I had a studio shoot with Carla Monaco at the beginning of December and have been slowly working through the images since. I shot against black / white / grey walls with the intention of compositing the images into a different scene. I have used a range of textures, overlays and scenes to create these…
Having had a studio shoot recently I wanted to try to create something that was a little different to my usual ‘style. I had set up a few really simple shots with a view to working them a little in Photoshop as part of the post-processing stage. Below are a ‘Before’ and ‘After’ shot of…
I have wanted to photograph Amber for many years now, but with her being based in the south of England there haven’t been many opportunities. This series of shots was taken at Pure Studios in Preston, based in a typical old Lancashire cotton mill with many quirky little corners that need to be used. As…
I was asked if I would take some shots of a friend’s three children and thought I would give it a go, what do they say – “Don’t work with children and animals!”. There were no issues with this shoot as all the children seemed to have enough fun the keep them interested, I took…
I had a studio shoot in February with Natasha James which had been in planning for a while but in my mind for a lot longer. I had drawn up some mood boards with ideas based on two main themes, one being ‘African Queen’ the other being based on a ‘metallic’ theme. The mood board…
After a presentation at my local camera club I began thinking about my own approach to portraiture and how it has changed or even developed over the past few years. I began by attending organised shoots at various studios but soon realised that my input was minimal and that I was basically getting OK shots…
I recently had a couple of rather mad hours with Scarlett Fox at Millwood Studios. It started off sensibly enough but soon became ‘one of those days’ where images that I hadn’t even thought of at the time were created. There were a few interesting props lying around in the studio and along with some…
