Milton Keynes and Northampton Based
Photographer with experience within the art of Portraiture, Studio and Music Photography.
A dynamic photographer with growing expertise in portraiture, documentary photography and art-based approaches, with a particular interest in music and performing arts portraiture and events coverage. Independent, reliable, creative and technically proficient, he works with great attention to detail and highest professional standards in all assignments he undertakes.
Love to explore and experiment within my photography work exploring through both digital and analogue formats to create professional and high quality photography.
Within music photography, the aims are to capture the excitement and enjoyment the event. Whereas with the portraiture, explore and capture the subject within photograph, their unique character and nature throughout the expression of the individual.
During my free time, I passionately enjoy practicing with my analogue camera: Canon A1 (35mm Camera) in the art of street, architecture and documentary, to practice my skills and knowledge of photography when going into my digital photography for quality and professionalism, also push the creative and artistic notion within my photography, showing narrative and character within each image or series.
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Finally, an experimental photographer within darkroom practices and printing, exploring with the analogue format the art of photography with techniques, processing and printing to create an artistic notion from the negative or print, depending on how creative I explore throughout a specific topic.?
Projects
- Fine Art Photography: Portmanteau ProjectArtist Statement: James Wayling: University of Northampton Architecture Photographer – Analogue Photographer and Darkroom Practitioner The exploration within the architecture of the University of Northampton: Park Campus, capturing the characteristic and nature of each individual building textures and details with the canon a1 (35mm camera). The expression of feelings to capture the individual character of the buildings to represent not just the notion of change, but also the disappearance of t
- Exploration of Film with Street Photography (Early Beginning)Exploration with Ilford (200 and 400 ISO) Film and Fuji Colour Film (200 ISO) – 35mm Film Starting at the beginning of the photography project, I wanted to understand and explore the different types of film, exploring with the textures, tones and details each film can deliver for the final outcome and ideas for the type of portraits and photography I was really looking for (finding the correct inspiration and motivation to capture the characteristic of the subject through the subject within
- Digital Series of Caliburn (Music Band) First Location Photo-shootThe Location Photo-shoot (Digital Series): The first batch of photographs to came out very successful and professional for the clients of CaliburnUK, which were slightly edited by contrasts, lighting and saturation because of the fact the bands were a metal/rock music type of genre music than a light and friendly type Pop or Punk band in the non-edits of the outcome of the digital series. The Looking down photograph of the band CaliburnUK, was the first creative and adventurous photograph to exp
Work history
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PhotographerCynthia Spencer Hospice Charity
- Northampton, United KingdomFreelance
Working with Sunset Stride Fundraiser and Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charity
Photographing the charity walking event, in aid of the Cynthia Spencer Hospice in Northampton.
Taking place at the beautiful Brixworth Country Park, participants have the opportunity to walk around the picturesque Pitsford Water, during a spring time sunset.
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Event PhotographerUniversity of Northampton
- Northampton, United KingdomFreelance
Park Campus
Global Opportunities Fair 2018:
The Global Opportunities Fair 2018 was hosted by a group of third year events management students at Northampton University.
Working with different organisation
Photographer for the Global Opportunities Fair 2018
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Skills
- Photography
- Commercial Photography
- Retouching
- Fashion Photography
- Portrait Photography
- Studio Lighting
- Adobe Lightroom
- Photoshop
- 35mm Film Photography
- Capture One Pro
Education
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BA (hons) Photography (2:2)University of Northampton
- Northampton, United Kingdom
Studio and Portraiture Photography
Darkroom and Analogue Practices - Chemicals, exposure techniques, film processing/developing techniques. Printing making and photographic paper practices.
Camera Practices - 35mm and medium format practices, also digital practices.
Theory and Readings into photographic printing, darkroom practices and editing/retouching digitally or analogue.
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BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design (Photography) DDDMilton Keynes college
- Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Awards
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Annual Students of the Year Awards CeremonyMilton Keynes college
Award: Most Employable Photographer/Graphic Designer of the Year 2015
Recognition of outstanding achievement and dedication to the course throughout the year