EchoWolf

Hire Me – Photographer, Videographer & Content Creator (Derby)

Me and my rescue girls before Athena

Hello, and thanks for stopping by. I’m a friendly, down-to-earth photographer and videographer based in Derby.
I started in the days of film and darkrooms, and over the years I’ve covered a wide range of styles, including fashion, weddings, portraits, pets, products, advertising and events, both on location and in studio.

I’m currently looking for part-time roles with local studios and photography businesses (open to full-time discussions), and I’m also available to deliver complete photo + video + website packages for clients.

Athena and someone she met on the park

Available For

Part-time positions for local business.

AND:

General Photography & Video work, Business or Personal.

Photographer/Videographer to cover production
Second Photographer for weddings
Studio Photographer/Assistant; lighting setup, model shoots, set prep
Post-production/editorial support (photo retouching & video edits)
Web design, ongoing updates

Skills & Experience

Studio: Lighting experience; fashion/model shoots (my primary commissions for years), portraits; comfortable assisting or training others in studio workflow.
Location: Weddings, trade/business projects, promos; calm, reliable, easy to work with.
Video: Event coverage, weddings, promos; confident shooting & editing.
Post-production: Video editing in Edius Pro; photo retouching in Affinity Photo.
Web & Content: I can also build the website to showcase your photos and video, host it, and keep it updated, a complete content package.

Equipment I Bring

Cameras (Stills): Canon R6 MkII (primary) + additional bodies/lenses
Video: Canon XF400, Canon XC15, Canon XC10, DJI Osmo Pocket 3
Lighting: Godox portable flash systems, Arri video lights
Audio: A variety of microphones/recorders
Extras: Backdrops, stands, supports
Editing: Edius Pro (video), Affinity Photo (stills)

How I Work

Friendly, punctual and collaborative. I’m happy to follow a lead photographer’s brief, liaise with coordinators, and keep things running smoothly on the day. I’m also comfortable taking the reins when needed, and I’m used to working with tight timelines, changing light and real-world conditions.

Need the Complete Package?

If you’re a business or client who wants everything in one place, I can plan and deliver the photography, shoot and edit the video, and build the website to present it, including hosting and ongoing updates.

Helping Businesses Grow

As well as working on photography and video, I’m especially interested in working with new and startup businesses. Getting established can be a challenge, and I can help by producing the essentials; your website, your photography, and your video content so you have a strong, professional online presence right from the start.

I’m also keen to work with existing businesses who want to expand into today’s fast-changing world of AI and media. Whether it’s creating fresh visual content, building new sections of a website, or developing media that blends traditional skills with AI tools, I can help you strengthen and modernise your content.

The Film Days

This gallery is a little throwback to my earlier career, when everything was shot on film. Much of it I processed and printed myself, which is why you might notice the odd hair, scratch or mark here and there.

Back then, every shot really mattered. Film and processing were expensive and time-consuming, so there was no room for waste. No fancy camera trickery, no fast autofocus, no auto this and auto that. Just a light meter, manual exposure, and careful focusing.

I used a whole mix of cameras on the way: Zenith, Praktica, Fuji, Minolta, and eventually reached my pride and joy, the Canon T90. I also worked with medium format, mainly a Bronica 645 ETRSi. Doing weddings with gear like that was a true test of skill: 15 frames on a medium format roll or 36 on 35mm meant you had to compose carefully and get it right the first time. No “spray and pray” with 25,000 digital shots and deleting 24,800 of them later!

Of course, I’ve since moved with the times and joined the digital gang, and now I’m also embracing AI, learning how to use it as part of my workflow going forward. That said, the gallery below is deliberately all “real” photography: actual client work, scanned from the original prints, all created before AI even existed.

Why show this? Because today anyone can generate incredible images with AI, even without any photographic ability. That’s the world we’re in now, and in some ways it makes traditional photography feel almost redundant. But I want to show that I can actually take real photos. I know lighting, composition, the discipline of film.