Martin Billings

It isn't about saying how wonderful I think my photographs are - hopefully they speak for themselves, my aim is to entertain and inspire. If I can fire your imagination, whet your appetite and keep attention to my photographs Doing photographic things purposefully is my reward. Tenacity runs alongside creativity in my photographic world. A keen sharp-eyed approach fosters sensual, evocative and thought provoking images. A wicked and irreverent handling of a subject can often bring a wry smile to a spectator - for me a result. And with models on set I watch them carefully, what you mistook for vacancy is in fact passion; a carefully directed emotion surrendered and captured in a moment. If I have a style, I am not aware of it. A thematic perspective is never far away while I shake off constraints of convention I never flinch from breaking rules and custom. In making photographs I'm absorbed with the completeness of the process, the surroundings and subject, merely fulfilling a role of exposing the experience. Accepting digital photography after years of conventional photography has provided time to explore its fascinating opportunities. My freelance photography brings creativity rewards and I have photographed at some exquisite British stately homes such as Berkeley Castle and Broughton Castle and landmark buildings such as the Tate Modern gallery, London amongst other notable locations. I rarely use studios preferring location work, where conditions seem pure and honest. I'm rarely short of photographic ideas and revel shooting in available light, its complexities and riddles seen only as an interesting challenge.