by Michael Baister | Oct 2, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, DaVinci Resolve, film making, instagram, location film making, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, northeast commercial photography, Sigma Lenses, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape, vintage lens
I came across this by driving past it in the car, after a meeting close to the location I decided to pop round and introduce myself. The two artists creating the mural on the gable at the bottom of High Street West are Dave Bain and Hannah Worsley of Paper Walls. Like...
by Michael Baister | Sep 14, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, DaVinci Resolve, film making, instagram, location film making, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Here’s a fantastic (and fortuitous) job I recently completed. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Frank for quite some time and called him to find out what he’s been working on. As luck would have it, he was just putting the finishing touches to a piece...
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 | Jun 17, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, lee filters, location photography, long exposure photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
This is an interesting night shot for World Haemophilia Day commissioned by Spectrum Science. Buildings that are bathed in red light can sometimes be a little disappointing with digital capture. Yes cameras capture in RGB colour space, but for some reason (usually...
by Michael Baister | May 14, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, location photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Gas monitors were quite common things 30 plus years ago but for some reason they slowly started to disappear! The most famous one was the monitor that was just outside The Oval cricket ground in London which was built in 1853 and is now a listed building. There were...
by Michael Baister | Apr 17, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, godox lighting, instagram, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, story telling, sunderland commercial photography
Here’s a location editorial and campaign commission from Blood Cancer UK. As per usual for a project like this, a time was organised to take some lifestyle images of Kirsty and her family. Sometimes a little trepidation is expected wondering if any of the family...
