Taylors Coffee on Facebook

Boy do Taylors know their coffee. I learnt a lot eavesdropping on the day, not just with my camera, but by grabbing snippets of Barista expertise. I concentrated on capturing moments where there was warm interaction between the Taylors staff and the highly receptive public who were eager to try as many different coffees as possible, from Taylor’s light and easy Lazy Sunday to their knock-your-socks-off Hot Lava Java. The coffee certainly put people in good spirits and made my job a lot easier. I kept my distance as it is important to be as inobtrusive as possible if you want to capture genuinely natural emotions and reactions. A good reportage photographer needs to completely melt into the background. Once I’d  got the shots I neede din the bad and checked with the client that there were no special request I had not yet covered, I switched into video mode and discreetly filmed some of the superb interaction between the Taylors staff and coffee lovers. Shot in 1080 HD, in the subsequent week, I edited the footage together to create a short video of the event.

The end result was a portfolio of shots which in the clients and the whole Taylors team’s words were “Everyone around the business is loving your shots. They are the best shots we’ve had back from any of the shows we’ve done.” I love a happy client almost as much as a double Espresso with a thick crema.