Commercial photographer, Mike Evans: South West England and beyond

Detail image of the mattress lit to show the fabric texture.

Nobody’s Wolf Child

Album Cover, Social Media and Website

Part of a series of images shot for the song Lost Among The Pines for the artist Nobody’s Wolf Child. The images required hair and makeup as well as the making of bespoke costumes. The images were lit with blue gels to aid the feeling of cold and the backgrounds were created using projected light balanced to the foreground.

Studio set shot of a range of beds for Harrods.

Nobody’s Wolf Child

Album Cover, Social Media and Website

Part of a series of images shot for the song Lost Among The Pines for the artist Nobody’s Wolf Child. The images required hair and makeup as well as the making of bespoke costumes. The images were lit with blue gels to aid the feeling of cold and the backgrounds were created using projected light balanced to the foreground.

Part of a set of studio images shot for Vispring’s new John Lewis range.

Absolute Product Design

Website and Social Media

Absolute Product Design required photography that would highlight the beauty of their product design. This was achieved through creating lighting that wraps around the products, accentuating the lines and curves set on a dark background.

Detail shot to sit along side the main image and highlight the headboard detail.

Absolute Product Design

Website and Social Media

Absolute Product Design required photography that would highlight the beauty of their product design. This was achieved through creating lighting that wraps around the products, accentuating the lines and curves set on a dark background.

Part of a series of images to visually portray various features of Princess clothing.

Heirlooms

Website and Social Media

Heirlooms manufacture bespoke bed linens hand-crafted with the highest attention to detail. The studio photography needed to convey this from the set design and build to the lighting, styling, and preparation of the bed linens before photography.

Detail image to visually convey the waterproof nature of Princess clothing.

Heirlooms

Website and Social Media

A closer-in three-quarter angle to back up the overall images and really highlight the quality and finish of the bed linens.

Detail image to convey the texture and reflective nature of the glass fish.

Vispring

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Vispring make luxury beds, and the studio images need to portray this through the set design, propping, and bed linens and fabrics used to dress the beds. The set is lit to give a fresh daylight feel and highlight the features of the divan and mattress.

Studio room set designed to show a large shoal of fish within a room setting utilizing colour and shape within the composition.

Vispring

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Alternative angles on the same set allow for a range of images to be used in social media campaigns.

Vispring

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Different prime lenses are used to allow smaller lifestyle images to be created and shot within the main set.

Studio set shot lit to highlight the geometric shapes of the chairs.

Mountfield Mowers

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Part of a series of images shot to launch a new range of battery-powered mowers. The images were shot to bring a sense of youthful fun to gardening. This was achieved through the choice of model and wardrobe.

Detail image lit to highlight the chairs design.

Mountfield Mowers

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Part of a series of images shot for a petrol lawnmower, with the use of colour and pose bringing a sense of fun.

Studio image to convey working from home and feature the app in use.

Fryth

Website and Social Media

Working closely with the client to create a room set that aligned with their vision of a minimalist setting that allowed their products to jump out.

Studio image to show the radiator valve within a room setting.

Fryth

Website and Social Media

Shooting close-in detail images to really highlight the quality and finish of the pieces, tying in with the overall images to allow a story to be told through images on social media.

Shot and lit in the studio in a specially constructed tank so that we could control the lighting on the product whilst still eluding to its operating environment.

Forthglade

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Working closely with Forthglade, sets are designed, built, and dressed to tie in with packaging colours. The dogs are bought on set, and the fun begins. We must be quick to capture that moment in what is always a hectic but rewarding shooting day.

Part of a series of images shot to highlight the design features of the product using lighting to emphasis the shapes and curves.

Forthglade

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Working closely with Forthglade, sets are designed, built, and dressed to tie in with packaging colours. The dogs are bought on set, and the fun begins. We must be quick to capture that moment in what is always a hectic but rewarding shooting day.

Studio shots of boxes which were lit to be retouched into backgrounds sourced from an image library.

Princess Yachts Ltd

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Shot in Cannes just before the boat went into the Cannes Boat Show for its worldwide launch. Using the shape of the boat and the coastline to create a graphic launch image for the press pack.

Princess Yachts Ltd

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Interior image shot within the Cannes Boat Show before the boats launched. Lighting was used to give a fresh feel.

Studio set shot lit to highlight the tile textures.

Hel Performance

Ad, Champagne and Social Media

Product hero shots designed to highlight and convey the design shape and quality of the product. Carefully controlled lighting and use of red gels add to the feel.

Studio set shot lit to highlight the tiles finish.

Hel Performance

Ad, Champagne and Social Media

Product hero shots designed to highlight and convey the design shape and quality of the product. Carefully controlled lighting and use of red gels add to the feel.

Studio detail shot lit to show the different facets of the fabric and the design details of the sofa.

Forthglade

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Working closely with Forthglade, sets are designed, built, and dressed to tie in with packaging colours. From the props to the models’ clothing, everything is planned to work together with the products. These sets are designed to portray a spacious, bright kitchen. Once everything is set up, the dogs are bought on set, and the fun begins.

