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Ride Out: RTTW 2026
A few weeks after catching up with James and photographing his Harley amongst the colourful backdrop of Northampton's street art scene, I found myself once again photographing motorcycles. This time there were a few more of them! Armed with considerably less coffee than I probably needed, I headed to Junction 15A to photograph and film local riders gathering for Ride to the Wall (RTTW). For those unfamiliar with RTTW, it began back in 2008 when a group of motorcyclists rode t
Lou Smith
Oct 62 min read


Harleys Heartbeats + Heatwaves
Northampton has been a hub of creatives for a while now, with recent events including the Wallgames movement. It's every photographer's dream to have cool backdrops for photos, and social media has been flooded with creative work inspired by it. I couldn't resist, and I was overdue a catch-up with a fellow archer who's had my back while I've been learning the ropes over the past year or so. I convinced him to let me photograph his pride and joy: a vintage Harley-Davidson. I s
Lou Smith
Oct 62 min read


Before Louise Smith Creative: Searching The Archives
Before diving into the realms of SEO, marketing, and branding, I spent my days as a press photographer, a role that truly honed my storytelling abilities. My camera took me on journeys through Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, and beyond, where I captured moments for local newspapers. Each day was different, filled with the anticipation of photographing breaking news, events and occasionally the odd celeb. Some of those images still linger in archives under my former by-line,
Lou Smith
Aug 312 min read


Dragging me out of retirement
This weekend has seen me back out covering for another photographer around Northamptonshire in the sunshine. A former newspaper I used to be a staff photographer with needed cover for an annual brand new rugby event and another annual dog event. Perfect. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have owned pugs, photographed pugs and been covered in pug glitter since around 2005 :) I volunteer for a local Facebook group - bucks pug group, which although has cooled of over the years (
Lou Smith
Aug 232 min read


I miss Tumblr/MySpace
Blogging feels very old school all of a sudden, but I am hopeful that we can come back to longer more personal style content after AI burnout and LinkedIn language. I have a few case studies, personal projects and updates I will add to here as time goes on from a more personal viewpoint vs the corporate forced blog posts. Maybe I will revive the old HTML if myspace makes a come back? Either way, I'm here for less corporate jargon, more human writing, spelling mistakes and gra
Lou Smith
Aug 201 min read
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