Last year we had a limited run of books produced on Birmingham photography. They all sold out very fast, so if you missed those, you can now order direct from the publisher.
Essentially it is 142 pages of our best photographs from the Images of Birmingham Photo Library, covering all aspects of the city, from people to places.
There is also a PDF of the first 16 pages available to view, should you need persuading!
It turns out that I have been quoted on a piece of literature relating to Birmingham’s Big City Plan - essentially a City Centre Masterplan brochure. I do a LOT of photography for regeneration, architecture and other fields relating to the progression of Birmingham - so I have had numerous clients asking me how and why I was involved with the Big City Plan. Well, I wasn’t.To be honest, I have never been asked for a quote, but I did write a comment to a third party - and it was this comment that was used. I’m not sure about this…I am happy to be quoted… but would it have been nice to be asked?…you bet.
There is also the fact that I have worked for nearly every newspaper and magazine this side of Fleet Street, so as soon as members of the press see that a photographer they know has been quoted - it kind of takes away the assumption that it is the view of an ‘independent person’.
Well, the new CraigHolmes.com website has now been launched. I was a little unhappy with the old one - especially as it was partly a blog displaying a new photo every day - which kind of doubles the workload with this blog. So the new one has now arrived, and pretty much has no words on it whatsoever. I felt it best to stick to the photos. In all honesty, it still needs a small amount of work, but that is behind the scenes.
Secondly, the Royal Institute of British Architects book on Birmingham - titled, Birmingham: Shaping the City - is now at the printers and will be launched at a party in early March. I have been working on this book, with the editor Ben Flatman, for several years, so I can’t wait to physically hold it in my hands (having only seen the final proof pdf). Anyone who slates Birmingham architecture, should find at least one modern project they approve of - even if its the small ’shell like’ cafe in the Bullring!
A female model on a fashion shoot ‘meowed’ at me today. Made a noise like a cat and walked off. In what other job do people you have just met come up to you and make animal noises?
Just a quick reminder that for any Valentine’s Day print orders from the gallery, I need to have those in by the end of the day on Monday 11th (although the 12th is possible - but not guaranteed!).
After saying I was looking to do more work in black and white, I get a commission to photograph a ‘new’ area of Birmingham city centre in black and white for an ad campaign. I’m not sure how ’secret’ the campaign is, so I’ll keep quiet!
I haven’t yet finished photographing the original campaign to market the whole of Birmingham - but here are a few more samples - again sorry about the heavy watermarking. They aren’t all meant to obviously say Birmingham, but give a feel of a ‘quality Birmingham’.
The colours look a bit muted on here - they are pretty saturated colours on the originals!
