NEIL STEPHENSON PHOTOGRAPHY




WORDS & PICTURES



NO NEED TO REFOCUS





To some it’s nothing—to others it’s everything and more. It is freedom though. It’s a carefree beauty to be cherished, an art to be honed with passion—integrity, the one true destination.



I love shooting live—people, bands, portraits, headshots. I love my prime lenses, selective focus, found light, and use Canon, Leica & Profoto. The studio space is in Burbank and sits inside the secure Digiland complex with all it's awesome shooting areas. Honestly, I shoot for me. Even though you pay me. I offer you myself, my utmost, my best. I offer you something no-one else can offer you—me.

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I shoot—therefore I am.


GALLERY

Out of the kindness of my very heart, the above gallery link takes you to a scrollable page of my images... nice and easy for the iPhone generation, and most importantly easy for me to update.





( SO A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR )



WHO. WHAT. WHERE. HOW...





Born in England, lived in Australia, now in America.


I started as a junior designer, through to senior designer and then creative director—my path winding its way through and throwing some shapes at London. I’ve directed filming at Almeria racetrack in southern Spain for a British Superbike Team, edited and re-edited in FinalCut, cast and scripted national TV commercials, photographed the Royal Air Force, created actual campaigns from concept to fruition for Mercedes-Benz UK. There isn't anything I’ve not done (attempted)—which leads me to here and Southern California. Now it’s just me and my camera(s). But I have something—I’ve been there and done it.


And I know what you want.





STUDIO
The studio is spacious, fully equipped and friendly – ideal for head shots, fashion shoots and portraits for singles or couples. It's the place for coffee and chatting on the sofa, going for a short walk and grabbing some cool street shots.


OUT & ABOUT
I'm a lover of natural light and with my bag of prime lenses, I'm a location junkie—everywhere is super new & beautiful to me. As most camera-lovers will tell you, I have bags I don't need but can't live without. Sometimes I swear an excursion is just another name for 'buy a new bag because I need to take this, this and this with me'.


LIVE MUSIC
Live music and concert venues are a solid passion. I love using fast prime lenses, that means I can just hide myself in a tight corner and shoot away whilst out of sight. It means I can wait it out—grab that shot that would have gone unnoticed. They’re the surprising ones, you're not working at those moments, you're living through the lens.


FASHION
I've edited whole television commercials in the UK. Often crunching down the 30 second version to 20 seconds, this sometimes led to shooting and/or reshooting the end-frames. That and all the usual product shots for accessories and make-up retailers. I have 20+ years' experience within the industry.