A recent photography commission for British jewellery designer and maker, Milly Maunder based in Devon. Milly makes and designs beautiful handcrafted Granulation jewellery. After learning that Milly created her jewellery being inspired by texture and organic design, I wanted to produce a lifestyle photoshoot to portray just that! Based in the Dorset countryside, it was easy for me to find the right location to conduct this photoshoot with model/artist Amy Balch. Check out the portfolio here
Finding new tracks with Herald Motor Company and Jake Baggaley
A super early start to a location close to home to meet friend and fellow photographer Jake Baggaley. After recently receiving a Herald Maverick 125 CC from the great team at Herald Motor Company, Jake was soon to get in touch with me about an idea for a Moto shoot! So we met on the hills close to my home in Dorset and made it just in time for a perfect golden sunrise.
Bike Night at Locket Fuel
An evening spent at Locket Fuel! A recent content commission to kick start a new weekly event at Ashley Automotive, Bournemouth, Dorset. Head down every Thursday night for cool bikes, cool cars and a tasty hog roast!
The full fit-out
Another ‘behind the scenes’ maritime video of a recent fit out that took place for my regular content creation clients at Saltwater HQ. Last month we helped our friends at @the_boat_club with a full new fit–out of a @yamahamarineeu 175hp on their @zodiacribs!
Content Creation with Herald Motor Company
I met the team at Herald Motor Company last year at the Malle Mile where I got the chance to test out the Herald Maverick. A year later I got back in touch as I was super excited about creating a series of lifestyle content with a collaboration with my Defender and MotoTote Carriers. Based in the Dorset countryside, I headed back to one of my favourite shooting locations to get a series of track and trail photographs as well as a short film - filmed by Max Bartholomew
New Brand. New Content. Hayden Hill - Coming Soon...
With sustainability blooming within the fashion industry I couldn't resist picking up a new project with Hayden Hill. A brand new brand based in the USA and UK, it seemed like an exciting opportunity to launch this brand into a market that is massively growing within the fashion industry. Hayden Hill is soon to be launching a collection of sustainable and eco friendly made garment storage pieces. With regular content creation and social strategy days lined up, it's going to be exciting to be involved in the growth of a new brand. Watch this space! First content photography shoot took place in my studio in Dorset and the Dorset countryside.
Howes and Wayko
Beautifully handcrafted in Great Britain, Howes and Wayko London work with textures, colours and sustainable exotic materials to produce the finest luxury countryside and shooting clothing and accessories. Shot in Somerset at the Owl Lodge Shooting School, this photography shoot aims to capture these beautiful qualities and bring the details to life within the countryside environment.
On Home Turf with Candace Campbell
It’s been a while since I have done a photography project for myself. I love experimenting with fashion and styling and fashion photography really does allow you to experiment with so much. From lighting, equipment to props and imagination. I love telling stories within my work and I knew my friend and model, Candice Campbell would be able to help me convey the right story. Lockdown has meant that I have had to work close to home but with Dorset on our doorstep, it wasn’t a problem finding the perfect location for a country styled fashion shoot. An early Sunday morning, a vintage Burberry and a knit co-ord, boots from Zara, hat from Hicks and Brown and a classic 35mm Canon later, these were the results…
Content Creation close to home... with Hicks and Brown
Introducing the latest Fedora hat from Hicks and Brown with some new lifestyle photography to support the Hicks and Brown launch.
With my content creation package, Hicks and Brown came to me looking for a collection of new country photographs using the Olive Green Fedora Hat. A day out in the Dorset countryside I photographed this series. Also styled by myself, I wanted to have a green colour palette for this shoot to match the Olive hat however, I shot with a small soft artificial light on this occasion to illuminate the hat to ensure it didn’t get lost amongst all of the green environment.
“We are really pleased with this collection of photographs India has produced, a completely different style to our usual one but really refreshing to see the hat in a different light!” ~ Hicks and Brown
Behind the Scenes with Baboo Gelato
Behind the scenes with Baboo Gelato for my regular social media clients Your Village Stores! Baboo Gelato was set up in 2015 by Annie Hanbury, a trained gelatiere, who wanted to combine her passion for making seriously good ice cream with the glut of fabulous ripe fruit on her doorstep. This became very clear during a recent visit to the factory.
Handmade using their own fresh, seasonal fruit to produce sensational, mouth-watering flavours like no other. Each batch of Baboo’s artisanal ice cream is carefully prepared from scratch on their premises in Bridport, Dorset, using succulent fruit, local organic milk and lashings of dedication.
