Wow, very busy week and only set to get busier. The 5th is fast approaching and my launch into the full time world of freelance photography. My marketing campaign has to begin with gusto, I have some solid contacts to approach so fingers crossed, hard work and focus will bring success.

It is scary but I am very excited at the same time. Any help you want to offer feel free to get in touch and don't forget if you need a photographer I am your man.

So here is a little something I have been shooting on a commercial basis, thank you to my main man, top graphics guy and brilliant artist Stu Ross of We Love Visual...

I am completely buzzing off working with a great team yesterday at the Barbican. Our model Amee was a trooper and absolutely charming in every respect. Michi our great make up artist worked magic with the brushes. I cannot wait to start the post production, not something you hear me say very often!

Things have been very busy.....I am now a registered business, Duncan Longden Photography Ltd, very exciting and also a little scary ;-/

I was in Oxford at the weekend shooting some lifestyle commercial shots which I am sure will pop up on here at some point. I shot another set for the "Violence and Consumerism" piece with Marie Wilson modelling, she did a great job. This one is entitled "Conform"......

So the Olympic & Paralympic summer is over and we have to get back to normal. It was a great celebration and although I was a real nay sayer before it started it didn't take long for me to get swept up in all the excitement, here is "Remembering the Olympics".....

...Well back to the grind stone and all that, have to turn some shot around and get them out before the next wave of shoots comes in, oh and we are painting the house this weekend!

What a busy weekend. I spent all day Saturday in front of my pc getting portraits turned around for my new website. I hope to launch it by the weekend, it didn't help that I decided to do a load of extra post production but it has made them more striking so well worth it.

Today (Sunday) I took myself off to Chelsea Legends motors show at The Royal Hospital. I landed a media pass, there was a fantastic turn out of cars from the very latest Bugatti to vintage Bentley's and everything in between, including to my delight a mint Ford Capri in white with a black vinyl roof, awesome!

I now have a whole load of car shots to work through and of course I don't want the crowds and mess in the background, time to get to grips with the true nature of building a composite image, this is going to be long but hopefully worth it. I get to learn a new bunch of techniques too, every day is a school day.

So things to do this week....

Complete post on L&C's shots.

Encrease my network of MUA's

Get set and enjoy a great shoot on Thursday for my ongoing art project, and make a piece for the models wish list (really looking forward to this).

Get set for a commercial shoot in Oxford on Saturday, a new location (well old but revisited after 15 years).

A full week of fun and frolics.....bring it on!