{"id":77,"date":"2025-01-07T00:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:08:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"behind the lens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"552\" data-id=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/542391754_1144964440866701_6014541502167953012_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/542391754_1144964440866701_6014541502167953012_n.jpg 414w, https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/542391754_1144964440866701_6014541502167953012_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"552\" data-id=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/545503101_1176960474265848_8393266924278664912_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/545503101_1176960474265848_8393266924278664912_n.jpg 414w, https:\/\/jdcreative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/545503101_1176960474265848_8393266924278664912_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Firstly, thank you for taking the time out of your day to explore my website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m James, an award-nominated photographer based in West Yorkshire, UK. I shoot almost exclusively using natural \/ provided lighting and love experimenting with high-contrasts and monochrome effects &#8211; personally, I feel these often add a real sense of drama or intrigue to an image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Live music, Burlesque and event photography make up a majority of my work but I don&#8217;t wish to limit or pigeon-hole myself. I&#8217;m also passionate about exploring and capturing landscapes, architecture, street, nature and skateboarding photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m always open to trying new ideas and techniques, making my photographs tell stories or letting viewers use their imaginations to fill in the blanks. I&#8217;m always looking to push my visuals ever further forward; so if you&#8217;re an artist, musician, model or fellow &#8216;creative-type&#8217;, please don&#8217;t hesitate to get in touch to collaborate and share ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Afterall, &#8216;variety is the spice of life&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">See you down the front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, thank you for taking the time out of your day to explore my website. I&#8217;m James, an award-nominated photographer based in West Yorkshire, UK. 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