📸 X marks the spot and the completion of me shooting 27 creative corporate headshot sessions over the last two days. Portrait photography direction is easier when you offer small hacks like giving subjects a defined place to stand. Combat boots optional! . . . #portraitphotography #creativeportraits

📸 Quick mobile snap while testing out my new softbox kit for an upcoming shoot. Also featured, my vintage Zenit TTL SLR, which I used in the 90s before digital! . . . #filmphotography #vintagecameras #SLR #behindthescenes #photographygear

🎬 Fabulous to catch-up with actor friend Chris Hampshire from my films SEIZE THE NIGHT and SALIENT MINUS TEN at the Shy Films event earlier in the week 🙌 . . . #IndependentFilm #FilmCommunity #FemaleFilmmaker #FilmDirector #WorkingFilmmaker

🎙️ “Episode 22 of The Contagious Podcast is another out-of-this-world blast with director, producer, writer, and actor, Emma Dark! … hosts Chris Rennirt and Lien Mya Nguyen Oost cover everything, with questions spanning the spectrum of Emma’s career” 🔗👇

🚨 Excited to announce I’ll be returning once more as a guest and appearing on the Creative Voices Panel at Shy Films networking event ‘Pitch to Screen – Summer Social’ at Karma Sanctum Soho, London on Thursday, 16th July. More info via the link below 👇

Woman vs camera. Day 2 behind the scenes filming and directing a commercial production earlier this week 🎥🎬 . . . #BehindTheScenes #FilmmakingLife #OnSet #DirectorLife #FemaleDirector

Earlier today... getting set up to film in a really nice space 🎥🎬 . . . #BehindTheScenes #FilmmakingLife #OnSet #ShotPrep #Symmetry

1/2 🙌 Check out this lovely mention I spotted from ultra talented filmmaker / director friend Jake West in podcast RE-VAMPED with host Drusilla herself, actress Juliet Landau from 90s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ep. ‘Bonus: Interview with creator Jake West - Part 2’.

1/2 📖 Issue 48 of WBD Mag is out now! My column DARK CORNER (pp. 61–62) covers my latest film project, creative work from friends and peers, plus my current movie, TV and book recommendations.

🎙️ What a pleasure to have appeared as a guest on Reece Manigan’s MOVIE MUSIC show, aired on @lovedabeatradio this morning. Our insightful film production chat is now available on YouTube, link below 👇 . . . #FilmTalk #MovieLovers #RadioShow #FilmCommunity #OnAir

🎙️ Listen in this Friday, 10am–12pm, when I join as a special guest on Reece Manigan’s MOVIE MUSIC show over on @lovedabeatradio, talking all things film! . . . #FilmTalk #MovieLovers #RadioShow #FilmCommunity #OnAir

1/2 🎬 Celebrating TEN years since the general release of my self‑produced, self‑directed action/thriller SEIZE THE NIGHT – 60k views strong across YouTube and Vimeo and still going. Also available autographed on BBFC rated DVD in my Etsy store.

🚨 Huge thanks to Jake West for my contributor copy of the restored RAZOR BLADE SMILE (1998) – limited edition and loaded with goodies. Catch me in the release’s VAMPIRES FOREVER feature length extras documentary, which also includes clips from my film SEIZE THE NIGHT (2015)

1/2 MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! Throwback to 2015, filming inside David Prowse’s (Darth Vader – Star Wars) summerhouse. A production meeting for a project I was set to act in took an unexpected turn…

🎤 Released TEN years ago TODAY, Haemophobia from The Death Chillout Sessions electronic / industrial album by Non-Bio, feat. vocals by me. Link below 🎧👇 . . . #ListenNow #MusicDiscovery #SupportIndieMusic #IndieElectronic

1/2 At the Shy Films ‘The Easter Edit: Networking in Bloom’ event a few weeks ago at Karma Sanctum Soho, where I attended as a guest and appeared on the Creative Voices Panel & Q&A.

1/2 🎥 Excited to share I’ll be a judge at The Black Country Horror Shorts Film Festival 2026. Previous judges include acclaimed authors Kim Newman (Anno Dracula) and Adam Nevill (The Ritual), and this year brings more wonderful talents from independent film, fiction and beyond.

1/2 🚨 I can finally share that I’m featured in this documentary included with the new restoration of Jake West’s RAZOR BLADE SMILE (1998), alongside Reece Shearsmith of INSIDE NO. 9 and other brilliant creatives. It also includes clips from my film SEIZE THE NIGHT (2015)

🏆 Honoured to be nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for ‘Best Column’ – my fifth year in a row – for my regular column DARK CORNER in WE BELONG DEAD magazine. To vote, email David Colton at taraco@aol.com by midnight Friday, May 1st. Full details at rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/

📢 Delighted to announce I’ll be a guest and appearing on the Creative Voices Panel & Q&A at Shy Films ‘The Easter Edit: Networking in Bloom’, Karma Sanctum Soho, London on Thursday, 2nd April. The event also boasts a ‘Pitch & Hatch: Connect Session’, live entertainment and much more 👇

📈 With a 93% average watch‑time on my 40‑second faux commercial it’s clear it’s not just the visuals doing the work. The storytelling, structure and pacing are solid – all by me, end-to-end. Thanks for all the wonderful feedback so far! Watch 👉 youtu.be/C8l26njghLY

🎬 In case you missed it! A glimpse of how my commercial style sits alongside my narrative work. Director / Producer / Writer / Cinematographer / Editor / Animator – me. Starring Richard Markworth. It’s been waiting while I’ve been busy with similar paid commercial work 🙌 youtu.be/C8l26njghLY

1/2 🎬 Some stills from my faux commercial portfolio piece I shot last April. Director / Producer / Writer / Cinematography / Editor / Animator – me! It’s been waiting while I’ve been busy with similar paid commercial work, but I’m glad to finally share it.

1/2 Throwback to 2015, filming inside David Prowse’s (Darth Vader – Star Wars) summerhouse. A production meeting for a project I was set to act in took an unexpected turn, but cinematographer AJ stepped in and saved the day – turning it into an impromptu interview session…

1/2 📚 I had a fabulous time last night watching POCK, the latest dark tale to escape the vaults of Weeping Bank Library, at the Old Red Lion Playhouse in Islington. Pictured here with ‘The Librarian’ himself. A great reminder of how powerful live performance can be.

1/2 2025 – a year of creative milestones: lots of commercial filmmaking and photography, an autograph guest spot at the inaugural Shed of Hell convention with an incredible lineup of other film and TV guests, my Profondo Rosso artwork on the back cover of We Belong Dead and…

ICYMI, looking forward to reading this early special edition of Hollow Point, the latest thrilling novel from legendary horror author Shaun Hutson. Check out my previous post for details. General release coming March 2026 📚 . . . #ShaunHutson #DarkReads #BookLovers

Thrilled to grab the Shaun Hutson Hollow Point Black Box special edition – only 100 made! Well done Caffeine Nights Books for this collector’s pack: signed book and poster, postcard, bookmark, badge, certificate (mine’s #7/100) and fab packaging. Sean Doyle’s back! 📚

Had a blast holding my first group creative mentorship class last week. Great to guide and inspire! 🌱 . . . #BehindTheScenes #CreativeMentorship #GuidanceAndGrowth

Belong dead or belong alive, but don’t forget to grab your copy of WBD mag, Issue 47, dedicated to legendary filmmaker David Cronenburg! Find my regular column, Dark Corner, on pages 102-103. Order 👉 bit.ly/WBD47 . . . #Journalism #WomenInFilm #Cronenburg