In my last post about the “One Crew” RNLI portrait project, I talked about how I ended up shooting all of the images on the rear deck of the All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) inside the boat hall at the lifeboat station in Exmouth, Devon. In this post, I’m going to talk about how I physically crafted each image, some of the techniques I used during the shoot and during the editing phase in order to create the final images that you can see in my portfolio.

This shift in approach has made the project even more meaningful to me. It’s a reminder that creativity is as much about adaptation as it is about vision. As I continue to photograph and learn more about the extraordinary people who make up Exmouth RNLI, I’m excited to share the stories behind the portraits and the moments that make this crew so remarkable.

I reached out to the media officer at my local station in Exmouth in Devon to see if there was any appetite for my project. There was, but it became a fairly lengthy and drawn out process as I navigated the complexities of data protection and copyright. As I travelled this path, my vision began to develop. I realised that it wasn’t just about the boat crew.