James Trundle portraits

Pinch, punch, first of the month! (For the next ten minutes, at least).


Below are a selection of images from a recent shoot. The subject is James Trundle, a Theatre student from University College Falmouth. 


All things considered, I think my first paid studio shoot went pretty swimmingly.


The portraits (or 'head shots') will be used in James' portfolio.

all images (c) Samuel Moore 2012

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Nice day for a wedding.

Last week I photographed a wedding for the first time. I'm not going to lie - it was a pretty nerve-racking experience, to say the least. And to be honest, it made me realise just how difficult it is to take interesting photographs of weddings. The day mostly went to plan - minus a completely cocked-up beach portrait session at the end (thanks to the mini-sandstorm that appeared on Porth beach). A few lessons learnt and another shoot wiser. Below are a selection of my more preferable images.

My attempt at 'marrying' documentary and wedding photography. 

"One ring to rule them all..."

All images copyright to me, of course. Thanks to Denise Harrison for a wonderful day!

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magazine spreads - final versions (I think)

After feeling like I have become clinically addicted to Adobe InDesign - seriously, it's amazing - I have come out with what I hope will be my final designs for my magazine spreads. Both are for a module on typography and narrative; combining imagery and text etc. Enjoy.

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A Shot in the Dark, magazine layout MKII

After deciding that I was not happy with my previous layout, which had too much text and not enough emphasis on the images, I have produced a revised version of my magazine layout for my story on blind shooting. I believe that the layout is far more simple, with not too much text. Discuss. 

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recent work for the newspaper...

Gyllyngvase Tennis Courts

This group of pensioners have been playing at Gyllyngvase Tennis Courts for over thirty years - since local resident Barbara Truswell founded the club. The courts - which are currently run by the Falmouth Beach Hotel - are available for public use. Now, however, there are fears of them being taken over by St. Michael's Hotel across the road, potentially putting it in to privatisation, meaning the end of the thirty-five-year-old club.

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seeing the blind...

Today I spent the afternoon at a visually impaired shooting session at Helston and District Rifle Club with Joe Stinton, a thirty-seven-year-old man who lives in Helston, a small town outside of Falmouth. Unlike the majority of the shooters present today, Joe is completely blind. Despite this, he has been shooting since 1999, stopping only momentarily when his child was born. He has been selected twice to compete in the World Championships, and on Friday he will be joining the rest of the Helston team to compete at the British Blind Shooting Championship in Wolverhampton.

Joe relies on a laser fixed to the gun's barrel  to 'see'. The laser points towards the target, resulting in a high pitched noise to be relayed to the headset; the higher the pitch, the closer he is pointing to the centre of the target. Once all his shots are fired, the target is pulled back to the Joe via the rope and pulley system for inspection.   

There are two disciplines in blind shooting: Supported and Unsupported. Quite self-explanatory, Supported shooting is with the use of a tripod and a chair; Unsupported is with neither. Of course, shooting unsupported is far harder, and only Joe and one other shooter at the club are skilled enough to do it. 

Helper Kieth Busby acts as Joe's eyes when initially aiming the gun towards the target. After that, it is all down to Joe.

A perfect score of fifty. Joe gets five shots before the round is over; the bullseye is worth ten points. During the competition this weekend, however, the competitors will only have two shots per target, with thirty targets to hit under timed conditions. 

Joe is surprisingly efficient at manoeuvring, and only needs help when traversing larger distances and attempting tasks which require more dexterity than average.  

Joe celebrated his thirty-seventh birthday two days ago.

This was a fascinating shoot to say the least, and I think Joe is a brilliant guy. He was more than happy for me to be there and we are meeting again next week, at which time I plan to capture more of his day-to-day life. 

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