Shoot’s first event at the National Portrait Gallery was a huge success. Brett and I double-teamed the presentation, with most of the participants having a higher than usual level of photographic experience. The result was some great photos and some tough decisions as to who won each of the categories. Such a brilliant location as well – the contestants got access to the Camille Silvy exhibition – who was both the first photographer to use props in his photos to characterise the individuals he was photographing and also the first Celebrity photographer. He took tens of portraits a day and kept a copy of every photo, in numerical order in a series of 8 massive volumes, a few of which were on display. Read more>

Testing a new concept for Shoot Experience, East slide story involved taking a few choice photos and making them into a slide show.

Think old school slide projector, new skool attitude. Maybe. Well it was different, and the food was good!

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Shoot experience photo booth at the design museum, London South bank.

Whilst people were milling about waiting for the announcement of who had won the latest Shoot Experience event, We’d positioned a photobooth in the corner with the usual range of props.
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