Makers

A selection of images from brand photography shoots with creatives, makers and manufacturers across London.

I work with Creative Makers, helping them to showcase their manufacturing process to engage their clients. We know businesses succeed when they connect with their clients; showing your working process does that.

There is no typical session, but they could include documenting your processes, environmental portraits and workshop product shots. Together, we create images that show you and your products in their best light.

Contact me nigel@nigelrumsey.com for more information and availability.

“We loved your pictures and would gladly recommend you.”
— Linda Souto Maior, Usual Objections
“A great tribute to our wonderful workshop.”
— Henry Whaley, Cubitts.
“Thank you so much for these, they look great!”
— Noel Stewart, Milliner.
Emj polishing the frames of a client's glasses in for repair at the Cubitts workshop.
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Katia, one of the Usual Objections team, at a sewing machine in their London micro-factory and shop space.
A spectacle alignment tool in the Cubitts' workshop.
A product shot of Usual Objections branded packaging.
Tape measures hanging from a sewing machine in the Usual Objections, Dalston, factory and shop space.
Pattern cutting from a vivid pale blue material in the Usual Objections micro-factory.
Pauline one of the Cubitts' bespoke spectacles team works on a client's order.
One of the Usual Objections team writes a handwritten note to send with a customer's swimsuit order.
A range of metal-framed glasses is on display in the Cubitts' workshop.
Hinges are fitted to a pair of new bespoke spectacles in the Cubitts' workshop.
The waste acetate from Cubitts' bespoke spectacles in a bin, in their workshop.
One of the makers sews the binding on to a swimsuit. Usual Objections, Dalston, London.
A member of the Cubitts team embosses gold leaf initials on to a client's spectacles case.
Rich, Usual Objections co-founder in their micro-factory and shop space.
A range of paper patterns for swimwear hangs on a rack in the Usual Objections workshop.
Will, one of Cubitts' bespoke maker team works on a pair of their client's spectacles.
Completed swimwear hangs on a rail, ready for sale in the Usual Objections workshop and shop space, in Dalston, London.
Emj polishing the frames of a client's spectacles after repair.
Milliner, Noel Stewart, arranges Magnolias on a hat for a commission client.
A member of the Cubitts team applies gold embossed initials to a spectacles case.
Emj working on the repair of a client's glasses in the Cubitts workshop.
A member of the Usual Objections team designing a pattern in their workshop.
A shelf of wooden hat blocks in the studio of Milliner, Noel Stewart.
The designs for Mist Pavillion, part of a collection by London milliner, Noel Stewart.
Magnolia flowers created by Milliner, Noel Stewart, ready to be added to a commission.
A milliner working for Noel Stewart creates leaves for Magnolia flowers for a commission.
Milliner, Noel Stewart, working on a hat for Dame Judi Dench.
A wall of coloured thread in the Usual Objections factory.
A selection of cutting tools in a workshop.
A shoemaker cutting leather by hand at Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
Milliner Filipa Cardoso, a member of the Noel Stewart team, wraps the flowers, on a hat, in plastic to protect them.
Usual Objections factory, Dalston, London.
A coronation window display at Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
Vintage German workshop drawers in Cubitts workshop.
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Milliner pressing the brim of a hat.
A milliner works on magnolia flowers for a hat.
A pair of shoes being inspected before dispatch. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
A shoe box. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
Leather loafers. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
A range of shoe lasts. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
Cutting leather for shoes. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
Leather cut prior to making into shoes. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
A shoemaker at work. Arthur Sleep Shoes, Savile Row.
The Usual Objections team in their micro-factory, east London.