Posts Tagged ‘strobist’

Office Wars

Back in October a photographer friend of mine said that we could use the office he works in for a photoshoot on the weekend.   Well I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to do a shoot in modern offices in the Mailbox in Birmingham.  The idea of doing an Office Wars theme came to mind and [...]

Gold Beauty Shoot

I have been wanting to do a gold themed beauty shoot now for well over 6 months.   I bought the gold liquid makeup, diamontes and organza material off ebay ages ago and had just been waiting for the right model to do the shoot with.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the idea of a [...]

Ivy Fashion Shoot

This was my first shoot with Rebecca Fisher (MM#1163415) and I have to say that it was a pleasure working with her.  She’s very talented and can come up with an endless stream of poses without needing to be prompted which makes a big difference to the end result.   I would heartily recommend working with [...]

Beauty Retouch Using Dodge And Burn

Here’s a before, during and after shot of a new beauty editing technique I use.  Dodging and Burning mostly with an additional skin tone adjustment layer.  The original image was taken over a year ago using a homemade ring flash and a Canon 430ex flash.
The first step was to correct the exposure and apply an [...]

Still no planes!!!!

Later on in the day at RAF Cosford air meseum I returned to the Cold War building, this time with Stacey.   Again I walked past all of the lovely old aircraft, as well as the tanks and straight to the back wall.  What can I say, I love interesting walls or windows, much more that [...]

What no planes?!

At a photoshoot in RAF Cosford aircraft museum you’d think there would be lots of pictures of old aircraft…well you’d be wrong.  Instead, I found the most amazing window in the new Cold War exhibit and couldn’t resist getting Ruth to pose in front of it.   Add in a funky metal bench and you get [...]

Welcome to my new website

After several years posting my pictures to flickr, I decided it was time to get myself a website to showcase my work.  Check out Arcadia Portfolios, their websites are really easy to setup and maintain. 
I have initially posted a mix of the best commercial and portrait shots that I’ve taken over the last [...]