by Michael Baister | Jan 5, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, architectural interior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, elinchrome lighting, godox lighting, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, long exposure photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, studio photography, studio portrait, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
It’s the obligatory look back at the images that graced Shot of the Month for the year 2025, but for 2026 let’s hope it’s more of the message in the image above. As usual it’s a mixed bag, portraits including a bee, some landscapes, some...
by Michael Baister | Jul 11, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, elinchrome lighting, godox lighting, industrial photography, instagram, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, studio portrait, sunderland commercial photography
It’s another location adventure! I have produced images for various manufacturing and engineering companies over the years and one thing that struck me when I was asked to do some product photography for a prospective client (a long time ago) was why did the...
by Michael Baister | Jun 2, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, architectural interior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, DaVinci Resolve, elinchrome lighting, film making, food photography, godox lighting, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, lee filters, location film making, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, long exposure photography, michael baister photography, music photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, story telling, studio photography, studio portrait, sunderland commercial photography
Here’s a location workshop and industry talk at Newcastle College of Art and Design in the photography department, organised by senior lecturers Alan Thorburn and Zoe Korda. I’ve done things like this many times and I think it’s a rewarding thing to...
by Michael Baister | Apr 10, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, architectural interior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, film making, godox lighting, instagram, lee filters, location film making, 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, studio portrait, sunderland commercial photography
It’s an on location adventure! I have produced images for Scottish Borders Housing Association for a while, they’re a fantastic organisation and a great bunch of people. I suppose the brief for this commission is relativey simple capture happy images,...
by Michael Baister | Jan 2, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, architectural interior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, elinchrome lighting, 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, music photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, street photography, studio portrait, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Lets start the new year with our best foot forward, well maybe not in the image above! While we consider that, why not have a look at what images graced the Shot of the Month in 2024. It’s a mixed bag as usual and the “results are in” buildings, a...
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...
