Studio Photography Archives - Mike Barrett Photography

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.

Etheridge Family Portrait Shoot

14th September 2021 By Mike Barrett

I photographed this lovely bunch recently. Some good friends of ours. I have known Richard and his family for a while now and have seen his kids grow from little children into the fine young adults they are today. It was nice to spend some time with them all and capture these series of portrait shots. I spent an afternoon with them and took a load of images with various light settings. It was a relaxed and enjoyable shoot and I love the photos that I was able to capture. Here are a few from the bunch.

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.

The Urchins

Dancers

8th August 2019 By Mike Barrett

I took these photographs back in December 2017. The models are Larissa Bellamy and Danny Hayhurst. This ‘Movement in Dance’ shoot offered some fine and strong pose holds. Larissa and Danny were consummate professionals and I enjoyed the small amount of time that I got to work with them on this particular cold December evening back in 2017. For one reason or another I didn’t get to edit them at the time and only came across the RAW files recently. I’m glad I did as I really loved a handful of the shots that I managed to capture and have presented them below.

Some of the lifts and holds require a huge amount of strength, stamina and concentration. Especially in a photo studio when you have got a photographer shouting “That’s great, wonderful, hold it there”. So hats off to both Larissa and Danny for the effort that they put into this shoot and certainly for the advice that they were willing to offer in terms of making the best of the poses and lifts, it made for some cracking shots.

It’s always great to work with good models. I for one am not afraid to listen to feedback and advice from the models that I shoot. It pays to remember that they are working professionals too and can have their own unique take on what works and what doesn’t. Unfortunately I have met many a photographer out there who can get upset at the drop of a hat, who communicate poorly and get well above their stations in studio shoot situations which almost always results in bad vibes within the creative environment. This is never any good for anybody and often results in a poor session and certainly doesn’t ever yield any notable imagery. But if you remain calm, attentive, reasonable, pleasant and open to suggestions, at the same time as offering your creative approach, you will find that this will go a long way to showing how professional you are and will most definitely be reflected in the quality of imagery that you produce.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

The Divine Miss Aitch – Studio Shoot with Bradford Photographic Society

17th September 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

I recently linked up with the Bradford Photographic Society for a studio shoot at the Silkwood Studios in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. The Bradford Photographic Society was formed by a small group of photography enthusiasts way back in November 1860. It has been active in the city ever since. It boasts to be one of the oldest photographic societies in the world.

The model for the evening was The Divine Miss Aitch who is a part time, freelance model based in Harrogate, UK. She was exceptionally good, friendly and a delight to work with.

Here are a handful of shots that I took on the evening.

Premier Taekwondo – Photo Sessions

14th September 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

I have recently been working with Premier Taekwondo in Huddersfield. Premier Taekwondo is the largest Taekwondo club in the UK with over 600 members and caters for people of all ages. It has been great to work with the team there, looking at aspects of club photography including camera set up, off camera light/flash photography and studio lighting set-ups.

The club staff are really friendly as are the club members that I have spent time with.

If you are looking to get into a martial art along with wanting to get some exercise in a fun and constructive way, this club has got everything you need.

Check out their website here: premiertaekwondo.org

Here are some of the photos that I took while being at the club.