Notions 132 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 131 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 130 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 129 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 128 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 127 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 126 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 125 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 124 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 123 - Spring.

  

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 122 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 121 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 120 - Spring.

Tiyek (Turkish): The new bud of a new branch.

Notions 60 - Music.

'You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog'. Art Director: Ted Vaughan, Copywriter: Tom Gattos. Advertising Agency: Ted Bates. Client: Yamaha Musical Instruments.

Notions 59 - Retirement plans.

These are part of a series of 15 photographs commissioned by Clerical Medical Insurance, and art directed by Gerry Dunn. It was decided, with the vagaries of English weather and timing, that it would be necessary to shoot all 15 images in the controlled environment of the studio. I commissioned the professional services and resources of set-builder, Nick Simpson, to help design, and eventually construct, the sets required.


The Trout Stream was constructed using water tanks and water pumps to create the flow and to oxygenate the water for our 'model', a live trout. Early in the morning of this shoot, and after Nick had spent the night building the foundations of the set, the boulders arrived from Norfolk, as did the trout, the greenery arrived from Northamptonshire, and the lighting was provided by David Cecil's, 'Strobe Equipment' studio flash.

The following four images were lit with a single 5kw tungsten film light to create the effect of sunlight.






The grass (seen below) was force-grown turf (as used in the above 'Pimms' image) over a bank-holiday weekend using fertiliser, the studio heating turned up to max., and 'GrowLux' lighting.

Notions 58 - Music.

Art Director: Ted Vaughan, Copywriter: Tom Gattos. Advertising Agency: Ted Bates. Client: Yamaha Musical Instruments.

Notions and Potions: Non-Alcoholic Beer.

'Schlitz Malt Liquor: The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.' This non-alcoholic version of the brew was commissioned for billboards destined for a country in the Arabian Gulf that prohibited the sale and drinking of alcohol.

Notions 56 - Alliance.

Notions 33 - Tango

This was taken as part of a larger commission for my client, 'Adile Sultan Saray Bogazici Borsa Restoran' in Kandilli (otherwise known as 'The Sakip Sabanci Kandilli Egitim ve Kultur Merkezi') www.adilesultan.org.

Notions 31 - Music

This was taken as part of a larger commission for my client, 'Adile Sultan Saray Bogazici Borsa Restoran' in Kandilli (otherwise known as 'The Sakip Sabanci Kandilli Egitim ve Kultur Merkezi') www.adilesultan.org.