Michael Laing is a multi-award winning portrait and headshot photographer, working in London and southeast of the UK.

Let me eat cake

PortraitMichael Laing23 May 2020Portraiture, photography, portait, Perfectionist, cake, selfieComment

Health and safety, Lockdown, going forward.

Michael Laing11 May 2020Covid-19, Corona virus, Lockdown, safety, illness, re-opening, health and safety, portraiture, business photography, themed portraitureComment

Creating a little horror

Michael Laing28 April 2020Comment

Contrast to create (Creating a stand out image)

PortraitMichael Laing21 April 2020portrait, selfie, high-key, lighting, photoshop, chess, angry, mad, photoshoot, lock-downComment

Re-enactment (part 4) Perfectionist

PortraitMichael Laing18 April 2020re-enactment, portait, details, Perfectionist, viking, saxon, norman, black and white, game, review, setting up the shotComment

Master Photographer Association Licentiate qualification

Michael Laing17 April 2020Comment

Re-enactment (part 3) Details

PortraitMichael Laing14 April 2020Details, portrait, portraiture, viking, black and white, re-enactmentComment

Re-enactment (part 2) Creating a photo

PortraitMichael Laing13 April 2020re-enactment, portrait, studio portrait, lighting, black and whiteComment

Re-enactment (part 1)

Michael Laing13 April 2020Comment

Life or something like it

Michael Laing14 March 2020Comment

Do you need the most expensive lens to do portrait photography or could you use a kit lens?

Michael Laing26 September 2019fujifilm, Fujinon, Fujinon 18-55mm f/2.8-4R, Portraiture, lens test, studio portraiture, X-H1Comment

How I ended up shooting with Nikon and other life lessons

Cameras, LifeMichael Laing25 September 2019Nikon, Olympus, Positivity, film photography, digital photography, DSLRComment

Popping onto the garden

Michael Laing22 August 2019Comment

Associations, qualifications, competition and awards

Michael Laing21 May 2019Comment

New backgrounds

Michael Laing30 March 2019Comment

Why choose black & white

Michael Laing25 February 2019 Comment

Compression, portraits and lenses.

Michael Laing24 January 2019Comment

Knowing your lenses (studio)

Michael Laing3 December 2018Comment

Man Cold

Michael Laing29 November 2018 Comment

The business of photography

Michael Laing27 October 2018Comment