Instant fashion

As an instant film lover it was a very easy yes when Lomography asked if I'd like to try out one of their Lomo'instant Wide Cameras. I've previously been shooting with a Polaroid 600 and the Impossible project film (you can see my shots here) so it was great to see how the Lomo’instant Wide performed, I loved how easy it was to use and how colours came out in the Instax film. I still need a bit of practice in getting the focus distant right, but I'm looking forward to experimenting more and trying out more multiple exposures and the flash gels. Sounds like a plan for 2017 right?!

I'd like to say a big thank you to Lomography, my lovely model Jayela Rowley  (who braved the super cold and rain) and Bethany Wine at Sue Ryder vintage for styling some awesome outfits! A selection of images from the shoot can be viewing below, but for more check out the Lomography blog.

A walk in the park with the Nikon D500

If you follow me on social media you'll be more than aware that I've recently been testing out the Nikon D500 for Photography News and Professional Photo magazine, (and I love the camera!) You can read my review in Photography News here.

In early May I headed to Burghley House with Becca to take some tests shots. When we arrived a lot of the gardens were fenced off as they were preparing for a craft event, so I didn't get to shoot at the specific spot that I had in mind, but this lovely pathway did the job.

These shots were all taken in natural light with the D500 and 16-80mm kit lens. As it was a lovely sunny day I decided to test out a glass prism for a few shots. I brought the little prism well over a year ago, so it was nice to finally give it a go. It's a bit of a trial and error job, but I'm so pleased with the results and the 16-80mm lens is so sharp! Get me a D500 kit please!

If you're a model, blogger or clothing company and need photos get in touch via my website.

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Eden Anastacia

I love shooting on location so when Eden Anastacia asked me to shoot her first look book for her recently launched blog I was excited to see what she had planned. Eden had put together a selection of outfits based on a festival theme and incorporating her own style. I LOVE what she came up with up!

If you're a model, blogger or clothing company and need photos get in touch via my website.

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Professional Photo magazine

You might remember my blog from February about shooting a trend show at London Fashion Weekend with Canon. If not you can read it here.

I'm super excited to say that the new issue of Professional Photo is on sale now, and if you go buy a copy and turn to page 10 you can read my full experience of the event AND see my photos in print! I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've had my fashion photos printed in a major magazine, so it's a big deal for me!

Urbanition - Menswear

 A few weeks ago I took some catalogue shots for the launch of Urbanition. Their website is now live and you can check out their menswear collection, and my photos!

www.urbanition.com

Here's some behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot https://www.instagram.com/p/-WpYZUOxdQ/

Keepsnap Interview

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by the lovely guys at KeepSnap. As I'm sure you're well aware I'm not shooting as much as I used to, and being asked to talk about my work and what I've achieved reminded me of what I have done and shooting a little is much better than shooting nothing at all!

You can read the interview by clicking here.

Frock On Vintage - On location

A few weeks ago I headed back home to Birmingham for a few days to see the family, and of course I couldn't help squeezing in a photoshoot! Literally as soon as I got into the car to head over to Digbeth it started to rain, and it pretty much rained for the whole of the shoot. I didn't want to risk getting any of my lights out so only used natural light - something I don't often do.

Pam of Frock On Vintage had some quite specific ideas of what she wanted so these shots are slightly different to what I normally shoot. If you like any of the pieces check out Frock On Vintage here.

Thanks to our lovely model Sabrina Checker!

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The Exotic Animal Encounter

Back in October last year I got to shoot with some very special models, Binky the owl, Jax the fox and Holly and Zack the racoons.

This shoot was a collaboration with stylist Fay Bruno, we'd been trying to arrange a shoot since I'd first moved to Peterborough and after models cancelling and all sorts of other things getting in our way, we finally got round to planning something big!

I'd previously come across a selection of photographs featuring animals and particularly love the work of Katerina Plotnikova. Her images have a real enchanted and surreal feeling to them. So when the opportunity came about to work with The Exotic Animal Encounter I said yes straight away!

For our shoot we shot at Holme Fen Nature Reserve in Peterborough (one of the very few photo locations here, although I'm yet to explore further) as I wanted the photos to be set in a realistic environment for the animals. Fay styled the shoot amazingly, selecting vintage clothing that worked really well with both the colours of the animals and the woodland.

For make-up I wanted it to be kept fairly natural to reflect the natural environment that we would be shooting in and Eloise Wilson did the perfect job on our model Misha G. Misha was a pleasure to work with and had the exact look that we were aiming for, she worked really well with the animals, managing to concentrate on her own poses, while also ensuring that she interacting with the animals as well.

Kelly and Matt from The Exotic Animal Encounter were so helpful throughout the shoot, doing what they could to help us get the images that we wanted and also educating us about the animals as well. I'd highly recommend getting in touch with them if you're looking to run educational talks, sensory or phobia sessions or even events.

I'm really pleased with the images and hoping to plan another shoot with the animals very soon. A selection of images were featured in the latest issue of Darkus magazine which can be brought here.

Big thanks to Holly Palmer-Davison for her retouching skills on the fox on this last image.

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