Supercar photographed at speed on a desert road.
The photographer

Hi, I'm Tom

I shoot cars because they're where I learned to see. I shoot everything else because seeing doesn't switch off.

Placeholder portrait of the photographer in profile.
Photography studio with lighting rigs set up.
How it started

A camera and a car park

It started with one car, bad light and a lot of stubbornness.

Cars were the way in. They taught me about reflection and shape — that a body panel is really just a mirror, and that the picture is decided by what that mirror is pointing at. Get the light right and the car does the rest.

That habit of reading light and line didn't stay in the car park. It followed me into portraits, out onto hillsides, and into rooms full of people. The subject changes; the questions don't — where's the light coming from, what's the strongest line, and what's the one moment worth keeping.

Automotive is still the core of my work and probably always will be. But the portfolio is growing on purpose, and some of my favourite recent frames have nothing to do with cars.

How I work

Three rules, every shoot

No two shoots look the same, but they're all built the same way. This is what you're buying when you book me.

01

Find the light

Time of day and direction do more for an image than any amount of editing. I'd rather move the shoot by two hours than fix it afterwards.

02

Respect the lines

Every subject has an angle that flatters it and several that don't. I'll walk a location properly before the first frame to find the one that does.

03

Wait for the moment

The difference between a nice photo and a great one is usually thirty seconds of patience — a cloud moving, a head turning, a car arriving.

On the day

Relaxed, not rushed

Some people love being photographed. Most don't — and the same goes for handing over a car they've spent years on. My job is to make the whole thing feel easy: turn up prepared, explain what I'm doing, and keep it moving.

You'll get direction if you want it and space if you don't. And you'll see frames on the back of the camera as we go, so there are no surprises when the gallery lands.

Based in
Ramsgate, Kent
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Bookings
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Let's talk

Bring me something to shoot.

Car, person, place or project — I'd like to hear what you have in mind.