So, here’s something useful to both stylists and photographers alike…

After many years of working in this industry - Khandiz (my fantastic make-up artist friend) and I were chatting about how much wastage occurs in this industry, particularly when it comes to wardrobe…

More often than not on commercial jobs, a new clothing collection is bought to dress the talent, worn once and then returned. However, if the retailer / designer refuses to accept the return (as the clothing has been worn / washed) those items are more often than not cast into obscurity at the bottom of a stylist’s suitcase or back of their attic - never to be seen again….. How wasteful!

So we’ve decided to establish Wardrobe Bank! It’s a standard wardrobe hire facility however, the entire collection is made up from stylist’s ‘extra’s collections’. Stylists contribute to the collection and then earn a percentage of the hire fee when their items are hired out on other jobs, earning a passive income and freeing up space at home.

This is beneficial in a number of ways:

• It’s a whole lot better for the environment!
  
• It’s a whole lot cheaper than buying new for jobs
  
• The collection will certainly be good (it’s curated by a bunch of stylists!)
  
• This is a good thing for other photographers too as now they can easily self-style test shoots
  
• We’re in Bethnal Green, so easily reachable for most Londoners
  
• The collection will offer basics as well as speciality pieces
  
• Wardrobe Bank can also provide a space for castings & fittings
  
• The space is also big enough to shoot lookbooks / portraits / headshots
  
• We promise to be entertaining on every visit ;)

The Wardrobe Bank address is:
Unit 4
BJ House
10 – 14 Hollybush Gardens
Bethnal Green
London E2 9QT

Get in touch to arrange a visit:

email us on contact@wardrobebank.com

www.wardrobebank.com or call Khandiz 0770992408 / Brad 07906166692

Thought I’d share a few images from the recent lifestyle shoot I did for Velovixen’s AW collection.

We had a great day shooting with natural light on the country roads around Oxford. Thanks to the amazing VV team as ever! Velovixen have a superb selection of stylish ladies cycling kit - available online here: http://www.velovixen.com/

A few promo images from a recent beauty series I shot for Final Checks make-up brushes with the fabulous Katja Zwara from MOT Models.

So, despite better judgement I’ve decided to ride the PrudentialRideLondon-Surrey 100 for charity in August.
Suffice to say, there’s going to have to be a lot of training over the next 2 months;)

I’ll be riding for the MIND charity who do great work helping those suffering from mental health issues. To secure my place I’ll need to raise money for the charity and I thought one of the best ways to do this was to produce a small limited edition print run. So here are the details:
3 prints to chose from
Limited Edition run of 10 of each print
Signed and numbered
Paper Size: 20 x 16 inch
Image Size: 18 x 12 inch

Here are the image choices:

The team at Printspace have done a test run of each print and they look beautiful!

All proceeds go to MIND.

Get yours by sending an expression of interest to bradbird@gmail.com, followed by an email with your choice of print and postal address. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

This offer is for UK residents only.

Thanks!

Brad

Hi All.

Thought I’d share some recent commercial work I shot for the shoe brand, Oysby. They make some fantastically creative women’s heels, flats and boots - double heels! Thanks to Dolapo from Oysby, Gavin and the super team at Location18, Dan for the MU and of course to our model Stacey and the lovely team at Hughes Models.