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 | 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 | Mar 20, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, godox lighting, instagram, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Here’s a location lighting project that’s been a few months in the making. A few locations were selected and then wittled down to this one. The street-art used as the backdrop was created by the fantastic artist Frank Styles – check him out, he’s...
by Michael Baister | Feb 18, 2026 | adobe lightroom, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, DaVinci Resolve, film making, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, location film making, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, story telling, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
No it’s not a UFO. You know it’s a drone. I might be a bit late to the drone party but I was recently asked to do a job with a little reveal shot using a drone. I thought, “How hard can this be? I can change the channel on a TV remote control and even...