Gelato is not simply the Italian name for ice cream. Although it feels very smooth, gelato is made using more milk than cream, and so is much lower in fat than traditional ice cream. There is also less air in gelato, which means it packs more flavour.
A Recent Social Media Film I shot for Saltwater Solutions
Workshop Wednesday at Saltwater Solutions! Time for a customer Outboard Overhaul. I work regularly with Saltwater Solutions producing weekly social media strategies and content creation. Videography is completely new to me but I have began to see the importance of film in social strategies. This is a clip I shot recently to show off a recent worksop project.
For the good of the ocean..
NAECO - is ocean spelt backwards. Made from 4 plastic bottles my friends at NAECO recently sent me a pair of their new range of sunglasses. They are doing wonderful things to protect our oceans as well as creating a sustainable luxury clothing brand only using recycled materials to create high-quality clothing. With sustainability at the core of what they do and their extra measures to minimise water-usage, energy and emissions on their earth-friendly luxury garments, NAECO is definitely a brand worth checking out! #DoGoodLookGoodFeelGood
For more info on my content creation package - https://www.indiarosecreative.com/content
On Location with Charli Fisher
It was an after hours event at Wolf and Badger, London during London Fashion Week 2020 when I first met Charli Fisher. We soon got talking and before departing for the evening, we did what anyone in the creative industry does nowadays, exchange Instagram profiles.
We had the connection of living down South (Charli left London to visit family occasionally) so we remained in touch ever since in the hope of one day doing a photoshoot. The lock down bought us together, but from a distance, and we soon ended up working together.
Charli rustled up a few fashion brands such as Nicola Sexton, Aspinal, Burberry, Naeco, Loveness Lee, Trubikini, UN-NYE and Adeline Rusu.
I had a location in mind. One of my favourite beaches in Dorset - I had always imagined doing a fashion shoot here. The flat, quiet beach, golden sands, dried pale grasses and the tree stumps all made an ideal location to fit with the brands Charli was modelling. Plus, the red telephone box located on the edge of the bay gave me the cinematic shots I had always imagined would tell a great story.
Huawei UK was also on board - the landy was the ideal prop yet again!
“Working with Indy was an absolute pleasure. Very professional, fun on location and the images turned out amazing. I will definitely work with Indy again!”
— Charli Fisher, Presenter
At Home Product Photography With Tutti & Co. Jewellery
When it comes to shooting at home, lighting is key. The morning light is so beautiful at the moment that I chose to shoot some of my favourite jewellery pieces from a brand called Tutti & Co.
For this shoot, it was early enough to get soft light outside and still create the ‘early morning, fresh sheet’ look that I was aiming for to fit with this particular brand.
Things you will need:
Camera / Phone
Table
Duvet / white sheet
Product / jewellery of your choice
Leaves
A couple of props to play around with - I used pastel pink almonds but fruits could be an alternative idea
Step 1: Position your table where the light can hit the object whether inside by a window or outside. Play around with your positioning to avoid shooting into the light.
Step 2: Place down your white sheet - I used a duvet to give the ‘Lazy Sunday morning’ vibe and also add some texture and depth around the product and props.
Step 3: Play around with your layouts. I thought about the composition when shooting mine - placing the jewellery as centre focus and positioning a beautiful glass bowl of pink almonds (House of Dorchester Chocolates) closer to the light to give off some lovely detailed reflections on the sheet. I also really like it when props bleed out of the frame too but I experimented with a range of framings.
Step 4: Play with the light. I used a leaf from a fern and had a couple of different shaped leaves to swap in and out depending on how much white space I wanted to keep around the product. These shadows added a nice ‘summery’ feel to fit with the brands aesthetics.
Step 5: Editing - I wanted it to be soft and light and make the pink in the almonds ‘Pop’. I lifted the shadows and whites and lowered the highlights slighting to capture a bit more detail. Below are some of my befores and afters!
I hope you enjoyed! I have more product photography shoots lined up soon with new experiments, so stay tuned…
Training and Trainer
Based in Portland, Dorset, new gym Jurassic Muscle and Fitness was built. As a personal trainer myself, I attend regularly and found some photography potential within this industrial styled gym. I wanted to capture training and sports content for Jurassic Muscle and Fitness and also for Matt Harvey, a personal trainer based in Weymouth, Dorset. Tracking progress is an important of any client or person in training and photographing Matt regularly during his competition training is a good way of creating gym content for social media but also showing Matts body changes and gym progression.
