When ever I photograph a home/house interior report I just can’t resist shooting the collections of things which some people have gathered into one space, it’s like a 3d scrap book, a memories holder, it sometimes surprises the owner of the home, but it always brings a smile to their face, that the precious items have not been unnoticed. Usually they are random collections of objects which don’t always have an obvious thread that holds them together except the fact they are on a shelf together or the best ones are in proper display in a cabinet, mostly they are of no real value on their own but in the group they become something that most people value hugely, much more than the design classics they might own, the car boot/charity shop finds, heirlooms and tacky souvenirs all have pride of place, and a special place in the heart of the owner, so bring out your trinkets and knick knacks and what some people might consider junk they say more about you than you could believe……….

Good morning all, I was in Milano the end of last week having a few meetings and shooting again with the fabulous stylist Cora Vohwinkel we have been collaborating on some house stories we had shot two in London before Christmas, (a small sample of the work above and below) you’ll soon be able to see all the images at my new picture agents site Living inside I was meeting with Monica to chat about representing our work together, more news on more stylish homes soon……….

Graham

Hi all,

It’s been a while since my last post I know, well with the end of year slow down a few weeks quality time with the boys sending lots of estimates and talking about jobs happening early 2013, I have gotten out of practice. So here goes for the first post of the new year. Those of you who read Abigail’s blog will already know that Quadrille have published a sneak peak of Decorating with Style on issue.com but for those of you who haven’t already do take a look, the whole project will be available to preorder at Amazon until March when it will be published in full, until then above and below are some more sneak peaks of some of the images we shot for the book, more very soon,
Graham

I really can’t wait to start publishing the interior photography which I have shot with my great friend Abigail Ahern ; the latest addition to her library of books, well, it’s the second title, but I am sure there are more to come very soon. The first is still available with limited stock but you can still grab a copy of Girl’s Guide to Decorating @ Amazon.co.uk, and pre order Decorating with Style , which has lots more interiors photography content. We got to photograph some really interesting interiors, owned by super creative people, I love being an interiors photographer, visiting peoples homes and spending time chit chatting with them you find out the most interesting stuff. It’s the prefect job for someone like me, curious and I love to chat while I snap…………

Graham

Burr! it’s cold being back in London, swapping shorts and a tee shirt for, hat and gloves was never going to be an easy transition to make, but being home with the family kicks all those minor worries into touch, plus being back in the hubbub of London is great, full of exciting opportunities and cool stuff. Down in Shoreditch to drop off the hard drive with all our four weeks work on from the Portuguese trip, I caught the last day of a “Street Art” / “Graffiti” show called the White Canvas project, they are moving the show to Dalston and reopening in a few weeks in the same building as Beyond Retro, I’ll shoot some images and post them soon. In the mean time here are some more backlit garden images from the last few weeks in the sun…………

more soon

Graham

End of week 3 in Portugal, went out with the whole crew last night for steak on a stone in Moncarapacho, apparently a very Portuguese way of eating steak and it was delicious I would highly recommend it as an experience, joining a well deserved day off today, just about to go out for lunch and then to the beach for a lie down to recharge the batteries for another week of location shooting in the fantastic gardens that Penny has found for us, the above image at the garden of the location we all call the red house, I have given this shots the title of Olive in the morning, more garden pictures coming soon………

Graham

well we are either just over half way through the job or a bit more, anyway the end date of our trip to the algarve is approaching we will either be back in the UK on the 14th or the 21st depending on how the next few days go weather wise, we have been really lucky with sun almost every day, 31 degrees today, and so it’s looking like we are ahead of the schedule we may finish the job earlier than planned, which will mean seeing the boys and Jo sooner than I first thought, really missing them a lot now nearing the end of week three with either two or one more week to go, it’s really tough. Here are some more sunny planting images I shot at the garden of the white house between set ups, more news on an end date soon

G

a well deserved day off today, week two is in the bag and it’s Sunday, the sun has rejoined us and next week is looking easier weather wise not having to battle with clouds mornings and afternoons, we have had some dappled light but only fleeting glances to keep teasing us, well hopefully the forecast is reliable and we get some better days coming up. Aside from domestic tasks like a super market run & laundry, today some of the team have been to the local market @ Quatrim, which seemed to be half local produce and half car boot. Now all that know me will know that car boot sales don’t normally float my boat, but it was curious to see that the type of stuff you find here is about the same as the stuff you find at any boot sale where ever you are, but we always hope to find some gems, and today I did. The beautifully aged box photographed above & in it’s interior it contains ink stamps that I have bought for the boys, the guy who was selling them said that Portuguese schools used to use them in lessons, I am sure the boys will love them. Ones lots of different types of boats and ships in one, the other is different types of traditional buildings from other cultures from around the world, more stories for the Algarve soon…………

G

About half way through week 2 of our five week Portugal shoot, I snapped these in one of our garden locations when we had just finished shooting for the day. With week one under our belt, with fantastic teamwork, lots of sun, great locations courtesy of Shoot Portugal which has resulted in beautiful images which our client is really happy with, it couldn’t be better, unless of course I could have Jo and the boys with me which would be the icing on the cake, but as we all know you can seldom have it all, but looking forward to the first days off to get the opportunity to do some exploring. I have been to the Algarve many times but never had the time to wander about to get a proper feel for Portugal, so wonderful to be here out of season when you can get a real feel for the place & the people, more soon……..

Graham

While I am shooting in the US I am trying to add to the Transitional Project, where ever I find a space which I feel needs to be shot. This hallway and stairs below are in a huge building in which we found an amazing loft belonging to Shauna & Stephen of “somethings hiding in here” in Philadelphia while myself and Abi where shooting some more wonderful interior photography for her new book coming out next spring. The interiors we have shot are all very inspiring & looking at the edit at the end of the day is so satisfying , plus we have also seen some mock ups of the layout which look super fab. Can’t wait to get some of these images online as soon as I can.

Back to the above picture, you don’t see many corridors as long as this one these days as buildings get ever more divided so even though it’s very dark and a bit spooky I had to shoot it, and the one below well you make up your mind where you think this staircase will lead you, I know where I ended up at the end, but it was a real surprise, which you’ll see in the spring in the book…..

Graham