Lifestyle

Prana for Life

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Lifestyle Photoshoot with Yogi Siobhan Fitzgerald

Siobhan Fitzgerald is a yoga therapist who specialises in breath work. She saw some of the photography work I did a few years back for Our World Yoga and got in touch to see if I’d be interested in working with her. We met for coffee this summer, got on like a house on fire (shared Madonna obsession helped) and ended up scheduling a date for the shoot. The session took place last month in the Merchant City Yoga studio as well as outdoors in the surrounding areas. Siobhan wanted the images to be bright and airy so that’s what we went for. See some examples below.

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Nikon Z8
Nikkor Z MC 105mm f2.8
Nikkor Z 85mm f1.2
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filters
Profoto B10
Profoto OCF Softbox 3' Octa
Reflector

Mela Festival 2024

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Photographing Mela Festival at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Park.

The Glasgow Mela is Scotland's biggest free multicultural festival of music, dance, and arts held annually at Kelvingrove Park. This year it took place on Sunday, June 23rd, it attracted some 40,000 people and I was there to capture the event for Glasgow Life. Honestly, this was such a joy to photograph and I hope the images below convey that.

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Nikon Z8
Nikkor Z 70-200 f2.8
Nikkor Z 14-24mm f2.8
Nikkor Z 85mm f1.2
Nikkor Z 35mm f1.8
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filters

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!