Ethereality

I had a shoot booked in with this lady, Katherina, whilst the weather was there (literally the only wather that was there...  Anybody else annoyed with the state of summer these days?  Honestly!) and we headed out to get some casual/ethereal feel shots and just a nice mix.  These, kind viewers, are the results. 

Elesha in the Garden of Eden

I took a week out and headed down to catch up with the family on the south coast and whilst I was down there, I booked in a couple of model shoots also.  Admittedly, I was two days too early for the damn weather (DAMN WEATHER!!) but on the plus side, I got to meet and shoot the very talented Elesha Eden, only 16 years old and already a better model than I could do justice.  Anyway, amongst the rain, the Nazi cows and the killer horses, we managed to squeeze off a few shots and here are some of the results.

The Dancer at the Derelict

I've had a few let downs recently for one reason or other, it's all a part of the game and usually a case getting back on the horse and running that final furlong, so this is my Grand National.  Nothing fancy, just about the only day worth shooting in May (up to that point) and a bit of time around this derelict, which regular readers (pahahaha, as if...)  may recognise from elsewhere on the blog, and Alexandra.  These are a few shots from the day

 

Beauty and the Bull

So...  I didn't let the shed thing go to my head, I could have done, I was tempted to devote my photography to nothing more than personal storage installations and garden maintenance tools but I though, NO, sort it out man...  And I did.  Since the weather has been dire lately and I've not been able to book location work, I headed into the studio (thanks Ian) with fantastic local model, Kelly Bull, my, desperate for use, Ring Flash and the keyword beauty...  And below is a sample of what I left with.

Eventually Emma (NSFW)

I suck, I can be so awful with organisation and keeping things up, hence the month's gap which, for you meagre few that follow me, must have felt like an eternity..... <AHEM>...  Anyway, I've finally got my ass in gear since I need to get back in the swing so I can abuse my new 70-200mm when it comes in the next couple of days (drool).  Until that time, here is one from last month (after a long time of mail ping pong, thanks bad weather...!) from the absolutely Über cool Emma.  She grabbed a train, made me put the roof on my car up (on the only day this year that's been worth it) and rocked the show in a wee town I happen to frequent...  Apologies to the dude walking on the other side of the river whose neck seemingly refused to turn away when Emma was changing, must have been our fault I guess...  Oops.

Tyrannosaurus Bex and the Car Park of Doom (NSFW)

This should hopefully mark something of a new direction (probably more of a tangent, can't keep hanging around car parks at night, folk'll start talking) and something that I had wanted to do for a while.  To quote Blackadder "My medium is light" and that's pretty much how I've seen it since I started, adding more light via flashes and reflectors etc, so this time I chose somewhere dark and chose to shoot at night to add to the effect and booked Bex to join me.  The darker shots were a combination of low shutter speeds, high ISO and 1 or 2 LED torches as fill lights...  The more colourful and illuminated shots were of course my first attempt at Ring Flash, I love it!

Marika's Copse

Not much updating recently thanks to a quiet February and the turmoil of turning 31 -sigh- but I'm back on the wagon and taking bookings again.  This was with Marika (like, total joy) in some woods that I've been meaning to shoot at for a while but had the original shoot cancelled many moons ago.  Also, completely lucked out with the weather, a little bit of cloud ruined my love for flare later on, but in all it wasn't so bad I guess, 

Ghetto's a Good Thing

So, I'm still trying to find my feet in a studio environment (learn by doing, fool!) and I hooked up with many time collaborator GhettoGeisha to have a wee play around one night in the week.  I'm not breaking any boundaries yet, but I'm happy with the general direction and getting to play with all new, shiny toys...  Awesome!!!!!

Capturing Beauty

This is Amy, she works at the same place as I do and she is one of the most naturally striking girls I have seen...  So I asked her to model.  Awesomely, she said yes and that she wanted to do a studio shoot (which you'll notice, I don't really do) so I figured that it was about high time I grew the cajones to start and booked us up a couple of hours at Nevermine's studio.  After a bit of guess work, a lot of fun and probably the least amount of editing I've ever had to do, these are some of the shots I ended up with and I love them...

I Love My New Camera...

I'd been to this location once before, but the weather was awful, the foliage was aggressive and the motivation was pants!  This time round, everything was perfect...  Except the foliage which was still unbelievably aggressive.  Armed with my gear, our best walking boots (the obligatory pair of vans for me and some high, not very practical, sandals for model Caroline) and a nice flowing dress, this is what we got.

A Girl For All Seasons

Another shoot with Viktoria, great model and classy lady, ill and freezing but still prancing round, dressed as if it were summer time.  If you're a photographer, you should definitely shoot with this girl, if you aren't, well I guess you should check out her link anyway and just enjoy her pictures
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Rundown DJ

 This is Ross, local DJ and all round good guy, we hit up a pub I know (or it was about 20 years ago) and went inside for a bit of urban exploring...  After traversing the sunken (in places) floor and other kinds of death traps we found a few places to capture a few shots...  This is a sample.

 P.S.  The ones in the toilet (where he's sat on the floor and I almost sliced my finger clean off -ahem-) were lit entirely with an HTC Desire HD and as far as the results go, couldn't be happier.

I'm going slightly Mad-eleine

Had a shoot with Madeleine recently, in the murky clouded afternoon and I'm here to share some results,

Viktoria

Viktoria and I had been talking about shooting for ages, personally I think she was waiting until I got better (don't blame her, just amazed that I actually did!).  We hijacked my workplace and ran through some locations/hair colours/outfits and came out with some of my favourite images so far...  Which ain't no bad thing y'all!

New, Natural and totally Cool

During the last of the Summer Sun, I had a shoot with the awesome Zoe... One cool, cool lady and one of the shoots that made me look back and see a real step in the right direction in terms to lighting and technique.