Reportage Photography: Telling stories Through the Lens
In a world overflowing with carefully curated images, there’s something uniquely captivating about reportage photography. Unlike staged portraits or heavily edited and filtered snapshots, reportage photography has a raw, authentic, and deeply emotive quality. It captures life as it unfolds, telling stories that resonate and inspire. What is Reportage Photography? Reportage photography, sometimes referred to […]
Back to Edradour
About 20 years ago I wrote and produced a documentary about the Edradour whisky distillery in Perthshire, Scotland. At the time it was the smallest established (meaning it had been around for a while) distillery, with hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, drawn to its chocolate box buildings and size. In June this year […]
ESG Storytelling – Story #1
Whether it is CSR, Sustainability or ESG Storytelling, the biggest hurdle that most managers have is the ratio of text to visuals in their reports and communication materials. Often the photographs are group shots of people taken on a phone that only make sense if the text is read, however the image distracts the viewer/reader […]
What clients need from a photographer
What clients need from a photographer varies according to the objectives and the style of photography they want. My clients want authentic looking images in a documentary style that are either black and white or colour. I recently heard another photographer saying that his clients prefer documentary style because they don’t want their shareholders to […]
Leaders – what’s your leadership legacy?
Leaders of businesses, organisations and public bodies are making decisions today that will impact the lives of their employees, customers, the environment and society. What will be your leadership legacy and do you have a visual communication strategy to document it? Unprecedented times It’s a phrase that I first heard following the financial turbulence of […]
Visual Storytelling for Impact
In September 2023 I started working with the homeless charity, Stonepillow, who operate in the south of England mainly around Chichester and Bognor Regis. What started as a simple request to photograph for their website turned into a documentary photography and visual storytelling project, which has been the subject of numerous exhibitions. Seaside Town to […]
Capturing the Essence of Humanity: Exploring the Power of Social Documentary Photography
In an increasingly digital world, social documentary photography serves as a powerful tool to capture authentic moments and evoke emotions. It enables photographers to tell impactful stories about society, shedding light on issues and promoting social change. Social documentary photography transcends boundaries, taking us on a visual journey that both educates and inspires. Through thought-provoking […]
Documentary Photography Book
Download my free Making Documentary Photography book One of the great things about being a photographer is the sense of community and the other photographers who are willing to share their experience and expertise, and that is why I am offering a free book on documentary photography, called Making Documentary Photography. I’ve been telling visual […]
ESG Communications
A report by KPMG stated that most companies plan to spend more on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) initiatives in the next three years but that poor ESG Communications are an obstacle to progress. The report stated that business leaders felt there was a disconnect between strategy and execution that was, in part, caused by lack […]
Photography for corporate social responsibility
How photography for corporate social responsibility can build trust with stakeholders. Barely a week passes without an article or Op Ed describing how companies are deceiving the general public with claims of corporate social responsibility and sustainability that cannot be verified. The Financial Times wrote: Nobody wants to be caught out as a liar, and […]