New Year New shoot

First shot of the New Year for me,in between days of snow with the delightful Claire-Louise.
We hired a country hotel in Sheffield: Whitley Hall for a lingerie themed shoot, working with strobe lights in small spaces is always a challenge but makes the shoot fun! We shot varied ideas from plain lingerie to an idea involving her laid under bed covers,as seen below;which is my favourite image from the model shoot.

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More fashion at Hippodrome

Another trip to Hulme Hippodrome Manchester for a fashion shoot, this time with model India Charlotte.Some portraits shown here,others are available on the website and Flickr page.

New blood

A chance posting on my Facebook fan page led to a shoot with Bryony Jade. Only her second shoot I think but she was up for all my ideas and fun to shoot.
We did various glamour and underwear shots but suprisingly these two shots of a "team GB olympic" theme(union jack) were among best.

Here's one of her glamour shots,hair extensions come in handy!

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A Day at at the Seaside

A model shoot with Grace Harvey recently in Blackpool, around a fairground theme shooting on the North and Central Pier. Pictures below. battling with harsh sunlight and crowds but we got some great shots.

Theatrical model shoot

Having found a really cool old venue in Manchester-The Hipperdrome in Hulme an 1800's built theatre which is in dire need of restoration; the man in charge Tony Wright very kindly allowed me and model Portia to do a shoot there.It's always a challenge when using studio lights on location lack of space, lack of power points but I think I pulled it off on this shoot.The idea was to bring out some of the theatre's wonderful decor,as a backdrop for the model. Particularly the stained glass "Exit" doors(bottom pictures)which were an important feature of the building for this photoshoot.Portia gave some good poses,and I tried some unusual angles to try and get as much of the doors into the photos.
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Boudoir shoot

Hired a Manchester stylish apartment last week for a lingerie boudoir style model shoot,using mainly daylight. With the delightful EloraB from Model Mayhem.

We were hoping to achieve a wistful relaxed editorial style photo shoot in the bedroom shots, whilst still being sexy. The bathroom shot above was playful glamour shot. Hope the apartment cleaners didnt mind all the lipstick on the mirror.
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Beckiimay

For this photo shoot with Model Mayhem model Beckiimay the idea was a clash of ideas.On one hand we had a glamour style shoot(red lipstick,partial nudity)then the religious iconic theme of a crown of thorns,handmade by Liv Free also a model as well as making accesories.

You can see the headpiece here,it was real and sharp! Care was taken not to press it down too far onto Beckii's head! Using the red lipstick I wrote on her arms ,in mock self harm imagery but also it obviously being lipstick lent itself to glamour angle.Other shots on the website eventually-will show the words "repent" and "Sacrifice" on her left arm.

For this shot below, which was inspired partly by fashion photographer Miranda Kerr and partly by scenes in horror film Jacob's Ladder where strange faces blurred as they thrashed around. It took numerous attempts using motion blur flash technique,having Beckii move her head during exposure. A little post processing to give it an ethereal look and maybe it was something near my vision.

More shots will be featured on my Fashion photography website soon(at time of writing this anyway!) anyone wishing to have a portfolio photoshoot get in touch via the site above. Thanks.