Editorial Photography: Trussell Trust and Barclays by John Wellings

Another recent editorial commission went out last week. This time for a partnership between Barclays and the Trussell Trust.

Always fun to light the inside of a shipping container but I’m pretty pleased with the images. I’ve included one below that didn’t make the final selection along with the main header image used on the Barclays website.

Link to the full article here - https://home.barclays/news/2022/11/launching-barclays-partnership-with-the-trussell-trust/

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Editorial Portrait: Dr John Llewellyn for the Financial Times by John Wellings

Here are a few images from a recent commission to photograph Dr John Llewellyn for the Financial Times.

The article is focused on the campaign to to halt a London-listed company that is seeking to develop land and plant non-native trees on land near to his home.

You can read the article in the FT here - https://www.ft.com/content/a0ba8969-9d9b-4f86-ab3a-aa527502bebd

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Personal Work: Kato Stalos by John Wellings

Even though I was taking a break from ‘work’ photography while on holiday, I couldn’t resist a few early morning wanders around the local back streets.

Much visual stimuli which totally contrasts with my normal everyday surroundings, it was too good an opportunity to miss.

I’ve added the set as a project which you can view by clicking here.

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Band Photography: Broken Fires by John Wellings

Recently I had the pleasure of spending a couple of grey, slightly drizzly hours in a bleak post industrial landscape with the Broken Fires lads. Aim was to shoot a few images to accompany the release of their new album and single.

Its always a challenge to shoot band images on location but I think we managed to get a few different looks and worked well with what we had available to us.

You can check out their release on all the major streaming services!

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Editorial Portrait: Royal British Legion Magazine by John Wellings

I was commissioned towards the end of 2021 to photograph Michelle Harley for the RBL magazine. The article was focused on dependency, beating addiction and what it is that makes service personnel vulnerable to addiction. Michelle works for the Legion as an Outreach Officer so she helps service personnel directly with their dependency problems.

It’s always a challenge to shoot a ‘studio’ look in someones front room. Luckily we just about had enough space for this one. Here is the original image below (Left) alongside how it was used in the magazine (Right).

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Business Portraits / Headshots Wales by John Wellings

Just checking in here with a couple of images from a recent set of portraits to be used in an annual report.

If you or your company are looking for headshots or business related portraits then please get in touch for a quote.

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Portrait Photographer Wales: Atlantic Edge Oysters by John Wellings

With this kind of editorial portrait commission being a bit thin on the ground over the last year due to obvious reason, I was really happy to get a chance to shoot some of this style of work again.

Andy from Atlantic Edge Oysters was a total gent and a pleasure to shoot with at a ridiculously early time to be on a freezing ‘beach’ in Pembrokeshire!

Also, I’ve never been more glad to have some old boots stashed in the boot of the car!



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Interior Photographer Wales: LJ Interiors by John Wellings

Things have been a little quiet here of late, understandably so given the circumstances we find ourselves in!

A few weeks ago a commission popped up on behalf of LJ Interiors, a London based interior design practise, to photography a recent project of theirs in Swansea.

Here are a few of my own favourites from the shoot. You can view more here > https://ljinteriordesign.co.uk/home/portfolio/south-wales/

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Property Photography: Recent work. by John Wellings

I’ve recently been lucky enough to work with a few other South Wales based property developers on their recent projects.

Here are a few of my favourite images form those shoots.

if you are looking for high quality, professional photographs for a completed project, that you are able to then use for marketing please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Images are delivered within 2 working days.

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Editorial Portrait: Blood Bike Rider for Hochtief by John Wellings

During lockdown I’ve been able to pick up the odd portrait commission, with all wedding and event work having gone for the foreseeable future its been great to have the odd shoot day. Luckily, the Welsh early spring/summer weather was on my side and so I was able to shoot this at a safe enough distance.

The portrait was for German construction company, Hochtief and their group magazine, Concepts. The subject was an employee of the company who also volunteers as a blood bike rider, as you can imagine he’s been pretty busy…

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Photography for property developers. by John Wellings

In the past year or so I’ve been taking a number of photography jobs for local property developers. Often once a project is complete and looking to go to sale/rent there is a need for some professional images to go with the listing.

Occasionally estate/letting agents employ their own photographer but its always nice to have a collection of images from each development that can be used in a portfolio of previous work and for various social media.

Here are some examples of this kind of work. In these Covid times this can be done safely and relatively quickly. All I need is access to the property, no other contact is required!

If you are looking to have your property photographed for sale by a professional property photographer please drop me a message by clicking here. More interior work is available to view here.

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Running Photography: Llanelli Half Marathon by John Wellings

Here is a quick selection of some images from last weekends Llanelli Half Marathon. Despite a truly dreadful spell of weather right at the start of the race it turned out to be a pretty good day.

You will be able to see more images throughout the year and in the run up to next years marathon for promotional materials etc but for now here are some of my personal favourites.

More of my running photography is available to view by clicking here.

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Corporate Headshots South Wales by John Wellings

Are you or your team are looking to freshen up your brands identity or website?

Or are you an individual looking for high quality headshots to stand out from the competition?

Based in South Wales, I am able to offer a mobile headshot portrait service to produce high quality images with the minimum of hassle.

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A choice of background colours are available, or you can choose your own to match your branding. For large companies, each person will take around 5-10 minutes.

You are able to select your own favourite image on the day which I will then post process to a high standard.

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For more information about rates and booking please drop me a message!


Commercial Photographer Wales: Building exteriors by John Wellings

Here are a couple more exterior detail images from my recent shoot of the new Coppergate building here in Swansea. Had to wait a fair few days to get some blue skies!

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Finally here is the main image of the building, with the roadworks and street furniture removed!

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