Portraits

Off home to pore over Arnold Newman and Jane Bown books looking for inspiration for tomorrow's shoot. I've been commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry to make some portraits for their '175 Faces of Science' project, not all 175 unfortunately.

I'm sure you will take some beautiful portraits Ken. What a great commission for you. Anyway we can see the results?

Only if they are good enough

This is one of those jobs where the client has a total buyout on copyright which, incidentally, I don't have a problem with. I must say that the brief is one of the best written i have ever had. Precise enough to let you know what they need for various media and loose enough to let you be creative. I have an hour and a half or thereabouts with the subject tomorrow to shoot formal studio shots and less formal outdoor ones in a couple of different styles. Then on stage pics as he engages with the audience in a lecture. Tight.

Although I know the venue I recced it this afternoon so that there might be a few less surprises/frights. I can foresee theatre staff having kittens about three Bowens heads appearing in the auditorium.