So having taken many a thousand images during the past 15 years, this one featuring Chris Brandon scoring from an overhead kick is definitely one of my favourites.  It’s special to me for a number of reasons, it was taken during a game against Port Vale at the very beginning of the 2002 – 2003 season, my first full season.  The biggest reason I love this image is that It happened to be the first game I shot on a digital camera or in fact the first time (I think) that I’d ever used a digital camera!   I’m very grateful to Phil Tooley for letting me use his Nikon…

On this day 15 years ago Chesterfield FC played Wigan Athletic at Saltergate and it was the first match that I photographed! ....So to celebrate a little I've dug out and scanned the negatives from that day.

An Alternative look at the FA Cup 2nd Round clash between Chesterfield and Wycombe Wanderers.

I always like to try and practice some setups ahead of the real shoots.  Because I like to take time when doing so, asking friends/family to step in to model is all that fair so recently purchased a dummy head to sit in, much more patient and talks a lot less on set!   So, here are a few images from a recent test shoot I did, I’m not necessarily looking for perfection with these images, but rather an overall example of some different lighting setups. This last image is getting nearer to the concept I’m looking at doing for an upcoming product shoot.  All I need to do now…