Mohammed Younis MBE

A couple of shots from a Royal Mail commission today, of Mohammed Younis MBE, a long-standing employee who has been praised for his contributions to charitable causes. He is currently fundraising for the flood victims in Pakistan.

Darren Bent, Footballer

I love football. I really do. So the call saying that I was off to do an exclusive shoot with Sunderland and England striker Darren Bent for The Times was a good one to receive.

It was the day after Fabio Capello announced the England squad to travel to the World Cup in South Africa, and despite hitting a bagful of goals again this season, Bent was once again left to book his own summer holiday. I met Darren at his mum's house in Cambridgeshire, where he received his disappointing fate- sitting on the same couch that he sat on four years ago to receive the same news from Sven Goran Eriksson.

Darren is well known as an avid user of twitter, tweeting his views regularly and sometimes in quite an outspoken way. He spent much of our time together (as I looked through the viewfinder awaiting his readiness) tweeting away on his Blackberry, but despite this he came across as a lovely bloke- one of football's good guys who deserves every success. Darren was surprisingly upbeat about his setback, eager to put it behind him and work harder for success next season.

Wellington College Swim

I was off to Wellington College in Crowthorne today- where staff and student swimming teams were preparing to race each other across the English Channel for charity. The college wanted some eye grabbing images for their own promotional material and also to garner wider interest in the event- maximising charitable donations and prestige for the school.

Goldie at Home

It's not every day I get to meet someone who was in one of my favourite films of all time, but today on commission for The Sun I went to the home of the man whose character (he basically played himself) was described in the movie Snatch as a "bad boy yardie". That's right- I was off to do a portrait session with legendary gold-toothed DJ, Goldie. Not the least intimidating person on earth.

It turned out to be a brief but interesting shoot, and Goldie turned out to be a lovely and very intelligent chap. I had a cup of tea, met his dogs, and for some reason told him he needed to get his couch reupholstered!

Professor Anthony Maden

A commission for The Independent today, portraits of Professor Anthony Maden, Consultant Psychiatrist at Broadmoor Hospital.

Steven Lyons, Park Ranger

This afternoon I photographed Steven Lyons, one of the last Park Rangers in the UK, for The Times. I met Steven on common lands near Odiham, Hampshire. Here are a couple of shots...