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Studio Floor Fashion Film

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Studio Floor is the collaboration between Christopher McEvoy and Siobhan McKenna exploring couture-making and craft techniques in waste reduction. I was asked to produce a short film to accompany the project and the truly stunning exhibition that goes along with it (currently running at The Pyramid in Anderston till Saturday 29 April 2023 - should definitely check it out). The shoot took place in late March in the Trades Hall of Glasgow in Merchant City. Have a look at the video below:

CREDITS

A film by Kris Kesiak
Art Direction: Christopher McEvoy & Siobhan McKenna
Hair & Make-Up: Michelle Watson
Styling: Amanda Blackwood
Wardrobe: Chantal Allen
Stills & Backstage: Isla Thompson
Models: Noor Iyyaz & Patrick Doherty
Runners: Orin Annand & Jade MacDonald
Music: Arbo Falls

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Sony A7III x 2
Sony 35mm f1.8
Sony 85mm f1.8
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filters
Neewer CN-216 LED Light x 2
Tripod
DJI RS 2

Ania Kesiak Nails

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COMPETITION NAILS BY ANIA KESIAK

Ania Kesiak is an award-winning nail artist based in Glasgow. She runs the Beauty Beehive salon in St. George’s Cross and she also happens to be my sister. I wrote about photographing her throughout the years before, but I thought it was about time I did a post about various work I’ve done for her in a professional capacity. Ania has taken part in numerous nail competitions throughout the years, a lot of them included a photographic element and she’s won most of them (honestly, it’s quite sickening - the list of all the trophies and titles she’s won so far would take a whole separate blog entry). Below you can find some of my favourites and bear in mind that all of the nail creations you see were done from scratch with acrylic by hand!

Marissa Keltie

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Portfolio shoot with Marissa Keltie

I’ve known Marissa Keltie for a few years and have worked with her several times as part of The Eves duo. However, this was the first time I photographed her alone. Aside from being a talented musician, Marissa is also a commercial model and a voice-over artist and was looking to update her portfolio. I love how these images turned out and I think Marissa is pleased too cause this is what she had to say about this session:

 
“Kris Kesiak is such an amazing photographer who I have the pleasure of working with regularly. He always manages to get the shots I’m looking for and always has a smile on his face, singing and dancing - shoots with him are lots of fun!”
 

I’m blushing although perhaps I should cut down on the singing, I’m not that good! Aaaanyway, the shoot took place last month at Basement49, an East End studio I use a lot and you can see some images from that day below:

GEAR
Nikon D850 + Nikkor 85mm f1.4
Tiffen Black Pro-mist ¼ Filter
Profoto B10 + Profoto OCF Softbox 3' Octa
OCF Softgrid Octa
Reflector

COP26 Activists

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portraits of climate activists at cop26 in Glasgow

The COP26 theme is back, hope you don’t mind - it was a busy couple of weeks for Glasgow! This was a really enjoyable job which, after the seemingly never-ending lockdowns, made me feel excited about photography again.

Project Everyone is a United Nations Global Partner for SDG Advocacy and Outreach which seeks to put the power of communications behind the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, and I was asked to take photos of their climate justice activists who arrived in Glasgow from all over the world for the conference. It was a beautiful sunny November day and the shoot took place in Broomielaw area of the city where Global Goals put up a huge billboard displaying giant post-it notes with their 17 sustainability goals. Each activist was asked to pick a goal close to their heart and got photographed in front of it. Here’s a selection of images from that day:

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Nikon D850
Nikkor 85mm f1.4
Nikkor 50mm f1.4
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filter