For the first time in his professional career - following the Ford and Motorola commissions- Adrian, found he had money to buy equipment.
He says: “I thought about my lighting requirements long and hard. I checked out all the major companies’ products before I made my decision to go the Bowens route”.
“I discovered that I could get so much more for my money with Bowens – and yet still acquire the best kit on the
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market. I bought six Gemini heads; a QuadX generator, softboxes, dishes, reflectors and Pulsar triggers – and I have never regretted it. All my shoots are fulfilled using Bowens lighting – their equipment is just perfect in every respect. It’s an absolutely vital element of my work.”
‘Boxers’ is another compelling body of personal work that has contributed substantially to Adrian’s reputation for versatility - and total comprehension of CGI and retouching techniques.
He tells Litebook: “This was my first big collaboration with retouchers and CGI pros. We got together and decided to do something different. The retoucher loved nostalgia and the CGI guy loved robotics – so we set out to create some iconic boxing imagery. I found a boxing club in London and we charged a casting director with the task of finding us some perfect models. The idea was to create photos that looked in one sense like old pictures
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