Semi cloud pruning

I decided earlier this year to begin to semi cloud prune our bay bush. It was growing leaves all the way to the ground and just looked a mess. Now, after two prunes, it looks like this:

I shall continue to lift its canopy of leaves until I get it into the shape I like. I have just started with this photinia:

And also this plant, whose name for now, I can't remember:

I shall continue to prune them until they get to the size and shape I want them to be!