At the time of the visit Adrian was in the process of building a bedroom set, which was going to be used to take shots of many different beds for a bed manufacture.
Adrian kindly let us students interrupt his day so we could look round his studio and ask him questions about the industry of photography.
He has got one of the best attics ever!! it is full of so many props I can't list them all on here, but to mention a few would be toys, Vase's, lights, plastic mouldings, cushions, materials, signs and the list goes on and on.
I took a few shots of various parts of his studio and they can be found below.
So above there is shots of the smaller area where they do product and model Photography, (1st 3 photos and the last one 9above)) then there is the type writer in his office, (4th photo) all the other images are of the bigger studio area, the set being built, one of the lights he uses and all the bits of wood, tiles, fire places etc, that they keep for set building.
I really enjoyed the day and a half that I spent there, Adrian is a very passionate man, knows his stuff about business and clients, which after 40 years in the business is not surprising.
I learnt that to be a true professional photographer, you have to also be business minded, and a good DIY person, as sets don't build themselves and it's not always cost effective to get in contractors.
If I get the chance to go again I would be there in a shot.
His website can be found at the following link. http://www.adrianheapyphoto.co.uk/
Hi
ReplyDeleteA very thorough and well written blog, also you took lots of images in and around the studio, to help explain what you saw, in fact you took the best of the set areas and the other parts of the studio and what they are used for.
The studio will be opening a new hire studio in Jan, so you are more than welcome to come over.
Steve