About me

Hi, I am Kingsley Barker image maker. My passions are lighting, food and wakeboarding/kitesurfing. I love to light and compose images, I am happiest working in the studio either alone or under Art Direction, I also love to shoot and am comfortable on location with a larger crew. I bring with me many years experience in Advertising and Editorial. I love to craft the light and compose the frame, I am confident and experienced with a full spectrum of lighting from a bottle of perfume, a car, or an entire street scene/landscape night and day. I have worked with some of the worlds most famous and respected companies producing international level advertising campaigns as a photographer. I have also incorporated working with the moving image into my life, working as a gaffer for films or lighting designer for theatre and art installations when I can. Alongside all the creative aspects of photography and film making my technician knowledge is second to none. I am a highly motivated and extremely enthusiastic member of any team and have worked repeatedly for regular clients, directors and collaborators. I am visually stimulated by all that surrounds me and have the technical/creative ability understanding and enthusiasm to create the unseen and realize a clients vision.

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Projects

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  Esquire Watchessome low res screen grabs from an 8 page watch story for Esquire magazine
• Red Bull MagazineA selection of a few shots I could grab off the internet of my work for Red Bull magazine(excuse the quality). I worked regularly once a month with Miles English where he would send me random objetcs for me to inmterpret and shoot as I please.
• Capetown ShoesI was sent to Capetown with a team from Zalando, my brief was shoot some cool shoes on location. A selection of a few shots I could grab off the internet of my work (excuse the quality please)
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  Studio ArrangementsProduct arrangements for Zalando magazine and online work with Stylist Rinat Welsing. A selection of a few shots I could grab off the internet of my work (excuse the quality please)
• A day off in CapetownA great day testing the light and some new ideas with a local model and stylist in Capetown. A great fun day off from our rigorous shoe shooting schedule.
• Fashion E-Commerce studio workA small selection from some of my studio work for Zalando E-commerce online store.

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Work history

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Freelance photographerBarker Bites
Mar 1997Berlin, GermanyFreelance
Advertising and Editorial photographer working freelance for many years also working regular as a Gaffer for numerous clients since 1997... See my website for client list and refernces.

Skills

• Product Advertising
• Fashion E-commerce
• Lighting
• Composition
• Adobe Photoshop
• Photoshoot Pre-production
• Studio Management
• Location Photography
• Travel Coordination
• Gaffer

Education

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HND PhotographyKent Institute of Art and Design
Sep 1993Rochester, United Kingdom
Finished with a Distinction
BAArts University Bournemouth
Sep 1995 - Jun 1996Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Fine Art Photography- Distinction