Drew – Drew Kirkland : Photography

Cherry x emilyalison – Fashion collaboration

I worked with Emily shooting her Final Major Project lingerie collection. That Emily had contacted me in plenty of time was encouraging – if I’m working on a collaboration shoot, then I want to have some creative input so my own work (as well as the student’s) is shown to best effect. I’m aware of […]

Fay Gibbons – ‘Murder Mystery’ shoot

Collaborating with Specialist Makeup student Fay Gibbons, on her FMP

TF Shoots

All about what I expect – and what you can expect – on TF shoots

About the Studio …

I’m a resident at Strangetown Studio, which is based in the Telsen Centre in Aston, Birmingham. We’re in unit 319. The postcode is B6 4TN. It’s exclusively available to residents, and isn’t available for hourly rental, so it’s fairly straightforward to book time. And we can book as long as we need for a shoot […]

Godiva Festival 2015

A (delayed) look back at Godiva 2015

Student Collaborations

All about working on student collaborative projects …

Model Portfolio Builder

Kick start your model portfolio with a variety of professionally shot and edited images and styles.

Baroque Ball

A shoot sequence based on the preparations for a Baroque Ball …

Hollywood Noir

A Hollywood Glamour / Film Noir themed shoot with model Argine and HMUA Sydnee-Beth

Downloading your shareable files

After I process your chosen images, I’ll load them on to this site for you to download and share.
So here are some guides (and videos) on how to get images from my Image Sharing pages (it’s not difficult)

Image Proofing / Approval

After we shoot, I’ll load the “proof” (unprocessed) images onto this site for you to look at.
Here’s how to let me know which you want …

Event Documentary Portfolio

Examples of my coverage of various events

Dissertation

My BA dissertation is available for download below. The formal title : “How have contemporary lens-based artists used water to develop the depiction of this elementary force, within the context of the Western / European art tradition ?” Water dissertation

Getting your images from DropBox

Note : I won’t be using DropBox for approvals now – it really doesn’t work too well as a process, so I’ve developed my own. You can read about it here Photographers can be fussy about having their work shown at its best. But when we upload to apps such as Facebook or Instagram, […]

Buildings

People

Still Life

Free Range exhibition

Showing my work at the Free Range exhibition in London

Well … I guess that means I’m an Artist now !

I’m graduating …

Underwater

I’m not able to undertake this work commercially at the moment. However, I hope to be able to take commissions in the near future.

Hey – I’ve got a new domain name

New domain name (you’ve found it) …

alt-J ∆ + Marika Hackman at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK

Link to our Gigjunkies coverage – with Cat Onisko

Roger Chapman at The Robin, Bilston

Link to my Gigjunkies review of an all-time hero of mine – Chappo

Fashion, Beauty & Style

London Fashion Weekend – Spring/Summer 2015

Another outing to London Fashion Weekend

Moseley Folk Festival, 2014

Photo gallery from the Moseley Folk Festival, 2014 – with Richard Thompson and the Waterboys headlining

Persephone and Hades

It was really good to get back into the studio, to shoot these photos for an graduate exhibition by a talented Theatre Makeup student

Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul 2014

I managed a couple of days of the Mostly Jazz Festival (or as it now is, the Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival). A couple of days in the sunshine, listening to some Jazz and catching acts like the Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Mavis Staples …

Godiva Festival, 2014

Photos from the press pit at Coventry’s Godiva Festival, 2014. Headline acts include Lightning Seeds, Happy Mondays, The Selecter and Buzzcocks – but there’s a lot besides …

The Blues Band

My first coverage for Gigjunkies – with Cat Onisko

OxJam Takeover 2013

Images from the Birmingham Oxjam takeover 2013

London Fashion Weekend – Autumn/Winter 2014

Outfits from the “Trend” shows and Julien MacDonald’s collection at LFWE, 22nd February 2014

PAiL What’s The Focus ?!? exhibition

I’ve had a photo selected for PAiL’s WTF?!? exhibition at The Public

London Fashion Weekend Spring/Summer 2014

I got a chance to keep my Fashion photography skills working, with a visit to London Fashion Weekend 2013.

TEDxBrum 2013

Images from the TEDxBrum event, held at Millennium Point in June 2013

Ed Miliband – ‘One Nation’ roadshow

Photos from visit to Sandwell College by Ed Miliband and Stephen Twigg, as part of the One Nation event

My Facebook Page

Why I’ve set up my business Facebook page …

Diploma exhibition

My final HND work in the Creative Arts Exhibition at Queen’s Square, West Bromwich

Project : Surfaces

A series of abstracts …

Sandwell College Motorsport : Prospectus shoot

Based on some of my previous work, Sandwell College’s Marketing team asked me to do a shoot to show off the Motorsport course. Some of these photos have been used in the College prospectus, and they may well be used in other promotional contexts.

Zulu Lives Project

Portraits of some of the pioneers of UK Hip Hop, taken as part of the “Zulu Lives” exhibition at The Public in West Bromwich

Zulu Lives exhibition

Some of my portrait work is being used in an exhibition at The Public in West Bromwich.

Tom Watson lecture

Coverage of a lecture given by Tom Watson, MP to journalism and politics students at Central Sixth, Sandwell College

OK – Here we go …

A few final tweaks – and my portfolio website finally goes properly Live !

Site downtime

Sorry, but my site wasn’t operating properly for the last 24 hours or so. It should be working normally now. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience.

‘Heads’ Project

My HNC final project, featuring sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein and Sally Ryan, taken at the New Art Gallery, Walsall

Birmingham Jazz Festival 2012 – Photo Gallery

I had some time off after my course ended, so I took some time out to check out the Jazz Festival

Performance

My photos of Musicians, DJs, Actors and Dancers

Main Portfolio

My main portfolio

OxJam Birmingham 2012 – Photo Gallery

My photos from the OxJam Birmingham Takeover Festival in October 2012

BBC Question Time – Photo Gallery

I was lucky enough to cover a recording of BBC Question Time – which was being held at my College.

Site update

I’m going through a process of updating this site. I rather like the new look-and-feel, but there’s a bit of work to do – please bear with me. Update 14th January 2013 OK, I think I’ve got everything working now. I’ll try and get some more content up soon …