Quayside Holiday

I’m back in the blogging world! It’s been a month since my last post – the workload has been relentless, with consistent early mornings, long days, and bouts of post-production well into the early hours. There’s no sign of the workload letting up for the time being, so I’ve taken a spare two hours on a Sunday to get back into the routine. And what better job to resume my blog with than a Quayside apartment shoot for a TV presenter? I was contacted out of the blue by a national BBC presenter – who shall remain nameless for privacy purposes obviously – with a view to photographing their holiday let on the Newcastle Quayside for marketing purposes. I’d shot another flat in the same building, so I knew the layout, and potential difficulties due to lighting issues, the size of the rooms, and so forth. First task was to shoot some context shots from the other side of the river. I parked on the street at Melbourne Court – a block of council flats inhabited by all sorts of folk. The old T