Kaleidoscope – Photo καλός εἶδος σκοπέω A kaleidoscope is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces derived from the Ancient Greek καλός, “beautiful, beauty”, εἶδος, “that which is seen: form, shape” and σκοπέω, “to look to, to examine”, hence “observation of beautiful forms.” For many years, I have eluded to the fact I am a fashion, people, and lifestyle photographer. I keep any personal observations and diversions hidden far away on distant G-Tech drives. Of no use to man nor beast! Along comes 2020 and COVID and suddenly we all raid our hard drives look for social media content to post, embarrassingly…

My 15 Minutes of Fake Fame – Archive StoryNewsletter #03 – 16/04/2020 No desire to be on TV, not even the need to be a TV reality star. Almost a distant dream for some, craving their 15 minutes of fame and TV limelight. Clinging to their exposure, the same story giving mileage for most of their adult life. Guilty as charged! maybe a little, possibly but utilising my DSLR as a weighty protective energy shield fending off the heat, not just for my shoots with fashion and advertising clients, but on the odd occasion for TV, It seems to give…

LATURNA the lady of the Lake in Plitvice Croatia SHOOTING LATURNA by JAMES A commentary about my days shoot on location with Agnes in Croatia creating a shot for the 24 page Lambertz Calendar. Agnes was a superb model and works all over the world. She had just joined us from her Vogue feature shoot in Brazil. The weather was warm and the shots had been rolling off all day. Although initially the client wanted a fishing net in the image! We persuaded him to also try without it for a more editorial look and feel to the final image. Keeping…