- 21 Sep 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
- 11 Sep 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Thai and Thai Again
Great Thai food from Green Oak in Swinton, for their recently rebranded site. Co-owner and chef Ladda pictured. You can see the full site and menu here – http://www.greenoakbistro.co.uk – and I can recommend it all, as I ate everything I photographed. PR – Emily Urban-Smith, 07843 677739 @emurbs Design – Soko Studio, 07778 988222 […]
read more- 07 Aug 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Run Wild, Run Free
Freerunner Richard Squires on the Liverpool waterfront. The Profoto B1s have the high-speed sync function, which I was keen to exercise. I don’t work much with subjects in motion, and have always been limited to a shutter speed of 1/160th, which isn’t fast enough to freeze quick motions. Being able to chop my exposures to […]
read more- 19 Jul 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Gladiators in White Collars
Imagine going to work knowing that, at the end of the day, you will, for the first time, begin training as a boxer. Imagine this continuing for eight weeks, knowing throughout that when the eight weeks are over, you’ll have to get in the ring and actually fight someone else – another white collar worker […]
read more- 09 Jul 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Go for the juggler
A fun shoot belied by the appalling blog title, pictured is Jago, a performing artist specialising in juggling. Shot at the Palace Theatre.
read more- 15 Jun 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Le Mans’ Best Friend
I was at the Le Mans 24 race this weekend. It was a trek first from Manchester to Upminster to rendezvous with the group, then to Folkestone for the Eurostar, and a 4hr drive across France to the campsite near the circuit. Unsurprisingly I always take a camera away with me on trips. I do […]
read more- 06 Jun 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Welcome Home
This project started with spotting a picture, which you can see at this link. I wanted to show a person who wasn’t happy with their lot, who had tried to make a change, but had only found himself back where he started. Thanks to the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Photographic Assistant: Rob Green 07985 679338 Makeup […]
read more- 02 Jun 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Cycle of life
Chris Hoy, well established cyclist and Lucy Garner, promising new athlete on the cusp of a great career. Recently Chris has been mentoring talented young cyclists like Garner as part of the Sky Academy Sports Programme. This shoot was shoehorned into a Sky shooting schedule, a media schedule and a racing schedule, and as such […]
read more- 20 May 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
Waste not, want not
Alan Cumming from recycling company Viridor – a portrait for the New Civil Engineer. You can see more about what Viridor do here – http://www.viridor.co.uk.
read more- 19 May 2015
- Posted by Phil Tragen
A cut above
Martin Cook, Barry Proctor and Jane Robinson from Cutting Technologies in Barnsley Business Park, South Yorkshire. My view on shooting in industrial spaces is: light everything. Even hanging rubber curtains can be a good background with 500W of flash charging through it.
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