Author: Kate Swanson

Inkersole Instruments

Donald Inkersole is a professional artist and hobbyist instrument maker. He has made many instruments in his lifetime using materials found in skips or salvaged from hardwood furniture. Here of three of his instruments; two octave mandalas and a mandolin. I photographed this in my new studio at home testing out some different backgrounds.

Cameron Mobbs – Luthier #2

After visiting Cameron in his workshop I photographed two of his guitars before they headed of to happy customers in my studio at home.

Bridal Shoot

I love the bridal shoot. The part before the wedding when excitement is bursting at the seams, it really feels truly magical. It’s also a private for the bride and it’s lovely to candidly capture those small moments of reflection and of course all the laughter with the bridal party is something that gets the […]

Cameron Mobbs – Luthier

Cameron Mobbs is a professional guitar maker working in the South East. Ib a cild and windy February day I went to his workshop in Lewes to photograph him at work. He has such a creative space with tools hung on the walls around him and guitars lining up ready to be mended. It immediately […]

Hazaar of London

Below are a few of the many photographs from a recent shoot I did in Battle with Hazaar of London who provided the beautiful gowns. Hazaar of London is run by two women, Isoline and Rachel who design and fit their beautiful gowns to reflect the individual style of each bride which their meet. I […]

Lewes Patina Illustrator Event

Lewes Patina’s 2019 theme is all about children’s literature. An event leading up to the Patina has put the spotlight on some local illustrators and some fantastic ones we have! The event was a geocache easter egg hunt with 15 illustrators hidden around the town poised ready to hand out chocolate easter eggs and talk […]

Street Photography

I recently took up an opportunity to take a group of students to a Nike Air Max experience day and joined in with the students. I love experimenting with the elements and techniques and playing around with the backgrounds and colour. I think quite often post production is only used for enhancing images by perfecting […]