by Michael Baister | Jul 14, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, Giotto tripods, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, sunderland commercial photography
In the classic film The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy ventured into the woods, she was rightly concerned about Lions and Tigers and Bears….Oh my! Of course I didn’t find any of those but I did find the usual fare of forest managers (and what a nice bunch of...
by Michael Baister | Dec 9, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, Giotto tripods, godox lighting, instagram, landscape, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sunderland commercial photography
It’s round two, another commission from Hunter Hall School in the Lake District part of the UK. This time images that would be turned into short animations from the power of Ai OMG! There’s a few kind words from Sam in the Linked-in post below. The...
by Michael Baister | Sep 23, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, architectural interior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, Giotto tripods, instagram, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, long exposure photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sunderland commercial photography
Here’s another architectural adventure. I was contacted by Omniplex Cinemas to create images for the refurb of the new Sunderland cinema and what a fantastic transformation it is. I’ve included the social media screen grabs which look amazing. Creating...
by Michael Baister | Aug 19, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, Giotto tripods, industrial photography, instagram, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, studio photography, sunderland commercial photography
Here’s some Behind the Scenes (BTS) from a few make-shift and commercial studio hire adventures (the commercial studio is Mayfield Studio in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne). As you can see in the images below, a few additions have been added to the equipment...
by Michael Baister | Dec 12, 2024 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, architectural interior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, DaVinci Resolve, film making, Giotto tripods, godox lighting, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, large format film photography, lee filters, location film making, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, long exposure photography, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, street photography, studio photography, studio portrait, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Well here we go again. It feels like Xmas is every three months, surely it can’t have been twelve months ago since I wrote the Xmas 23 upload! This year has been an interesting one. A return to some truck photography, some interesting architectural...
by Michael Baister | Aug 7, 2024 | Atomos ninja, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, DaVinci Resolve, film making, Giotto tripods, instagram, landscape, location film making, location photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
It’s been a while since I’ve uploaded a short film, this one has been a long time in the making – at least a year or so. A while ago I uploaded a short film of Glass Beach. It was an atmospheric piece created for fun and also to test out a new piece...
