Through my lens - As well as taking photos, one of our photographers, Kamila, is a coffee aficionado. Previously working as a barista she now loves to share her new and exciting coffee discoveries from all over the world, and captures them in stunning 35mm film. Coffee also plays a huge role in Block Art Media, we all met in a coffee shop and all love good coffee. This series marries Kamila’s love of both coffee and photography and we hope that you enjoy discovering these hidden gem coffee spots.
Read moreProduct Photography: Sword and Stone
Last year we were sent on a photography mission by Tim, the founder of Sword and Stone. Tim’s aim with the brand is creating exciting and edgy (pun intended) high-quality products for budding home chefs! We were lucky enough to photograph his latest product, codenamed “The Spitfire”. We wanted to create a range of environments to show the knife in all its glory.
The Spitfire Chef’s knife in all its glory.
Creating the scenes
Autumnal Veg
We decided to make the autumnal scene fairly rustic looking, so we popped down to the Goods Shed in Canterbury to hunt for some truly earthy looking and photograph worthy veg. We picked out some lovely looking squashes, radishes, shallots and pears, which all had lovely colours and textures, perfect for the scene.
The Beach bar
Moving away from the moody scene we wanted something more fresh and summery; an image which invoked the feeling of a beach bar or warm summer afternoon spent in your garden with cocktails and fresh salad.
The Christmas dinner
Tim also wanted some shots of the knife in action. This one was based around Christmas dinner preparation. We went for a moody atmosphere with a main focus on the knife.
The New Year’s party
As the knife is also a show-off piece we felt a dinner party setting was perfect to help illustrate this. Orange and an old-fashioned cocktail felt like the perfect props for this winter evening party scene.
The launch of the knife!
We wish Tim all the best with Sword and Stone in 2021!
The new knife has now officially launched!
be found featuring the images over on the Sword and Stone website: https://shopify.swordandstone.co.uk/products/spitfire-chefs-knife
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The Do Nothing Club: Promotional shoot
Late last year we were invited to take photos for Fella Hair’s brand new “Do Nothing Club,” a secret speakeasy style basement club; offering high end skin, face and hair treatments along with a selection of spirits, cocktails and beers.
“Cocktail with your haircut sir?” “YES PLEASE!”
Our mission was to present the services they offer but also to capture the club’s style and atmosphere.
We used a mix of constant lights LED panels with some coloured Gels to reinforce the look and feel of the club lights and threw in some flash light to pop the subjects.
The different lighting resulted in striking images with rich shadows, mixing high contrast film noir style lighting with neon colours to match the clubs cool aesthetic.
The shoot felt like a movie set. The Fella staff were fantastic and helped to create different scenarios with us moving all the lights around and using different colours for each of the scenes.
If you or any gentlemen in your life are looking for a pampering, stag party hangout or just a haircut in quite easily the coolest barber shop in Kent then to the Do Nothing Club in Fella Folkestone is the spot you’re after!
We got a great range of shots showcasing the services, products and details of the club, and you can check them out here:
https://www.instagram.com/fellafolkestone/
https://www.instagram.com/myfolkestone/
Thanks again Fella for the amazing shoot!