John Fordy is the owner and founder of the Surfing Life surf shops; I shot this portrait of him in the Plymouth store a couple of days ago just before closing time so we didn’t disturb the customers when I started setting up lights and inevitably begun rearranging the shop displays in the name of getting a good photograph. John was a great subject and made the shoot feel pretty easy; we were done by 6:00PM with some strong images and a couple of alternate looks. The photograph of John is part of a series of commercial portraits that I’m currently producing on assignment for a design and print agency that wishes to feature a cross-section of their local clients (all Plymouth based business people) in their upcoming brochure advertising the company’s various products and services.
