Jonathan Beer Photography

Jonathan Beer is a still-life and product photographer working in both Manchester and London... lucky thing! var sc_project=5031913; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=57; var sc_click_stat=1; var sc_security="4377ead6";

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Here's a trio of images from a new personal project I'm working on.

First up, someone patiently cut away this bowl shape to reveal a classic pair of Ammonites. They're around 190 million years old and were found in Charmouth, UK.

I've been fossil hunting at Charmouth, and believe me, you don't find Ammonites this stunning just lying on the beach.

Next are a pair of beautifully preserved starfish. Also 190 million years old and found on Dorset's Jurassic coast at Lyme Regis.

Lastly, a 385 million year old Devonian Trilobite from Morocco. The eye detail still visible is just stunning with the individual corneas on its huge eyes preserved.

Hopefully, this is the start of an ongoing project. Although sourcing specimens that look this good is not cheap, I think the results so far have been worth it.

Images © Jonathan Beer 2014.

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The Russell Hobbs K1 kettle was the first automatic kettle in the world, and set the standard for what we all use each and every day.

After acquiring the only remaining working K1 still left (Not even the one in the Science Museum still works), Russell Hobbs commissioned me to shoot this timeline of their iconic K series.

The only catch was the kettles couldn't leave their headquarters and we only had a few hours with them.

I've shot a few valuable and precious objects in my time, but nothing treated with such care and attention as the copper coloured K1 you see on the left of the image. It had a better case than most of my equipment and its chaperone didn't take his eyes off it for a second!

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Recent work...

A DSLR With Spirit.

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More work for Blacks… 

I love the clinical look to these images.

We shot them with Multi-Shot technology and at very high resolution, with such clarity the fine retouching of stray dust and fibres was time consuming. I think the results are worth the effort though.

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As you may have guessed, I'm partial to a nice dark treatment on a product shot. And this mixer is no exception… 

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Women's footwear shot for Blacks.

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The stunning little Hasselblad Stellar camera… 

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Irons… 

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I was delighted recently to be commissioned by Hasselblad to photograph their new Lunar camera for print and digital media.

We shot a wide variety of images ranging from extreme close-up shots of buttons and dials to images documenting the luxurious packaging. But this series of images is my favourite.

Each Lunar is custom built to an incredibly high standard, these images are designed to showcase some of the different materials and finishes that the customer can specify.

It was a challenging shoot as a range of images with various cameras models needed to be completed, but I was determined that my photographs should do this unique camera justice. I think they do, hopefully you agree!

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Jewellery for fishermen... 

Creative agency Waggledance commissioned me to shoot these beautiful hand-made fishing lures for Delfin.

Lighting them was a complete pleasure as the products are of such high quality, but their small size was a challenge and we ended up with a pretty busy little set!

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"We've got a plain black magazine. We want it on a black background. Can you make it look cool and mysterious?"

Just the kind of brief I like!

So here is Hasselblad's newly relaunched Victor magazine shot for their teaser email campaign. When I say magazine, I really mean book. This thing is just gorgeous.

Victor is being produced by the guys at Exit magazine for Hasselblad, and they've knocked it out of the park. 

The print quality, the design, layout, and of course, the content are all first rate. Well worth grabbing a copy before they sell out.

http://www.hasselbladbulletin.com/uk/sep-2012/update/first-issue-of-print-format-victor-now-available.aspx

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New drinks work... I love these unusual one pint metal bottles.

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The trilogy is complete.

If anyone sees me with a model kit in one hand and a camera in the other ever again, you have my permission to wheel me off to the nearest hospital.

Enjoy!

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I've no idea why I put myself through the laborious process of creating these exploded images, but I know I like the end result.

So, during this very patriotic year it's only natural that my next subject is the very British Spitfire.

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There's no getting away from it... there has been a severe lack of new images posted here, although I'm happy to report it's because I've been ridiculously busy working on this project.

I've been shooting lots and lots (and lots) of products for Russell Hobbs in this lovely dark style during the last few months. The project is still ongoing but here are a some examples.

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These tiny beads were shot as a recent test for TBWA Manchester and a serious macro challenge. Full bellows extension for a 4x magnification with a Schneider Digitar 80mm Macro lens did the trick.

The job didn't come off unfortunately, but I think the images are well worth sharing none the less.

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Done a while ago, but I've been so busy that I have only just got round to posting it.

You know the story by now: Lots of pieces, lots of time, lots of patience!

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