It’s a little bit misty on the Wirral – a quick photo from walking the dog this afternoon…
It’s not often I have my camera with me on a dog walk – but today was a pretty crazy day with three different shoots going on. As it was such an ethereal day weather-wise, I decided to leave my kit with me in the car when I swung by to pick up Coco for [...]
The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Wirral.
Last night I was down at the lovely Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight. Over the past year I have been photographing the galleries and museums in the Merseyside region for their promotional material. It really has been an absolute joy to have “free reign” of some of these incredible spaces. Here’s a quick shot [...]
Emmet Scanlan aka “bad boy Brendan” from Hollyoaks – some photos for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Emmet Scanlan, Irish actor from Hollyoaks and numerous other movies is giving up smoking as part of the lung cancer awareness month of November. I popped down to “Hollyoaks-ville” to grab some PR photos for Roy Castle. Emmet had was already into his first day of giving up… and actually seemed very pleasant considering! After [...]
It’s all about the Turkeys! Some photos for Lunya restaurant Liverpool
The brief – head out to a farm and grab some photos of 100 turkeys grazing in a field. Yep, no worries! These Turkeys are being hand reared at Thurstaston Farm exclusively for Lunya restaurant in the heart of Liverpool One. Owner and executive chef Peter Kinsella was giving me the low down on how [...]
Brugal Rum hits the streets of Manchester. Some photos from the Northern Quarter.
Saturday afternoon I headed across to Manchester to grab some photographs of the Brugal Rum Promotion goin’ on. Introduced to the UK in 2008 – the Dominican Republic Rum is now being heavily promoted in the Northwest. They’ve teamed up with some of the country’s top street artists to create large murals on the city [...]
Mathew Street Festival Kicks off with a beauty blue sky day…
Starting off with rain looming – the clouds disappeared and the Mathew Street Festival Liverpool 2010 kicked off with a bang!Turned out to be a great day for photography. Here’s a quick snap from the Black Eyed Peaz on the Superlambanana stage. There’ll be plenty more photos to come…
New Zealand Coastline – some photos from my favourite beaches…
As it’s a lazy Sunday and all… have been looking through a few images taken from my last trip back to New Zealand. There’s one particular beach just over an hour’s drive north from my home in Auckland. You can drive up there on a Sunday morning and literally have the whole beach to yourself. [...]
Something for the petrol-heads! Pageant of Power, Cholmondeley photos 2010
A break in the weather gave me a window of half an hour to run round and grab some photos of the Pageant of Power, Cholmondeley. Lucky there was some sun otherwise there would only be close-up shots of V12 engines! A fantastic setting down in the Cheshire country-side, the pageant of power is essentially [...]
Isla Gladstone first Birthday Party, Stanley Park, Liverpool – here’s the photos!
Great night had by all at the Isla Gladstone Conservatory’s first birthday and a great night for photography! Storm clouds were brewing in the distance as the sun was trying to set, provising some lovely ethereal-type light filtering through… here’s a few photos from the event… For more event photography action click here Ant Clausen [...]
It’s Isla’s first birthday tonight…
So i’ll be heading down to grab a few photos of the festivities. It sounds like the Isla Gladstone Conservatory has had a very colourful history… being burned down, left to neglect, and now has been restored and standing proud in the re-furbished Stanley Park. It’s been a pleasure to be part of its first [...]
This is Ph Creative – a couple of photos from their recent team shoot
Ph Creative – these guys are not your typical creative agency. It seems they like to kick the bog-standard old school design malarcky well into touch. So the brief was to capture their fresh creative take on things in the form of a few relaxed photographs. Without further ado… Click here Photography Liverpool to [...]
The New Liverpool Skyline – a photo from a recent night time shoot.
Was recently commissioned to take a few photos in and around Liverpool. I made my way down to the Mersey one clear evening and grabbed a few shots. Conscious of the number of Liverpool Skyline shots i’ve both seen and taken since i’ve been living here, I zoomed in a little closer and tried to [...]
Simon Rimmer from BBC Something for the Weekend – photos of his restaurant Greens in Manchester
Rolled over to Manchester to grab some photos for BBC Olive magazine. This time the brief was to try and catch the “busy TV celebrity chef” Simon Rimmer and his restaurant Greens in south Manchester. Great little restaurant with a fab team of chefs rustling up some great vegetarian nosh! Simon Rimmer was a really [...]
More photos from the Liverpool One Summer Beach!
Hard to believe the sun came out in Liverpool One for about half an hour yesterday – but luckily enough it did – and gave me the opportunity to fulfil the brief of capturing photos of people out in the sun having a good time at the new Liverpool One beach! On another note I [...]
Pete Price hits the beach, Liverpool styles…
Some say Liverpool doesn’t have a beach… well that’s all changed down at Liverpool One. All we need now is a summer! Went down to grab some photos of the launch night tonight and for about half an hour, the sun came out! Amazing transformation with palm trees, cocktail bars and the largest portable roller [...]
A Portrait of Marco Pierre White. Some PR photos from his recent visit up North.
Marco Pierre White is spending a lot more time in the Northwest these days with the White Swan restaurant in Aughton and another in Chester. The brief was to grab a few PR/promo photos of him yesterday. And as a few people have already remarked – it was nice to see him smiling too! Click [...]
Model Portfolio – Emily from Liverpool
A little while back I photographed the model portfolio of Emily. Watch this space for Liverpool’s next top model! It was a free model portfolio shoot with Emily signing a model release so we could use the images for our stock photography sites. That way Emily gets international exposure and high res images from the [...]
A Great Day for Photography at the Hub Festival, Liverpool.
A classic moody Liverpudlian sky greeted the thousands of people coming to the HUB Festival last weekend. This eventually fined up with an amazing sunny afternoon had by all. To view the complete gallery from the day – please click here: HUB Festival Gallery To check out more of Ant’s Event images – please click [...]
Photos from One Park West Show Apartments – a sneak preview.
Described as being the “jewel in the duke’s crown” the final phase of Liverpool One is being implemented. These are the One Park West 17 storey apartments overlooking the Mersey River. I was there for the grand opening by the Duke of Westminster a few months back. Now the apartments are on the market and [...]
Some photos from the recent Barclays branch opening – Hull.
One of the things i’m lovin about photography here in the North West is it’s taking me to a few new places I might not otherwise see. Hull for example. Barclays have recently opened a new branch here, located centrally in the town square. Here’s a few photos of the people that both make up [...]
Liverpool University English Department Photo Shoot
And the Gods smiled on us… the only afternoon in the past month (as far as i’m aware) where the sun shone consistently, brightly, brilliantly… etc etc.. was the afternoon where the brief was to capture images that would persuade students from the planet to come and study English in Liverpool! And why wouldn’t you [...]
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce – photos from the platform lunch…
Another great networking event with the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Held at the cool Osqa restaurant bar on Roscoe Street – there was lunch laid on, a bit of speed-networking and presentations by local business people. Next event will be when the tennis comes to town. To check out more event photographs please click here: [...]
Mike Brewer promotes Call Zebra – a photo shoot in Liverpool.
Mike Brewer of “Wheeler Dealers” fame was in town for a one day photo shoot to promote new accident breakdown company, Call Zebra. The shoot was nice and varied – starting in a mechanic’s workshop we got some shots with some smashed up cars. We then went into the studio and got a few “marketing-type” [...]
A Photo from New Zealand…
Think i’m over the jet-lag now, so with a bit of luck the blog will start to roll again. Here’s one of my favourite shots from my recent trip back home to New Zealand. Taken at sunrise on a beach north of where I grew up – I guess it’s the subtle moody tones of [...]