Portrait photography in London: Stephen
Part of the work and services I offer as a photographer is portrait sessions with adults. These range from individuals who want a simple headshot for their business, spotlight entry, Facebook or other social media page - in fact all sorts of places where a good strong portrait is useful to them – to [...]
Business & publicity portraiture in London: Stephen at the Royal Society of Arts
A huge part of the reason that I love being a photographer, and especially a portrait photographer, is that I simply like meeting and photographing people I have never met before. I suppose on a simple level I’m just fascinated by people but there is also the personal challenge for me with every commission I [...]
Lucas Hatch,RHS Young Gardener of the Year 2012: Publicity & PR Photography
Here’s a shoot from earlier on this summer that made my heart sing. Eleven year old Lucas Hatch wins the RHS Young Gardener of the Year for 2012. Lucas was representing his school where he has for the last few years worked all spare hours spearheading the creation of the school’s garden. He was up against [...]
Photography in Suffolk: The Maverick Festival
I took some time out last weekend and camped for a couple of nights at Suffolk’s Maverick Festival, celebrating it’s 5th year. And got lucky - no rain. Here are some highlights of just some of what was happening on- and off- stage over the weekend. And my pick of artists to watch out [...]
Wall products: Oak Box Frame and Contemporary multiaperture frame
For today’s post a couple of recent products I’ve produced for The Shah family whose baby Faris I photographed in the autumn starting off in London’s Hyde Park before returning to their home in Queensway. They chose two products from my range: the Box Frame which comes in a choice of three mouldings: oak (as [...]
Author Headshot Photography in London
I had a really lovely morning with author Elizabeth Graham recently. You can find out more about Elizabeth’s novels and work here We walked about the city and barbican area and talked about everything except photography and books. It is so nice meeting new people and this is by far the best way to get [...]
Introducing Sarah
After almost 8 years building my photography business alone, I have a new recruit and am officially no longer a one man band! Here is Sarah, who has joined me, not as a photographer or photographic assistant, but to help me manage all that goes on behind the scenes of Anna McCarthy Photography and the [...]
Portrait Photography in London: Pilar Ordovas
Last month I photographed Pilar Ordovas who opens her own private art gallery this month – Ordovas - in London’s Savile Row after thirteen years at Christie’s as Director of Post-War and Contemporary Art in Europe, and two years as Director of Gagosian Gallery. Pilar is not only one of a few leading experts in [...]
Publicity Headshots in London: Yellow Poppy Media
This week I spent the morning photographing Geraldine Woods and Anna Bruce, the partnership behind a brand new Talent Agency Yellow Poppy Media Geraldine and Anna’s headquarters are in Tabernacle Street in the City where we launched out for a mid-morning stroll looking for the best light and backgrounds to take their own publicity portraits. [...]
Radio 5 Live’s Shelagh Fogarty: Portrait Photography in Richmond
Some people in life are just a pleasure to meet and spend time with and last week I had the good fortune to photograph one such person – the much loved presenter of Radio 5 Live’s breakfast show Shelagh Fogarty. Maybe it’s because we were born in the same year, or because we are both [...]
