What’s the difference between taking a quick on a wing and a prayer snap yourself on a smart phone or compact digital camera and a professional taking carefully set-up shots?

Evidently a pro DSLR camera, tripod, spirit-level, colour-scale card (sure there was a technical name for that) and of course a bit of garden string? Well those pesky canvases kept refusing to stay still on the easel for their shots!

I found out there is a great deal of difference. Hennie of Wellman Photography, who has extensive commercial shoot experience, was the only choice for taking some photographs of my works to enable me to retain the option to create print runs of works that are being sold in June as part of an Exhibition of Paintings – Colour in Motion. Looking at the camera back viewer, as Hennie was working, it was clear to see that my previous efforts had not picked up the texture and depth of the painting marks which would be essential for a print that I’d be happy to offer.

Why Hennie?

Well I’d been blown away by his portfolio of commercial photographs. The imaginative use of light, creative framing and understanding of the subject made me comfortable that he’d capture the detail and match the colours carefully. And unbelievably he is located right on my Essex doorstep, although like many of us he does travel in the UK and beyond to get the right shots and to resolve creative briefings.

The results are stunning and I look forward to sharing them on the site from 15th June; it’s going to be a busy few weeks until my Exhibition of Paintings, Colour in Motion I am ready to create prints for 24 June 2012.

Prints of some paintings are available at the click of a button in the Print Store. For others please fill in the  Contact form with your requirements (I never create a print larger than the original painting.) Images in this post are of Weekender II.

[Blog up-date 2014: Main image – having moved I now use the photography and printing services of Mike and Mary Maloney of Myst World.]