Old Job, New Legs

Last year I was hired to shoot a commercial project for Newport City Council, documenting Llanwern High School, a brand new, state of the art school that was replacing Hartridge High School. You can read a more detailed description of both the job, and some of the amazing features of the building in my original post here. Now, nearly twelve …

Paralympic Flame Festival

I’ve not long returned from the Paralympic Flame Festival in Cardiff Bay, which included a lantern procession of 200 people accompanying the torch bearers’ relay as it arrived in Roald Dahl Plass. Cardiff was the last of four cities in the UK to hold a festival marking the arrival of the Paralympic flame. Flames lit on the highest peaks in …

Llanwern High School Opening

Yesterday I was back at Llanwern High School to document the arrival of the pupils and their integration into their new learning environment. They had only opened the previous day, so the whole place was a buzz of excitement and discovery, and a huge difference form the old School building. One of the core design concepts of the build was …

Old School Commercial Job

Today I started work on a commercial project for Newport City Council, documenting Llanwern High School, a brand new, state of the art school that is replacing Hartridge High school. I was due to start a few weeks ago, but a couple of location delays pushed the shooting schedule back. There is still a huge amount of work taking place …