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Ep 12: Behind the lens with Tom Oldham
What if the key to unlocking fresh ideas lies in shifting your perspective? In today's episode, we're stepping behind the lens with award-winning portrait photographer Tom Oldham. Join your host Claire Bridges as she talks to Tom about his journey, from photographing music royalty including Rick Rubin, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave and the Gallaghers, to his brand work and personal projects that fuel his curiosity. Discover Tom's insights on dealing with constraints, why rapport is his secret weapon and why altering your ‘lens’ can be a game-changer. Tune in to explore the highs and lows of his 30 year career, and hear about life through his lens.
Here are the highlights:
- Why being brave with your ideas is essential
- How to push the creative brief
- On resilience, thick skin and self-esteem in a competitive field
- How to stay creatively fresh
- Dealing with problems, setbacks and fragile egos
About Claire Bridges:
Claire Bridges is Chief Spark and Founder of leading creative training consultancy Now Go Create, whose philosophy is that everyone can be creative.
Claire worked as a PR agency Managing Director and Creative Director working with global brands including Starbucks, Kellogg’s, Unilever, P&G and Danone in her previous PR career. Upskilling individuals, teams and organisations with practical creativity tools is Claire’s mission.
She’s one of only 250 people globally to hold an MSc in Creativity, Leadership & Innovation, and authored an Amazon best-selling creative handbook In Your Creative Element based on her academic studies.
Claire and her hand-picked team of experts have worked on thousands of creative projects and trained over 40,000 people around the world since starting Now Go Create in 2011.
Connect with Claire:
Website: https://nowgocreate.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowgocreate/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NowGoCreate
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/claire-bridges-b6205b14
About Tom Oldham:
Tom Oldham is a London based portrait photographer working globally on commercial briefs, as well as shooting editorially and for purpose driven, socially conscious NGOs and charities. Alongside this, Tom shoots personal projects and is a multiple award winner. In 2024, Tom shot a project around the UK election entitled The Hopefuls, where he photographed portraits and interviewed a vast array of politicians hoping to get elected. Tom is also the founder of Creative Corners, a scheme which gathers in photobooks and donates libraries to state school photography courses, of which he has collated 20 so far with more to come. If you have books to donate please find details below.
Connect with Tom:
http://www.tomoldham.com
https://www.creativecorners.uk/
https://thehopefuls.co.uk/
Produced by winteraudio.co.uk
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By Claire BridgesWhat if the key to unlocking fresh ideas lies in shifting your perspective? In today's episode, we're stepping behind the lens with award-winning portrait photographer Tom Oldham. Join your host Claire Bridges as she talks to Tom about his journey, from photographing music royalty including Rick Rubin, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave and the Gallaghers, to his brand work and personal projects that fuel his curiosity. Discover Tom's insights on dealing with constraints, why rapport is his secret weapon and why altering your ‘lens’ can be a game-changer. Tune in to explore the highs and lows of his 30 year career, and hear about life through his lens.
Here are the highlights:
- Why being brave with your ideas is essential
- How to push the creative brief
- On resilience, thick skin and self-esteem in a competitive field
- How to stay creatively fresh
- Dealing with problems, setbacks and fragile egos
About Claire Bridges:
Claire Bridges is Chief Spark and Founder of leading creative training consultancy Now Go Create, whose philosophy is that everyone can be creative.
Claire worked as a PR agency Managing Director and Creative Director working with global brands including Starbucks, Kellogg’s, Unilever, P&G and Danone in her previous PR career. Upskilling individuals, teams and organisations with practical creativity tools is Claire’s mission.
She’s one of only 250 people globally to hold an MSc in Creativity, Leadership & Innovation, and authored an Amazon best-selling creative handbook In Your Creative Element based on her academic studies.
Claire and her hand-picked team of experts have worked on thousands of creative projects and trained over 40,000 people around the world since starting Now Go Create in 2011.
Connect with Claire:
Website: https://nowgocreate.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowgocreate/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NowGoCreate
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/claire-bridges-b6205b14
About Tom Oldham:
Tom Oldham is a London based portrait photographer working globally on commercial briefs, as well as shooting editorially and for purpose driven, socially conscious NGOs and charities. Alongside this, Tom shoots personal projects and is a multiple award winner. In 2024, Tom shot a project around the UK election entitled The Hopefuls, where he photographed portraits and interviewed a vast array of politicians hoping to get elected. Tom is also the founder of Creative Corners, a scheme which gathers in photobooks and donates libraries to state school photography courses, of which he has collated 20 so far with more to come. If you have books to donate please find details below.
Connect with Tom:
http://www.tomoldham.com
https://www.creativecorners.uk/
https://thehopefuls.co.uk/
Produced by winteraudio.co.uk