Featured f2 profile:

Alastair Thain

from Oct/Nov 2008

“I thought it was going to take me four or five months to build a camera range, but I reckon it was only about six months ago that I finally built a portrait camera I really liked, which means it was more like 15 year’s work!"

Alastair Thain came to prominence as a celebrity portrait photographer in the 1980s, and is known for his unique intimate close up portraiture, made using custom built large format cameras.

 

Featured Starting Out:

Lucia Ganieva

from Feb/March 2008

“I plan to travel to Russia, but for now I must focus on the commissioned work to make money and cover all the investments I have made in education and equipment. I used film in the past, but now work only with digital due to the fast the development of technology.”

Educated in photography to a high standard in continental Europe, Lucia Ganieva is emerging as an inspiring talent to be taken seriously.

Featured Turning Pro:

Adrian McNeece

from Oct/Nov 2008

“I think my father was quietly proud when I started to do something more overtly creative than commercial interior design”, says Adrian McNeece. “He said to me when I was young, ‘The difference between artists and designers is that artists solve their own problems and designers solve other peoples’ problems.’"

A flip of a coin initially led Adrian McNeece into a career in interior design, rather than photography. He talks about giving it all up to become an interiors and architectural photographer.