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Lifestyle Location Photography | Craig Harvey | Lifestyle Photographer Northamptonshire

A recent studio day for The Caring Beauty Co brought together three models, two makeup artists and a hair stylist for a full beauty campaign shoot. Bigger productions like this come with their own set of challenges, and a few of the decisions behind this one are worth sharing. Matching the backdrop to the brand The Caring Beauty Co’s branding uses a warm gradient running from pink through to orange and yellow. Rather than shoot against a standard neutral backdrop and fix the

Some shoots give you a clear brief and a full day to execute it properly. The Nyrah Beauty campaign was one of those. Skincare campaigns have their own particular demands. You're not just shooting products, you're showing them in use, on real skin, in a way that feels authentic rather than staged. That means the model needs to be genuinely comfortable with each product, the lighting needs to work for skin texture rather than against it, and the overall feel needs to be clean

Studio vs location Photography? It's one of the first questions to answer when planning a clothing or beauty campaign. The honest answer is that both have their place, and the right choice depends entirely on what you're trying to achieve. The case for studio A studio gives you complete control. Lighting, background, temperature, timing — none of it is at the mercy of the weather or the season. For beauty work in particular, that control is essential. Skin photography needs

Last year I travelled to Malta to shoot a three day clothing campaign for Box2, based on the island of Gozo. It's the kind of job that sounds idyllic — and it largely was — but location shoots abroad come with their own set of challenges that you don't get in a Northamptonshire field. The location We shot at a villa on Gozo, which gave us a beautiful mix of environments — architecture, outdoor terraces, natural landscape. The kind of backdrop that immediately gives clothing a

Hiring a commercial beauty photographer is one of the most important decisions a brand can make. Get it right and your campaign imagery does the heavy lifting for months. Get it wrong and you're reshooting. So here's What to look for when hiring a beauty photographer Skin and texture work Beauty photography lives and dies by skin. Look at a photographer's portfolio closely — not just the overall image, but the quality of the skin retouching, the way light sits on the face, t