Dan Medhurst Photography

This month I made some time to shoot this personal collaboration make up artist extraordinaire, Nohelia Reyes, to create some stunning ethereal beauty shots. Here is my favourite shot from the session.

Last month I worked with Björn Borg to create a 'flash mob' style web viral video for them. The idea was to surprise shoppers at Selfridges by doing an unannounced dance performance to the soundtrack of Abba and film the public's reactions to it... Oh and the dancers did the whole thing dressed in outrageous, brightly coloured Bjorn Borg underwear too; So plenty of reactions! Subtlety was out the window as it was intended to be fun and cheeky. You can view the full 1.5 minute video here:

Back on the square guvnah: I was asked back to the BBC Elstree studios this month to shoot some portraits with Eastenders actor Jacqueline Jossa; You may recognise her as she plays Lauren Branning in the soap. Jacqueline has been nominated for 'Best Newcomer' at this years National Television Awards. Its slightly surreal being on the set of Eastenders anyway, but when you are being heckled by Billy Mitchell and Max Branning mid shoot, its even more bizarre. Fortunately Jacqueline is a pro and wasn't phased by her audience. Here are a couple of the images from the session.

Under strict secrecy instructions, I was invited to photograph tennis champ Andy Murray, heavyweight boxing star David Haye and pop musician Example, playing Barbadian Road Tennis for Adidas in a secret warehouse in Shoreditch. They were all there to try the game for the first time and launch the promotion of the new Adipower Barricade 7.0 trainers. Introducing them to the game was current world champion Sylvain "Lama" Barnettone.

It was the first time I had heard of or seen Barbadian Road Tennis and the first time Andy, David and Example had played too. It was all very relaxed in between games but as soon as the competition started the competitive element kicked in and they all had something to prove. Unsurprisingly Andy Murray won it and looked by far the strongest player with lightening quick reactions.

There is also a video that Adidas produced here: http://youtu.be/gl0Fv2aMuSk

Happy Halloween

I'm very pleased to be releasing my second music video to date; Pixelord / Kidkanevil - Fish Touch. Its been out less than 24 hours and has already received 3,500 views.

Now please don't judge me on this personally. It is a bit of a weird one, but don't worry, I haven't lost my mind! :o) Its a strange track and as such required an appropriate video to match the audio! It is Halloween after all!

You can view the video in HD here:

Last week I was commissioned to shoot some press and promo shots with Lealea Jones by the new East London record label Cherryfair. I will post the shots we worked on with Lealea as soon as the label has released them in the mean time here are some shots of Bertie and James, two fantastic stylists who created Lealeas look for the photos.

One of my Roots Manuva portraits was used in The Metro newspaper recently and was spotted by a friend who kindly sent this over.

It was a very exciting discovery to log onto BBC iPlayer and see one of my images used on their front page yesterday. It is one of the press shots I did for Eastenders E20 (which is currently airing on BBC3).

Earlier this year I was commissioned for a job in Tahoe to shoot a feature with up and coming British athletes Billy Morgan, Andy Nudds and Matt Macwhirter. I've had to hold off on showing the photos until now, but they are in print now so here are a few from the trip...

As well as the snowboarding photos, I took the opportunity to shoot some photographs for my ongoing "point & click" snapshot series while in SF.

I was excited to be invited along to the Red Bull Music Academy in London this summer to photograph David Rodigan (Reggae/Dub legend/Maths teacher look a like) and his younger counterpart Toddla T (new hot shot dancehall producer). They were both giving a talk about their musical influences and how they started out. Not only were their stories very interesting (especially Rodigan), but they were both really down to earth nice guys. Always refreshing to work with people who don't take themselves too seriously.

OK so here goes. This summer has been a ridiculously busy one and I can openly admit I have been more focused on work than I have at updating this blog... Ahem, shuffle shuffle. Here are a few of the more fun and interesting jobs and projects I've worked this summer...

Prior to my talk at the World Photography Festival Somethink Blue magazine got in touch to do a short interview with yours truely in the build up to the talk.

You can read the full article over at their site here: Somethink Blue Magazine: Dan Medhurst

At the start of the summer I was invited to give a guest talk about my work at The World Photography Festival at Somerset House. I was invited by Somethink Blue Magazine (who kindly sent over these photos of me looking like an odd ball - thanks chaps).

It was an opportunity to talk about the images I have worked on over the past 4 years being freelance, both personal projects and commercial work. I also chatted about the industry side of things for my commercial work and my experiences in the current climate.

It was slightly daunting at first, talking to a large audience of photography fans, all sat staring at you, (especially as there had been some fantastic work on display from other photographers who were there before hand), but it turned out to be great fun in the end and I suitably rambled my way through.

A couple of weeks ago I was hired by the lovely folks at the BBC to shoot the press and promo images for the forthcoming Eastenders E20 show. The show is due to air this September and they have just released a sneak preview to introduce the new cast members for series 3. Check out the details here at the BBC site.

I was recently hired back to shoot some more images for the guys at Red Bull Studios London. This time I was there to photograph Buraka Som Sistema recording new material. If you haven't heard the Portuguese dance producers check out their music here: http://www.myspace.com/burakasomsistema.

The Buraka guys were all super sound and a real pleasure to shoot with. They were also joined in the studio by Afrikan Boy who was guesting on one of the new tracks they were working on. Here are a few of the shots from the session.