My next image in the 10PEOPLE series is of Darren Wilson of KP Studios in sunny Blackburn, Lancashire (technically Lower Darwen!).

I have know Darren for a few years having worked on various projects, he also designed this website you are looking at.We  catch up with our geek talk about photographic kit on a regular basis. As well as being an equipment geek he is mad into snowboarding. So the idea behind this shoot was to get him with his snowboard, budget restrictions limited us to the UK and as at the time of the shoot there was no snow in the UK. I thought lets go to the beach, there is a link with snow boarding and surfing so we set off to the Lancashire coast one cold Febuary afternoon. Late afternoon sun in winter at the coast is superb, so Cleveleys (how exotic) it was.

We tried a few different shots as you can see below and I must admit I was torn between a few of them. Out of the series of 10PEOPLE the shot of Darren is a favourite with many people.

Any comments as usual are more than welcome. Here are the alternative shots.

Hi Everyone. Sorry I have not blogged for few weeks. What with a trip to Krakow in Poland and setting up the new dedicated Business Photography site (www.ukbusinessphotographer.co.uk) I just have not had the time to blog. Well wrist slapped! lets get on with it.

Next in the series of my project 10PEOPLE is Michael Taylor of Business Insider magazine. I have worked with Michael on a number of projects for Business Insider magazine over the past few years. I knew that Michael was an avid fan of Blackburn Rovers football team, so I thought it would be interesting to photograph him at Ewood Park the home of Blackburn Rovers.

I contacted Jennifer at the ground who was really helpful and asked me just to give her a call when I wanted to set the shoot up. They where so accommodating even though we re-arranged the shoot a couple of times.

We arranged the shoot for a Tuesday afternoon in April as Michael was in the area.

My idea behind the photography was that I had interrupted Michael in a private prayer like moment at the ground. I wanted to get most of the ground in shot with the ‘ROVERS’ name in the background.

Michael was great throughout the shoot, we had a laugh and he just let me do whatever I wanted.

I got the shot I needed pretty quickly as I knew what I wanted. We then tried a few experiments to see what else we could come up with. I still went with my original idea but there are a few of the alternative shots featured below.

As well as my ideas, Michael asked if I would take some shots of him in football manager mode remonstrating with his team. So I fixed the telephoto lens to the camera and did some pitch side shots of Michael shouting at his ‘team’. A few of these shots are also featured below.

I would also like to thank Blackburn Rovers for use of the ground.

I would love some comments and feedback

The next image in the series of 10PEOPLE is of architect Karl Zaldats of MRA Architects based in Longridge, Lancashire.

I have know Karl for a few years now, I was introduced to him by Graphic Designer Steven Carlin back in 2009

We first met to discuss photography for MRA architects new website which Steven was designing. It was a refreshing an inspirational meeting. We discussed at length my architectural photography together with how it would fit in to the construct of their website. We also discussed in depth, architecture in general and how it relates to photography and design. My portfolio of photography was admired by Karl who could see what I was getting at.

For this photography session I met with Karl at his house in Lancashire. All very nice and relaxed, we tried different lighting and setups. I had a clear idea that I wanted to use one of his chairs, as it had an architectural feel. My idea was to have Karl sat on the floor with the chair to one side almost looking like a tower block. We tried many different shots some of Karl looking happy, looking at the camera, but eventually went with the one where he looks thoughtful.  It has to be said that Karl was a superb subject, did exactly what I asked and trusted me. I do hope he likes the shot.

Here are a few of the outtakes

The next photograph in the series of 10PEOPLE is of Caroline McNamee of CMCHR, Lancashire

The shot of Caroline was all about location. As Caroline lived and worked in Burnley, Lancashire I decided to use the ‘Singing Ringing Tree’, which if you have read any of my previous posts is a Panopticon sculpture at Crown Point, Burnley Lancashire.

The ‘Singing Ringing Tree’ designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Li and it won the National Award for architectural excellence by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 2007.

The sculpture harnesses the energy of the wind to produce a low, tuneful sound.

I arrived at the location about an hour or so before he shoot as I have already scouted for potential scenes. It was a freezing cold sunny day with intense blue skies. I decided on a number of shots using the low winter sun as my main light source.

The whole shoot took around two hours and  I must thank Caroline for her patience as she was clearly very very cold.

Here are some of the out takes

The next photograph in the series of 10PEOPLE is of Richard Slater of Lancashire Business View magazine.

I have known Richard for well over 15 years having worked with him at the Lancashire Evening Telegraph (Now the Lancashire Telegraph), and with various local PR companies eventually meeting up with him again about 10 years ago. Richard set up his own PR company SlaterPR (now weareslater) shortly after I set up my photography business. We worked together on numerous projects including  the now very successful Lancashire Business View magazine which he launched around 6 years ago.

The idea for the shoot was to get photographs of Richard in Corporation Park in Blackburn, Lancashire. Richards offices are situated at the entrance to the park on East Park Road, so I thought it quite appropriate to use this superb location. I asked him to bring along items associated with swimming as he is a keen swimmer. I had a few ideas and we spent around two and half hours trying all sorts of different shots, I abandoned the swimming shots as it just was not working. So we tried shots of him on his phone, shots of him lying down on the muddy paths (in his new suit!!). Eventually I settled on the final image of Richard walking down the Broadwalk area of the park,  an area that the Victorian people of Blackburn would use to promenade on a Sunday.

Richard was great throughout. He was relaxed and calm (even though admitting he hates having his photograph taken), it made for a fun, relaxed photographic session

Richard really liked the shot of himself on the phone, he asked if he could use it on his twitter profile – @richardslaterpr, I agreed, as it was not going to be the photograph used in the final project.

Enough of my ramblings here are the out takes.