Studio set shot designed and lit to emphasize the geometric nature of the sofa design.

Forthglade

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Working closely with Forthglade, sets are designed, built, and dressed to tie in with packaging colours. From the props to the models’ clothing, everything is planned to work together with the products. These sets are designed to portray a spacious, bright kitchen. Once everything is set up, the dogs are bought on set, and the fun begins.

Studio images shot using burning logs to create the smoke to convey the smoked nature of the cheese.

The Terrace Plymouth

Website and Social Media

Working with the client’s friends who acted as our models for the shoot, allowing us to control the types of images we could achieve.

Studio shot using a model in complementary colours lit to convey the warming nature of soup.

The Terrace Plymouth

Website and Social Media

Images of the staff used to convey the friendly atmosphere and great coffee at The Terrace.

The Terrace Plymouth

Website and Social Media

Also grabbing images of willing customers quickly so as not to intrude too much.

The Terrace Plymouth

Website and Social Media

Food images shot to convey drinks but with the focus very much on the quality of the food whilst also keeping the feeling and freshness of overlooking the sea.

This studio shot is lit to convey the aged and crafted character of the cheese.

Princess Yachts Ltd

Advertising, Website, Social Media and Brochure

Shot as a series of images for Princess’s new Ad campaign under the title of Distinction in Detail. Working closely with the Princess advertising agency to achieve images that aim to highlight the incredible craftsmanship which goes into the building of the boats. The images were shot and lit in a working factory environment using the people working on the shop floor.

Princess Yachts Ltd

Advertising, Website, Social Media and Brochure

Shot as a series of images for Princess’s new Ad campaign under the title of Distinction in Detail. Working closely with the Princess advertising agency to achieve images that aim to highlight the incredible craftsmanship which goes into the building of the boats. The images were shot and lit in a working factory environment using the people working on the shop floor.

Studio set shot lit to highlight the design of the stools. Keeping the lighting fresh and natural.

Arc Marine

Website

Part of a series of images to show the deployment of the ROV shot within the confines of the deployment boat.

Detail shot of the stools using their shapes in the composition.

Arc Marine

Website

Studio image of the Remotely Operated Vehicle shot in a large pool constructed in the studio and lit to draw the eye to the ROV. Part of a series of images to visually portray the range of specialist equipment and services that Arc Marine provides.

Studio shot to highlight the quality of the packaging.

Verbena Landscape & Design

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Working closely with the client to visually portray the garden as a living space to be enjoyed and lived in. Shooting through the afternoon into the evening allows different aspects of the garden design to be unveiled. A main overall lifestyle image to add atmosphere.

Studio lifestyle shot placing the products in a setting and keeping the lighting clean and fresh.

Verbena Landscape & Design

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Part of a series of detail images used to back up the main images and tell the story of the garden through social media and the projects section of the website.

Verbena Landscape & Design

Website, Social Media and Brochure

Detail image of the planting around the garden using selected depth of field to maintain focus on the plants.

Studio detail shot to highlight the quality of the packaging lit to show texture.

Heirlooms

Website and Social Media

Heirlooms produce beautiful high quality table linens. The small sets are designed dressed and lit to emphasis the finish and detail of the products.

Studio shot lit to show the strong packaging colours and lit to show pack finishes.

Heirlooms

Website and Social Media

Whilst the main camera angle is fixed above the set and shows how all the table linens work together a second camera is used, handheld, at a different angle to really show the incredible detail and quality that Heirlooms achieves.

Mountfield Mowers

Website Social Media and Brochure

Part of a set of detail images of a garden tractor which can be used together to tell a story through social media as well as used individually. Prime lenses and careful control of the depth of field helps to draw out the model from the background.

Colour and composition work together again here to highlight the quality of the packaging and gifting experience.

Mountfield Mowers

Website Social Media and Brochure

Shooting through the trees using their foliage to create an interesting visual look and draw the eye through to the product.

Mountfield Mowers

Website Social Media and Brochure

Overall shot with the focus very much on the product using light and depth of field along with the products colour and models clothing to draw your eye to the tractor.

Nobody’s Wolf Child

Nobody’s Wolf Child

Absolute Product Design

Absolute Product Design

Heirlooms

Heirlooms

Vispring

Vispring

Vispring

Mountfield Mowers

Mountfield Mowers

Fryth

Fryth

Forthglade

Forthglade

Princess Yachts Ltd

Princess Yachts Ltd

Hel Performance

Hel Performance

Forthglade

Forthglade

The Terrace Plymouth

The Terrace Plymouth

The Terrace Plymouth

The Terrace Plymouth

Princess Yachts Ltd

Princess Yachts Ltd

Arc Marine

Arc Marine

Verbena Landscape & Design

Verbena Landscape & Design

Verbena Landscape & Design

Heirlooms

Heirlooms

Mountfield Mowers

Mountfield Mowers

Mountfield Mowers

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