Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Ok, ok, boring I know, another Harrier Jump Jet...but there sooo cool! This one is propped up like a toy in Manchester's wonderful Imperial War Museum, so I just had to shoot it.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: A bit of a plane thing going on here at the moment, this one is grand old BAC Lightning, what a cool lookin shape! This old bird looks like something out of a comic book, the angular shapes make for a killer image.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Awww, I love this one, its a lovely close up of the heart of a Supermarine Spitfire (yes I'm a saddo)...the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. I saw this sat in the Imperial War Museum in Manchester with some lovely lighting so I thought that there would be a great shot hidden within all the texture and detail...and here it is.

Client: Liberty

Overview: This is one of favourite shots recently, done while on a short 1 day fashion shoot for Liberty. We were working our way through many different ranges of both male and female clothing ranges and I just really loved how we got the lighting set with this shot. That’s the best bit about shooting in Liberty, its lighting, simply superb. All you need to do is move a few of the spots around and BAM you have a great shot, as lets face it, there is no shortage of texture in the place to act as a beautiful canvas!

Client: Liberty

Overview: Yep, another few shot from the same photoshoot as above. These were for the Duro Olowu and Matthew Williamson pieces from the womenswear department. We managed to secure one of beautiful interior design installations for this shoot, nice!

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Ahhh, peace and quiet. Whilst enjoying an ‘extreme weekend’ in Anglesey I managed to steal an hour on my own. I found this wonderful outcrop of rocks that just so happened to have what looked like a purpose formed chair in the stone. I sat back and enjoyed the view. I love moments like this, especially when you can capture them on camera. Needles to say, I got ribbed and called ‘old man’ when I returned from my walk ;)

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: What a great evening. I went out straight from work for an evening hike in the woods, the sun was slowly going down as we approached the waters edge. I went to pick up a stone (skimming of course ;) and then spotted this shot, my wife and our two German Shepherds.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: I'm really getting into this movie style photography! First I did the Bolton Abbey shots (Look about 3-4 entries below) and now this one. Its actually one of the office buildings outside Euston Station. I was actually apprehended taking this one and had to ask for permission to continue! The worlds gone crazy.

Client: Bamford and Sons

Overview: Ok, this isn't from a recent shoot, but I was delving through some old work and found some of my product photography that I did for the Bamford and Son's shop in London. I shot this PSP for them as they sell some of the coolest gadgets from around the world and the PSP had only just been released at this point.

Client: Bamford and Sons

Overview: Yep, another product shoot for Bamford and Son's. Wicked little phone, solid wood and costs over £1000...nice! Nice box too :)

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Plain and simply...I adore this car, I have wanted one for soooo long. So eventually, after years and years of late nights, long hours, I've done it, I bought one! To celebrate I gave her a clean, buff and drive up onto the nearby moors. But most importantly I took the camera, a handful of inspiration from Top Gear and started snapping. I love her ;)

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: It doesn't really get any simpler than this...looked out of the window, saw this, went 'oooooooh', got my camera, walked outside, took the shot, err, that's it :)

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: This is a montage of two photo's at different exposures. One highly underexposed to get the detail in the clouds and one slightly overexposed to pull the detail out of the Abbey. I wanted to achieve a really 'movie' look with this one, kinda 300'ish. I heavily desaturated the final image, toned it a little and burnt the edges in quite dramatically. I think I like the outcome...I think.

Client: Liberty

Overview: This was a huge job, in the region of 300 individual shots, the task, to shoot the entire Liberty store in London for the new website, which I also creatively directed. The brief was to capture the true essence of entering and shopping at Liberty. This shoot took over two weeks to complete and was simply fantastic!

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Rome, probably the most beautiful and awe inspiring place on the planet (well, that I've actually been to anyway :) It took me 2 days before I could even point my camera anywhere as I was literally dumbstruck by the immensity of the place. Here's the Pantheon and Colosseum by night...I was on my honeymoon here...awwww.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: St. Peters Basilica – As amazing, stunning, inspiring as it was truly disgusting. Never in my life had I witnessed so much wealth in one structure. The immensity of this place cannot be expressed in words. So I wont try. Beautiful.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Taken from the Pagans by the Christians...the Pantheon, this place actually feels like a painting, its surreal. What a wonderful building.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: This shot was a tough one, I took roughly 40 shots from just about ever angle I could find through a hotel window overlooking London. From here it was a case of trying to stitch the images together, not easy even with autostitch it took some time to get right. The end effect though is one of my personal favorites.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: My life long dream from being about 10 was to be an RAF fighter pilot (to those who know me..very funny I know what your laughing at ;) but being cursed with poor vision it has always had to stay a dream. I saw this wonderful harrier parked up outside R.A.F. Wittering down south and just had to shoot it.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Greece. Walked into a hotel on a business trip, saw the staircase and thought..oh...my...god, I gotta take a shot of this one. My greek friends response was 'eh, whats so great about that, all staircases are like this in Greece?' with a rather confused look upon his face..

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: I was on a business trip to Athens and spent a good while trekking about with my camera. This place has some truly wonderful textures just dying to be shot, lovely.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Sun, light, colour and tone, thanks mother nature for giving us the flower. I really liked how the green behind sat so naturally with the vibrant yellows and oranges of this flower.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: A few shots taken and stitched to try and portray the same feeling that you get when you find somewhere new that you've never explored before.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: I caught this by chance, I just happened to have my camera in the car as I was driving through the local forest. Suddenly the sun rays broke through the mist. I promptly slammed my breaks on, hopped out and fired a few shots off, nice one!

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Taken from the window of a plane, I spotted the French Alps cheekily peeking out of the clouds, grabbed the camera and took a couple of shots.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: I decided to have a play with my new 300mm zoom lens when I spotted my neighbour Mr Crow, taking a rest in a tree behind my home. Perfect.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: These pictures were taken of my lovely wife up on the moors one late evening as the sun was dying away, her hair caught the wind...just as quickly my finger caught the button on my camera. Lucky!

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Okay, here's a strange one. These shots were taken in a bathroom in a lovely hotel in Tunbridge Wells while on a business trip. I walked into the bathroom and was rather impressed by the old school décor, I saw the taps, turned them on and started clicking. I really like these, they make me think of old Alfred Hitchcock movies for some reason?!? Psycho maybe?

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: The awe inspiring Castlefield in Manchester. Another lunch break photo trip, I wanted to capture the old iron structures on a canvas of new Manchester...the new Hilton skyscraper, I really like the old and new element to this.

Client: Fully Illustrated - Michael Heald

Overview: Nothing much to write about this one, it was the wall to the side of a clothes shop in Athens, I loved it, so I shot it. That's it :)