Charlie's Portraits

12/06/2026

New signage alert!! The brilliant sign writer and lettering artist Ellie Haywood aka ellie ✶ calligraphy artist came into the studio on Tuesday to hand-paint some signage facing outwards from the building into the city. Here she is hard at work… and the final result :)

10/06/2026

Here’s some of my favourite on-stage pics from the two-day Creative Cities Convention, held in Liverpool last month! It was my second year as event photographer and I loved every minute!

You may recognise a few of the faces, including Jimmy McGovern, Craig Cash, Phil Redmond and many more talented folk who dedicate their careers to entertainment, innovation and educating their viewers.

Massive thanks to for having me back :)

08/06/2026

Earlier this year I was commissioned by to take 20
portraits for Faces of Bradford 2025, celebrating individuals and groups who were nominated for the part they played in an extraordinary year of being City of Culture. I’m going to post a few of these images over the next week or two, and here’s one of the first I took, of Dipack Mistry who is widely known as a Bradford legend. He’s a DJ and presenter who also supports grassroots creativity in the city. This was probably the second photo I took, he came in with loads of energy and charm and we stopped after 20 seconds, but we took a load more before realising this one was the one. A lovely person to meet and capture on camera :)

04/06/2026

Which will you choose? Here’s the studio sessions now available :)

Book at www.charliesportraits.com

31/05/2026

A few weeks ago, I had the honour of photographing for the second time, in Liverpool, and the surprise guest on the last day was one of my personal heroes, Craig Cash, co-creator of two of my favourite comedies, Royle Family and Early Doors. I had the chance to tell him how much I admired his work (the word ‘legend’ popped out of my mouth) before taking these photos of him being interviewed after his talk. He came over as a genuine, humble, warm and lovely person. It’s really the best part of the job when you meet a personal hero and they turn out to be as nice as you could have imagined they were

29/05/2026

Got a special visitor to the studio, the legend that is :) a very good and loyal friend who’s been part of my work and life for over a decade now, great to see you bud! Andy made this vid

26/05/2026

Someone who’s given me a lot of support on my photography journey is Andreea Chitan, who curated my first exhibition last year and also established , bringing together photographers and giving our work a platform in our beautiful town! So it was great to take these images when Andreea came in to visit my new studio last month :)

26/05/2026

Don’t say you weren’t warned ;)

Book at www.charliesportraits.com - you can book right into July at May’s prices

Pic and music: the amazing who came in for a portrait session last month and is now known by Elton John (there’s no link between my photos and that happening, I’m just saying)

06/05/2026

22/01/2026

NEW: Furaha Mussanzi is a singer, songwriter and storyteller originally from DR Congo passionate about using music and storytelling to bring hope and healing.

Furaha came to 22 years ago as a refugee fleeing the war with her family and completed her Master’s degree in African Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Bradford 10 years ago.

Currently, Furaha works part-time as the Pastoral Care Leader for the Light Church and is also the Ecumenical Canon at Bradford Cathedral.

She finds joy in working as a freelance storyteller in schools running workshops and trainings for students and teachers on the topic of migration and peace-building but also loves her role as the deputy musical director for Bradford Friendship Choir, a music wellbeing space for asylum seekers, refugees and their friends.

It was amazing to meet her and look out for more photos soon when some of her new music is released :)