I love taking portraits but the best bit for me is just meeting new people, often from walks of life or with experiences I know little about. Mark and I had such a great couple of hours together on walkabout in the City starting at my London base in the Barbican and ending up in the heart of the city bank area. It’s such a brilliant place to shoot portraits having a wonderful mix of old and new buildings which you’ll see reflected here. The more modern buildings provide clean backdrops allowing one to create images that look like they were taken in a studio.

As well as being a natural in front of the camera, Mark is an acclaimed and well established international baritone singer and actor and you can find out more about his extensive repertoire and accolades by visiting his website http://www.markoldfield.net

His brief to me: to provide a mixture of portraits that could be used for various purposes: his website, requests for images from opera and stage companies, church, choral and other music societies, as well as portraits that could be used to promote his work as a singing coach.

Here are a few from our morning: