Toy BMX - Inspired from 'Little people in the city'

During my Art & Design Foundation I did a project where I looked at sports. After looking through a Graphic Design/ Photography book called 'Little people in the city' I got the inspiration to take these photographs showing a toy bmx very close up with lots of detail that almost looks like a real person and a second photo of the same image but zoomed out to show the real size proportions of the bmx and its surroundings

S K A T E B O A R D I N G

For my final project during my Art & Design Foundation course I decided to look into what people did in their free time and how the enjoyed their life. This ended up with me focusing mostly on sports (Biking and Skateboarding). The selection of photographs above are from a day I spent following a friend from university, during this day we attended a Skate Jam session in Milton Keynes where many people participating in a competition.
The photographs I took where using a Fish Eye attachment and a tripod, which i then further edited in Photoshop. I looked at editing the colors in the photographs and also looked at overlaying images to show a step by step image.

Standing out

  This is some work that I did to answer a brief in my Art Foundation. I wanted to show how we dress to fit in with our surroundings. In my work I decided to make the model stand out from her surroundings by dressing her in a way that she would not fit in. I took her to some dingy areas around Northampton town, like the infamous Greyfriars Bus station known for its grimy appearance! It was an interesting photo-shoot which got many stares from passers by but I was really pleased with the results. Very grateful to Sarah Karbowy who modelled for me in the freezing cold!

Abandoned Pianoforte factory - Roade - Northamptonshire

While studying for my Art & Design Foundation Course I decided to look into derelict places as I have always found these to be much more interesting that the more modern buildings we have today. There is something about exploring a place your not allowed to be in that makes the whole building much more alive and exciting. 


These images are from the 'Pianoforte factory' which is hidden in a small village called Roade.In 1923 the factory became‘Pianoforte supplies Ltd’ which was the production of fixtures for Piano manufacturers.In 1933 the factory set alight and burned this was rebuilt later that year. During WWII the factory went into production creating spare vehicle and aircraft parts. In 1980 the factory stopped the production of piano parts. A small part of the factory is still operational. These photographs are from part of the abandoned section.

St Crispins

An abandoned mental asylum in Northampton, founded in 1873.

I took a few trips with friends while studying my Art Foundation course, too collect some imagery. The first time I went it was pitch black and my photos didn't come out very well as I was just shooting and hoping and to be honest I was so scared i couldn't wait to leave! The second time I visited I was more prepared and it was daylight so I got to explore the asylum properly. It was eerily beautiful and I'm really pleased with the photographs that came out of it.