Featured Photographers

Digitalab Featured Photographer: Sian Lewis

Sian Lewis
16th December 2016 by Digitalab

This month we talk to the wonderful Photographer Sian Lewis of Sian Lewis Photography.

As well as her stunning and award winning newborn, wedding, studio, and corporate work, Sian has combined her talent for photography with her love of horses and created a second photography business, ‘Equine Imaging‘.

Photographer Sian Lewis

I think my style is still evolving but I definitely lean towards creating ‘clean’ images and I think my general approach is quite classical, particularly with my studio work.

Who inspired you to become a photographer?

There wasn’t anyone really, it’s just something I sort of fell into. I did a bit of photography at uni using an old SLR and then got myself a little digital camera and after that I was pretty much hooked.
I hadn’t ever planned on doing photography as a job (which is slightly weird because I wanted to do literally every other job under the sun) but when my last TV job finished I thought I might as well go for it.

What is your all-time favourite photography shoot?

Oh boy, how do I answer that one? There are quite a few that come to mind, like the time a MUA friend, a model and myself went to an abandoned holiday camp to do a fashion shoot, creepy but fun. And earlier this year I photographed the Welsh football team homecoming event at Cardiff Castle. Standing in the press pen waiting for Gareth Bale and the rest of the squad to come out was pretty awesome and the atmosphere was electric.

I think my ultimate favourite shoot though was 3 days of shooting for a classical album recording last year. I don’t often get to work as part of a team so it was really nice to work with so many people over the course of a few days and I got to listen to the most beautiful singing and music. On the 2nd day they were recording the song that Andy plays over the tannoy system in The Shawshank Redemption (from the Marriage of Figaro). I was sitting in the recording suite listening to it and it was just beautiful.

How would you describe your photographic style?

I think my style is still evolving but I definitely lean towards creating ‘clean’ images and I think my general approach is quite classical, particularly with my studio work.

What is your camera of choice and why?

My Canon EOS 5D MKIII. It performs really well in low light and it just feels right in my hands.

What one piece of advice would you give to any aspiring photographer?

Get training!! There are so many mistakes I could have avoided if I’d just invested in some decent training and I’ve have advanced a whole lot quicker.

Is there something that you would love to photograph more than anything else?

Oh gosh, there are so many things I’d love to photograph but I’ll narrow it down to something horse related; either the Rolex 3 day event in Kentucky or the horses at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. That said, doing unit stills on a Bond film ranks pretty highly too.

You can view more of Sian’s work on her sites here:

www.sianlewisphoto.com

www.equineimaging.co.uk