John Hooton Photography

Miggy photographed in the style of Vladimir Tretchikoff. This photograph can be purchased as a Greeting Card, Matted Print, Laminated Print, Mounted Print, Canvas Print and Framed Print in various sizes. Just click the 'Buy at Redbubble' button for all options.

I have converted this image to black and white and darkened it a little in order to create the atmosphere of the period which would have been about 1943. Most of the Lancaster’s raids were carried out at night, and this shot depicts flying under moonlight. This was unwelcomed by the bomber crews as it made them highly visible to enemy night fighters.

Another take with beautiful model, singer and dancer Sydney Jo Jackson, who was a real pleasure to work with.

Part of the brief was to produce some B/W shots, and as I was after a low key effect with smooth tones in the style of Irving Penn.

The second Nikon I owned with a trusty roll of Tri-X that I always used when shooting B/W. In 1971, much of the work with this camera went to The Evening Argus, the daily regional paper of Sussex, England. I used to shoot “space fillers” – anything of interest with a bit of a story summed up in a 50 word caption which I also wrote. The film was stuffed into a special orange ‘Press’ envelope and put on the next train to Brighton after I phoned the picture editor. I’ve still got quite a few of the old press cuttings but unfortunately none of the negatives.

Nikon F and Nikon D3 spanning 49 years of Nikon history. This photograph can be purchased as a Greeting Card, Matted Print, Laminated Print, Mounted Print, Canvas Print and Framed Print in various sizes. Just click the 'Buy at Redbubble' button below for all options.

T-Shirt with an image from the 60’s of socialite and model of the times, Elizabeth Hooley, taken in 1966.

Probably the most popular photograph I have ever taken. It stands the test of time so I have created this as a poster, showing the fabulous retro style of the '60s.

This was taken in 1964 in the East End of London. This was before Playstations, and probably the only ‘toy’ these kids shared between them was a skipping rope. Old bomb sites still held a fascination though as a form of amusement and exploration, as can be seen here. It was taken using a Yashica Mat 120 film twin lens reflex camera. I used Tri-X B/W film and printed on a hard grade of paper to get the punchy contrast, a characteristic of all my early B/W work.

Taken while on an Urban Wildlife expedition with Nic Relton, I deviated from the script somewhat and grabbed this shot of the lady feeding pigeons.

Bang Wallpaper

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Lancaster Wallpaper

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Spitfire Wallpaper

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Cat Wallpaper

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Sunflower Wallpaper

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Poppy Wallpaper

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