Norse Projects

On the day of the shoot with Norse projects, I went to meet Kristine Wold, the stylist for the shoot, at her flat in Norrebro, Copenhagen. I had done a bit of location scouting a couple days before, and thanks to a few tips she had given me when we first met, I’d found some interesting spots dotted around her neighbourhood. The area was beautiful – streets lined with beautiful old apartments and peaceful little shops and cafes. At one end it became a little more ‘urban’, with graffiti on the walls and some tattooed fellas who seemed to be having a ‘debate’. I’d just sat down in a pretty café to write an email when no more than 5 minutes later a police van turned up, siren blaring. See more…

My Scandinavian Travels so Far

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The Great Belt Bridge linking Scandinavia to Europe.

I am currently holed up in a tiny village in Norway right now catching up on all the activity of the last week or two. Four shoots and several days riding have kept me going flat out so its good to stop and start piecing together what I have done so far. See More…

Maple Jeans

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Now that my trip has started, and whilst I am finding my bearings in Copenhagen, I wanted to put up a post about Maple Jeans. Before the trip started I was looking around for 

Scandinavian Fashion Trip

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Photography by Luke Richardson

During the summer of 2013 I embarked on a 4 month motorbike trip around Scandinavia, to meet up with some of the regions most exciting fashion labels. I spent my time interviewing the head designers, documenting their work place and shooting their AW13 collections. Whilst on the trip I kept a photo diary which I regularly updated. Please do check it out!

If you have a blog yourself or are from a magazine and would like to cover the trip or one of the brands I visited please feel free get in contact. The trip was all about discovery, finding new and interesting brands and getting to know established ones better.

Here are the brands I visited on the trip:

Copenhagen:

– Norse Projects

– Rutzou

– Libertine Libertine

Gottenberg:

– Velour

Trondheim:

– Livid

Stockholm:

– Uniforms For The Dedicated

– Our Legacy

– Stylein

Togs and Clogs Behind the Scenes Video

My friend Sam Twyman from Envelope Films came along to the Togs and Clogs shoot and put this behind the scenes film together for your viewing pleasure…
See the photographs here.

Vietnam

Some time ago now I did a motorbike trip through the interior of Vietnam from Hanoi in the north to Saigon in the south with the intention of putting together a short video of the trip. The trip was roughly 1000 kilometers on some of the worst roads I have ever experienced. It took a month. It was tough. It was also memorable. On the way I encountered some of the most beautiful and enchanting landscapes I have ever seen. Hit the jump for an account of our experiences, photos, a map of our route and the video…

The Forager

 
The Togs and Clogs lookbook titled ‘The Forager’ is now online and I can finally talk about the shoot. The Forager, very much a man after my own heart, came to life over the course of a couple of chats with the nice people at Togs and Clogs. This discerning fella will always know which vegetable to be seen with and when. His eye for grocery accessorising is so keen that he may walk around clutching carrots and he wouldn’t catch a second glance, so carefully balanced is his visual demeanour. All outfits were thoughtfully styled by JP Cassidy.  Hit the jump to see more…

Shooting a Fashion Show 2

Earlier this Autumn I covered the Harvey Nichols A/W fashion show. Some of the photos were published in Manchester’s Style Etc along with an interview article (above). The article went to print this month so I can now feature the piece in my blog. Woo!  Hit the jump for more pics and the geeky lighting info…

A Gun for Hire Confesses a Love and Lights up on the Inside

 
Over the last two or three years I have been cultivating an interest in interior photography. For the fashion photographer it is a bit like taking up golf. It is relaxing, sharpens the reflexes and is well suited to the gentleman with a rather demanding day job. I primarily take pictures of people so it is nice to shoot a subject that sits still for a while. It does beg the question however, why is a photographer who shoots people shooting places? Well its not as unrelated as it seems. I shoot most of my work on location and I often light that location so it looks the way I want. I have become increasingly familiar with interior lighting as a result and when an interior lighting job came my way a couple years ago I took it and achieved the result above. That was for the restaurant in Harvey Nichols Manchester.
 
Since then I have taken quite a few commissions and ended up doing some pretty cool jobs. I shot the new executive suits at Manchester City Football Club for their advertising package, the interior of Ian Simpson’s penthouse apartment at the top of Beetham Tower, currently the tallest building in Manchester, and the latest exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. Hit the jump for more pics and geeky lighting info…

 
Over the last two or three years I have been cultivating an interest in interior photography. For the fashion photographer it is a bit like taking up golf. It is relaxing, sharpens the reflexes and is well suited to the gentleman with a rather demanding day job. I primarily take pictures of people so it is nice to shoot a subject that sits still for a while. It does beg the question however, why is a photographer who shoots people shooting places? Well its not as unrelated as it seems. I shoot most of my work on location and I often light that location so it looks the way I want. I have become increasingly familiar with interior lighting as a result and when an interior lighting job came my way a couple years ago I took it and achieved the result above. That was for the restaurant in Harvey Nichols Manchester.
 
Since then I have taken quite a few commissions and ended up doing some pretty cool jobs. I shot the new executive suits at Manchester City Football Club for their advertising package, the interior of Ian Simpson’s penthouse apartment at the top of Beetham Tower, currently the tallest building in Manchester, and the latest exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. Hit the jump for more pics and geeky lighting info…

Shooting In The Field

 

I have been doing quite a lot of location scouting recently so I thought I would do a blog post on the subject. It is something every location photographer has to do and is a good way to get out from behind the computer for a day. I usually put on some walking boots and have a good hunt. I like to start early so I can see where the sun starts out and usually carry on till it sets so I can get a good idea of where that is too. Obviously, a leisurely stop for lunch breaks up the day nicely and invariably another pit stop for coffee keeps me going for what usually ends being a 10 or 11 hour day on my feet. Sure its work but there is no need to be uncivilised. Hit the jump for instagram snaps of a recent day out, the thinking behind choosing a location and some rambling about focal length…