commercial+illustrative photography

Case study one: New Zealand Seafood cookbook.

The New Zealand Fish cooking book.

In 2008, in conjunction with Penguin books and the Auckland fish cooking school,

Sean produced the photography for the New Zealand seafood cooking

book. The book involved producing photography of sixty four seafood recipes.

With five chefs involved in the project a priority was to make the

photography consistent through the book. Natural light, was specified to

produce a softer, more “editorial" style of photography. Colour and lighting was

carefully controlled to make the food look fresh and tasty.

Case study two: WestPlaza building

In order to get the maximum benefit from their promotional collateral and

communicate with offshore investors, the client required a set of images of the  

West Plaza building at very short notice .

Photography needed to show interiors and exteriors and aerial pictures to

show the location of the building in relation to the rest of Auckland city and its

harbour.

Case study three: Portage Ceramic catalogue

In conjunction with the Portage ceramic awards, Sean completed photography of

entries to a consistant standard for the catalogue to be produced in time

for the awards ceremony the week following.

Lighting was tailored to be flattering to the individual pieces yet able to make

the layout of the catalogue consistent.

Case study four: Bell tea murals

Sean was commissioned by Bell tea to

produce a series of images documenting the

Bell tea factory before it was reconfigured.

The images were to be used as large murals

decorating the interior of the new rebuilt

factory.Different colour temperature lights

were used to enhance the interiors and

supplement the available artificial lighting to

add interest and make the images more

dynamic.