Alina Cojocaru in The Nutcracker

It is always fantastic when you get a last minute call to shoot someone with an incredible talent.
Had so much fun shooting the effortlessly elegant principal dancer at the English National Ballet Alina Cojocaru for The Sunday Times at The Royal Academy of all places.
The entrance to our 'studio' space was adorned with Allen Jones' playful Can-Can legs!

I am pleased to say that our efforts can now be seen on the cover of today's Sunday Times Culture Magazine.

Allianz Splash

Allianz Insurance used my portrait of principal dancer Melissa Hamilton for their
Arts & Business NI Awards 2015  poster - and added a good splash of pink powder to the image in the process.

Spiros wins bronze at IPA 2014

Always great to get a nod from people - and I am happy to tell that I received
a bronze award at the
2014 International Photography Awards in the special effects category
for my series called 'Line Dancing'.

Special thanks to Josephine who danced her way through the day.

You can see all the winners galleries here.

Lauren Cuthbertson at The Royal Opera House

Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson shot for The Sunday Times at The Royal Opera House
in advance of the new Christopher Wheeldon production of Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale'.

Line Dancing

I have shot quite a few ballet dancers in a more traditional way previously.

Here is a more conceptual and graphic approach I achieved through my lighting choices,
and thanks to the wonderful Josephine's limitless enthusiasm and patience.

Melissa Hamilton as Swan at The Royal Opera House

The elegant and wonderful Melissa Hamilton in Swan Lake costume

at The Royal Opera House, London.

Shot for The Sunday Times.

....if you click on the images they get bigger....magic!

Darcey Bussell for Sunday Times Culture

As mentioned last week - had the pleasure of shooting legendary ballerina
Darcey Bussell for Sunday Times Culture.
Here is one of our shots. More on my main site...

Darcey Bussell's website

Darcey Bussell in beautiful red dress

A snap of me shooting Darcey Bussell this weekend.

Apart from her illustrious career as principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, she can now
add being a judge in the new series of 'Strictly Come Dancing' commencing in September to her CV.

A special thanks to Darcey for making it all so easy; to Marcella for all the amazing dresses; to Gina for the make up and hair and to Vanessa for the image below and for a great shoot.

For all things Darcey Bussell go here

Come fly with me.

Rising 20 year old star Vadim Muntagirov takes to the sky gracefully for our shoot at The English National Ballet.
You can currently catch him in The Nutcracker.