Darryl Brooks Photography

It was good to be out  photographing a house this week.  Selling a house isn't always easy, and making a house look good in winter is even harder.  The key factor is for the vendor to put the effort into preparing the house for photographs (and viewings!).  Declutter, hide unnecessary things, and get that show-home look to make the most of the space you have.  This one had a professional clean and some feverish last-minute moving of "stuff" even as I arrived, but it was worth it.  Here are some of my favourites.

I was asked to cover a fundraising event for a local charity, Hull 4 Heroes, who support veterans returning from service, helping them find employment, learn new skills and generally help with their well-being.  It was a black-tie event, so everyone was looking dapper, and they wanted some posed shots and more informal natural photos, which I enjoy immensely! The night had music, dancing and dinner, with some presentations and reminders of the good work they do, so there was a mix of some serious subjects as well as a lot of joy, as the photographs show.

I had the opportunity to visit the office of Marketing Humber Bondholders in the middle of Hull this week, with a commission from the University of Hull to photograph one of their students on the Humber Internship Programme who had been offered a permanent position with the company.   Well done Saffron!

Lauryn came to me a few weeks ago wanting some headshots for her portfolio, as her agency had suggested she needed professional photographs doing. I had been recommended by of her friends who had been to me a while back for the same thing.  It's always nice to know that people are saying good things about me, so I must be doing something right. She sent me some examples that her acting agency had given her, telling me they wanted some three-quarter length shots as well as the typical tight actor headshots, so from all that we deduced that there was a broad range of possibilities, so nothing too restrictive or prescriptive in the brief!  On the day of the shoot, she brought a few outfits to wear and we swapped through a few different backgrounds, so she ended up with a nicely varied set of images to pick from for her final edited set. If you need some headshots doing, either as a performer or a business profile, or your entire team for your website, get in touch through my webs...