artistic vigilante magazine vol1..issue 3. 'THE MIDAS TOUCH''

We had the privileged of connecting with sparatcus
images to talk about photography and how he
does what he does.
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE – Why the name Spartacus
images?
SPARTACUS IMAGES – I wanted a name that
was not commonly used in the photographic
world and one in which people respect especially
the women
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE -You happen to be based
in the UK and Spain, they are lot of photographers
within these regions. How do you set yourself
apart from other photographers and maintain
your customer/client-base?
SPARTACUS IMAGES – I live 50% of my time
in UK and 50% in Spain , I find the markets very
different in the UK, models base is massive and
very competitive both for models and photographers,
Where in Spain the country is 4 times the
size of the UK the models there are more spread
out and often demand many more edits than the
UK models, I guess because they are not so busy. I
always shoot for beauty, so the requirement is the
same in both. In Spain you have to work with very
bright light so you need to be fast and competent
on your feet.
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE – You happen to be featured
in a lot of other publications, what steps do
you take to get your works published?
SPARTACUS IMAGES – I am afraid I am a bit
lazy and leave it generally to the models to get my
work published, however I do submit my work
to stock libraries and on line magazines such as
Vogue IT. You have to always do your top work to
get published, they want good images and equally
as good edits.
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE – You seem to do surrealism
and nudity. Can you explain to us your inspiration
and what it requires to get a shoot ready
behind the scenes?
SPARTACUS IMAGES – My inspiration comes-
from my dreams and looking at art in galleries. I love surrealism
and I love to mix both, not all models can do both but when you
get one its like magic things click into place. I always keep nude
work classy and totally respect models. Most of my surreal work
is done in post but need a model who can act and pretend.
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE – Can you explain your preferred light
set up and give us a list of things you shoot with regularly (Gear).
SPARTACUS IMAGES – My main camera is a Canon 5D MK4
and lotS of lenses but I stick to mostly 50mm F1.2, 85MM F1.2,
24 to 70 F2.8 and 70 to 200 F2.8 However I am also now running
two Fuji cameras an XT3 and XT20 with similar lenses as my
Canon stock, I am moving more to Fuji its ability to cope with
fast light changes is superior and so much lighter, but mainly
because WUSIWUG (what you see is what you get)
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE – When you are doing surrealism,
where do you get your overlays from?
SPARTACUS IMAGES – I either create myself or use my son
who is a graphic artist, but generally I spend time and create
myself , I may at times ask a friend also who is a graphic artist to
give me guidance.
ARTISTIC VIGILANTE – What would a Spartacus image photo
shoot cost and how can you be reached?
SPARTACUS IMAGES – I try to offer 2 Free TF shoots a month
and the rest of the time if not for publishing I charge £50 ph
much more when being published, I actually get lots of work
via Instagram its seems to be a very good way to make contact
nowadays.