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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Welcome to 2012

I shot with Emily this time, awesome lady, luckily we were supposed to shoot a more commercial feel anyway and given that even her fake smile was so infectious I don't think I'd have been able to keep a straight enough face to try anything more serious.

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.

Glamour, Studio, bubble... T'was a day of firsts!

So, had my first studio experience recently and got blown away, left my comfort zone, got a little lost and then gave up all hope of redemption...  All in a day's spot of casual fun, woohoo!  None of this would be possible without my guides, the great Nevermine for the studio space and tips galore and Susie for shutting me up and showing me how it's done in the glamour world.