Welcome

 

Welcome!

 

Nice to meet you, I’m Matt. Thanks for signing up for my newsletter 🙂 The first one will be with you early next month.

In the meantime here’s a bit about me. Feel free to skip if bored.

How I Got Started

In 2005, I was living in Gran Canaria, earning a living singing & dancing in a Blues Brothers Tribute Show (that’s me on the right!). I had a side hustle designing websites, which led to me doing a week’s work for a TV company that were filming on the island.

My First Camera

I used the money from that week to buy a camera, mainly to take pictures of bars and restaurants that I was making websites for. I bought a book on lighting, and realised that most of the lighting demos consisted of women on the beach wearing bikinis, and thought “Hang on, I live near the beach, I know people who own bikinis!” I asked a friend if she was interested in posing for me just for fun. That went well, I shot some more people, things quickly snowballed, and within two years I sold my first photo to a magazine.

Video

I’ve always loved learning new skills, & things do have a habit of falling into my lap, so when I got a text one evening asking me to shoot a video the day I jumped at the chance, despite never having done it before. There was so much to learn between filming, editing, recording and editing sound but it’s great, I love how my days are all different now. 

The Future

I’m super happy dividing my time between photo and video, but I still love trying new ideas, so if you have a project you want to try out that you don’t see on my website, give me a shout. 

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The GC Blues Brothers featuring Matt Christie and Ashley Hirst

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My First Ever Shoot in Puerto Rico Gran Canaria with Katia

My First Ever Shoot

Featuring the lovely Katia. I’ve improved a bit since then!

London Glamour Photographer - Rachel Cole, Anfi Beach, Gran Canaria

My First Magazine Sale

Featuring Rachael Cole. Look at the improvement in two years!

Matt Christie - London Glamour, Boudoir, Dance, Fitness and Yoga Photographer

Me Today

Well, not today. But recently. Either way, this is what I’ll look like when we shoot, but less well lit. I also may be wearing a hat.