Twenty / 20 – What A Year

Since starting my journey as a photographer, and I think it’s a common feeling, I’ve wanted my own space, my own studio to create images, edit from and hold meetings. Nearly four years later, I never thought I would have an incredible space like this. It all started during my Christmas shoots in 2019 when I borrowed this space, which was at the time in an empty almost derelict building, to complete my existing shoots. A kind of “try before you buy” situation. So enquired about it in January of 2020 and finally got the keys at the end of May. Call me crazy doing this during a global pandemic, but I am looking long term here, and it was far too good to pass up. I was massively fortunate to be awarded a grant from the Pen-y-Cymoedd wind farm. The grant is set up to help business with new ventures get started, something which helped incredibly with buying equipment.

The Loft Studio website will be up and running over the next few months but in the meantime check out the studio and some of my commercial work.

Well, we have finally done it. We started a podcast. Lloyd and I had been talking about doing this for months before starting, and after a drunk night at the annual Christmas party we agreed to do it, little did we know that we’d have plenty of time on our hands actually to do it. We have similar personalities and ways of working and how we photograph weddings, so it was a perfect combination. At the time of writing, we’ve recorded 35 episodes, with only one of those episodes in the same room as we’ve had to record via Skype due to restrictions! If you’d like to take a listen the various links are below. Episode 34 came as a turning point; we finally uploaded the podcast’s video version to YouTube.

Ffotocast Website

Ffotocast Youtube

Apple Podcasts