For this shoot with Caudwell Children we were looking for a particular image to portray poverty and peoples preconceptions.  The images would be used for campaign material and specifically for their 2013 Butterfly Ball.  Louisa at Caudwell Children had arranged a suitable family, two brothers Hendrix and Cobain to pose for the pictures.  We used the families back yard, there was a great wall for a background, flaking paint and rustic looking.  For the other view we shot the opposite direction into the sun and hung some washing on the line to give it a homely feel.  The pictures look great – hope they achieve their purpose.  Well done to the boys for posing, they really made the picture!

Another shoot with Caudwell Children.  This time with mum Dawn and her children Owen and Jenny Lee, who have benefited from the Caudwell Children charity in Stoke.  The brief was to get images that evoke emotion and are hard hitting – to raise the awareness of children with life threatening illnesses.  We started the photo shoot with Owen, his sister Jenny Lee, and all their friends at the local park.  Then atmospheric pictures with Owen on his own.  At this point the sun came out for a while for some nice contrasty pictures, always good for black & white.  We later ended the day by photographing Jenny Lee and her mum Dawn back at their home.  Thank you to Suzi and Louisa from Caudwell Children, and to Dawn, Owen, Jenny Lee and their friends for making the pictures possible.

As usual here are some from the day.