Adrian Burke Blog

Floral set

2011-12-09T10:21:44Z

Covent Garden flowers.

A trip to Covent Garden flower market prompted these as part of a set of personal work. I experimented with different lighting set ups and ended with an underneath light which I really like. They were then worked on in post production by Florian Hess who changed the colour palette to produce an unusual and delicate result.

British Airways

2011-12-08T15:31:52Z

Photographed for British Airways’ High Life Shop! magazine.

Institute of Practitioners in Advertising events

2011-07-26T18:57:04Z

Promoting talks by key industry figures organised by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).

I shot these as a favour for Ben Gough while he was at EHS4D. Ben made the ‘Action Figures’ from Lego and created the boxes. They are being used as promotional posters and the first one promoting Justin Tindall’s talk was recently sent out to ‘every’ agency in town! Look out for the Hegarty poster promoting an event in the Autumn.

Barclays

2011-07-04T10:39:49Z

Two more jobs for Barclays bank directed at young workers and recent graduates for printed direct mail and online. Shot for EHS 4D, Art Director Tristan Sellen.

All sets were made by Andy Knight, including the stencilled birds, and were shot in his studio - except for the sky which was shot in Devon (just because I was there!). The cat was a silver Tabby supplied by Charlotte Wilde and the ladder was from a Kent fruit farm. All pictures were retouched by Esther Salmon.

Barclays

2011-05-30T09:33:42Z

The picture of the Water Cooler and glasses was shot for Barclays bank as a mailer for a new savings account.

The water bottle was was filled with a single coloured water and shot, it was then emptied and refilled with a different colour. This was done until we had all the 5 colours. It was then given to a retoucher to re create the layers. It was in fact a more difficult process than i first thought, as the bottle, when full of water is pressurised. We put a hole in the top to fill with, resulting in a bit of a leak!

The back wall and shelf was made by James Henderson and the water cooler and glasses sourced by Baz the stylist.

The picture of the Wishing Well with Jelly beans was another job for Barclays, we sourced the Well from a garden centre and Andy Knight painted it and made the clear bucket out of Perspex. Set build was again by James Henderson. I really like the clean tones of white against white in the shot and the slightly surreal nature of the picture.

Man with Ham

2011-05-30T09:15:46Z

Cover and inside spread was shot for the Sunday Times, to illustrate Journalist Matt Rudd's investigation into claims made by producers and manufacturers that their products are the best you will ever taste or use.

The cover picture was retouched to give it the fell of a 1950's advert.

Academy Costumes as part of a major rebranding project for Craft Associates

2011-04-14T12:49:01Z

These latest pictures were shot for Academy Costumes which supply all kinds of clothes and props for the film, T.V. and Theatre industry.

Sainsbury's recruitment ad shot for AIA advertising.

2010-10-14T15:32:09Z

Sheba, shot for BBDO Moscow

2010-10-11T13:18:55Z

This picture was from a set of work shot over 2 days for Sheba cat food. The cat is a Pedigree British blue, we had several cats over the 2 days but this one was really the star.

More Tesco Food

2010-07-06T11:06:30Z

Three more food pictures shot for Tesco, food looks great thanks to the talented food stylist Aya.