Celebrity photographer Rankin reveals Queen was 'very funny' during shoot for her Golden Jubilee and brought a 'wave of power' into the room
- John Rankin Waddell, 54, took photos of the Queen for her 2002 Golden Jubilee
- The co-founder of Dazed + Confused magazine captured Her Majesty laughing
- Had five minutes to photograph her, was 'tongue tied' when she entered room
Celebrity photographer Rankin has revealed the Queen poked fun at him while he took her picture, and brought a 'wave of power' into the room with her.
John Rankin Waddell, 54, Suffolk, has over 30 years of experience photographing celebrities, and in 2002 took a portrait of Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace for her Golden Jubilee.
Appearing on This Morning, the photographer admitted that he was 'tongue tied' after meeting the monarch, but was able to capture her laughing after part of his camera fell out.
Rankin had just five minutes to photograph the royal, but called his time with her 'incredible' and was impressed by her sense of humour, calling the Queen 'very funny'.
Celebrity photographer Rankin has over 30 years of experience photographing celebrities, and in 2002 took a portrait of Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace for her Golden Jubilee
John Rankin Waddell, 54, Suffolk, appeared on This Morning, where he revealed the Queen poked fun at him while he took her picture, and brought a 'wave of power' into the room with her
'She was incredible, the Queen,' he told. There was a wave of power that came into the room when she came into the room.
'I thought I was going to be able to chat to her and stuff, but I was almost tongue tied and she was very funny, making a joke about what I was doing.
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'I thought I was doing such a good job and part of my camera fell down and she started to laugh and I thought 'I’m going to get that photo".
Over lockdown, Rankin invited amateurs and professional photographers to share their photographs captured over the year, to potentially be included in his new Sky original series to be broadcast in September.
'It’s been such an hour to look at these photos,' he said. 'And there are tens of thousands of them and they really are inspiring.
'What I wanted to do right from the beginning was create a photo album of the time and it really is aimed at everybody.
'We’ve all used our camera phones to make ourselves products and almost perfect and what we’ve gone through is so different people have literally been going through and taking photos o their life.'
While the pictures taken at any point in the year can be submitted, Rankin told that the majority were from lockdown, and said the photos were 'exceptional'.
The photographer admitted that he was 'tongue tied' after meeting the monarch, but was able to capture her laughing after part of his camera fell out
'Most of them came from the period of lockdown and some of the images we’ve had are exceptional', he told.
'I was in lockdown and couldn’t take photos and it got me out, it was the first thing I did when I came out of lockdown.'
Earlier this year, Rankin documented the crisis with striking portraits of 12 doctors, nurses and other NHS staff.
He told that after working as a porter in the NHS before his photography career, he wanted to show 'all the different people' who have worked on the Covid-19 frontline.
Earlier this year, Rankin documented the crisis with striking portraits of 12 doctors, nurses and other NHS staff. Pictured, Ranking shooting hospital porter Ali Abdi, from Bristol
Pictured left, NHS midwife, Claudia Anghel, from Coventry. Pictured right, GP Farzana Hussain, from London
'I contacted the NHS three weeks through lockdown and said "I’m a portrait photographer and would love to be able to help in some way". Because I worked as a porter and I know it's lots of different people and not just doctors and nurses.
'It took a while, but I got to go to different hospitals around the country and the stories were incredible and moving.
'But what for me made me feel comfortable was the handle they had on it, it was just amazing to meet these people.
'None of them saw themselves as heroes, they all felt like they were doing their job and I felt I was connecting with a moment in time.'
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