between my wife and I we pretty much take multiple gigabytes of imagery every year. It’s an occupational hazard as well as a family passion. We love photographs.

Our daughter gets photographed quite a lot and she is well used to being in front of a camera, but much of the imagery that we get of her is pretty much candid, every day lifestyle type shots. Photo’s of her and us doing our own thing. So it was nice to get her in the studio where I could capture a range of images and emotions that many 6 year olds display at any given moment. Playful, sad, crazy, thoughtful, vacant, happy, forlorn, etc. She was a delight to work with and we had a lot of fun. I really should and will do this more often with her as she is growing up.

I was looking for something clean, a little low key and my focus was really very much on her in the spotlight so to speak.

Here are some of the shots from the studio session.

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Smash The Cake

21st August 2018 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This was a super little shoot where this little fellow got to smash up a big cake for the photo shoot. Everyone involved had an enormous amount of fun and a lot of squashed yummy cake. Awesome.

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The Complexities of Pizza and being 5 Years Old

7th March 2018 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

It’s difficult to manage those emotions and choices when you are 5 years old.

Take pizza for instance. What topping to have? What drink to go with it? To wear the free hat or not wear the free hat? To order a side of garlic bread or not! Etc.
Still, the best thing about being 5 and going out for pizza is that it can turn out to be a lot of fun too.

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Ice and Fire – Studio Shoot with Sarah Thornton

14th November 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Here are some images from the latest studio shoot at the Silkwood Studios with the lovely Sarah Thornton. Again, a little twist on the edits. I like to mix things up a little. Fire and Ice because of the way the edits came together. Hot and cold colours. I love shooting photographs, but sometimes I really enjoy the editing side of things. This was certainly one of those occasions.

This studio shoot was in association with Bradford Photographic Society.

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Film Noir Shoot with Zoe Margo

2nd November 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

On Monday night I had the pleasure of working with model Zoe Margo on a Film Noir shoot at Silkwood Studios. This is the third time I have been over to the studio and it was great to hook up with some fellow togs (who are fast becoming familiar faces) for this stylised photo shoot.

The studio is such a great space to work in. A really relaxed, friendly and productive atmosphere with a great set of lighting options, backdrops and props. Just as any creative space should be.

I have nothing but good things to say about the time that I have spent there and how friendly and approachable the proprietors Karen and Victor are. Really nice people.

Concerning the shoot, my modus operandi is to always look for a different slant on established themes which is very much reflected in the edit regarding the shots that I have presented here. Film Noir yes, but with a twist.

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Zoe Margo – Vampire

31st October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

During a  ‘Film Noir’ studio shoot last night photographing the lovely Zoe Margo, we were having a bit of a laugh during the first portrait shots and I joked about turning her into a vampire for Halloween. So, that’s what I did. Just for fun.

Happy Halloween everyone, and remember, don’t stray from the path!

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Three off camera flash portraits

21st October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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When days are like this!

21st October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Melissa Alice – Silkwood Studio Shoot

17th October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Another great studio shoot at Silkwood Studios last night with the lovely model Melissa Alice, who was professional and very patient throughout the evening.

Managed to get a nice range of photos exploring different lighting set ups. It turned out to be quite a colourful shoot, especially when the umbrellas came out.

A super night with some really nice people/fellow photographers.

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Tiger Tiger

1st October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Post Party Blues

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The Boy loves adidas

24th September 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Family Focus

8th August 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

That Tordoff Fella

25th May 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Our friend, Mr Tordoff. Looking somewhat pensive. I really like this shot. You can almost see the daydream!

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Trixy

25th May 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This is actually an iPhone shot. I was messing around with lighting and my daughter came over and asked what I was up to, so I took a few snaps on the phone. I really liked this one. Edited on the phone also using various apps.

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Scream (but not the movie)

15th February 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Self Portrait – EMELBI 2007

25th January 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This is a re-edit of a photo that I took back in 2007. I was gigging a fair bit a the time and needed this for a promo image. A Selfie if you like. Before Selfies were a thing!

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The Mims

24th January 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Candy Smile

24th January 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

World Photo Day 2016

19th August 2016 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

I take thousands of photographs. I love what I do and never tire of looking at life through a lens. I never tire of that anticipation and excitement I feel knowing that I may capture something incredible or perhaps something simple and beautiful. Today is world photo day. My favourite subject matter of late is my little girl. It is a delight to watch her grow and explore the world around her. I often wonder what her major passions will be as she matures. It will be a pleasure to find out with her I’m sure. Here is my photograph for world photo day.

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Siblings

15th January 2016 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

A quick shot of my friends children. I love this shot. Brother and sister. Great pair of kids too!

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A Gathering

22nd October 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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I recently donated a family photo shoot to the neighbourhood church in order to help with the raising of some much needed funds for projects within the local community. All donations went to auction and soon after the event I got a call from a very lovely lady called Dorothy who had bought my donation in order that she could have some photos taken with her family.

We met up and spent the best part of a late summers hazy afternoon together having a good laugh and taking some shots in and around a local beauty spot.

I love photographing people for many different reasons, not least of which the privilege of meeting some fabulous and lovely folk along the way. This photo shoot was no exception.

 

Barrett Brothers

24th September 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

These are my two fabulous brothers. The Barrett boys. They are fab. Nuff sed!

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The Photographer – Mike Barrett

4th September 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Dockentail Woods

25th April 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Out in Dockentail Woods again. I love how all the trees in these local woods bend towards the light. The wood is situated on a slope facing southwest where the sun swings around during the day. A great example of positive phototropism. It looks like some mad wind storm blew in at some point and shoved all the trees over. The woods have a magical feel to them. I don’t think they would look out of place in some J. R. R. Tolkien imagined land somewhere in Middle Earth.

Here are some images from a photo shoot I did there recently with these two young lads. It was one of those days when the sun was out, then it was cloudy, then the sun was out, then it was cloudy, then the…etc. Managed to get some great shots with them when the cloud offered a bit of defuse light. They were both completely comfortable in front of the camera also, which made my job all the more easy.

A great place, two smashing lads, a good photo shoot.

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In the Sticks

24th February 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Went out at the weekend with the family and we found an amazing field of tall grass stems. Couldn’t pass up the chance of a bit of a photo shoot. My daughter loved them. It’s fabulous being out and about in the great outdoors. Nature is so beautiful at times. Even in the middle of winter.

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Victoria

15th February 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This is Victoria.

I love it when children are at first a little shy, then a little inquisitive, and then eventually start striking a pose in front of a camera. This is my friends little girl. She’s roughly the same age as my daughter. Both very strong characters.

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Evie

19th November 2014 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This is Helen and Evie.
Evie has the most wonderful baby cheeks in the world.
Just for your information, Evie is the small one.

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Sophie

18th November 2014 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This is Sophie. She is a wonderful, bright and creative young lady.

I love capturing those moments when people are pensive.
What is that space we inhabit when we close our eyes?
Worlds within a world. Space upon space.
It’s amazing where we can travel when we are lost within our imaginings.

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