Whilst trying to organise my Flickr account into some form of order, I noted that the beter portraits were ones where a MUA was involved. Sharon Cannon was the first I worked with and her skill was evident straight away as one of the models suffered from acne scarring and covered it up so well that little post shoot work was needed. The picture below was with Sharon, the model is Saima Awan, other images can found here MUA Set
Nicola & Jen , a set on Flickr. I contacted mua Nicola Tseng through Model Mayhem as she was local and looking to collaborate with local photographers after a few emails we decided on on a urban theme shooting in black and white. Nicola had been in contact with a new model who was keen to add to her portfolio, it was just a matter of finding a location that had not been overused as is the case in Birmingham once somewhere new is found the foot fall from photographers is great. So I went looking around the Digbeth/Highgate area and found boarded up parking lot with a few boards missing granting easy access, it was also close to the White Room Studio whose owner Dan Stone allowed us to use the dressing room to prep. Two days before the shoot our 'model' disappeared, fortunately I was able to draft in Jen who models under the name of Envii Mi at short notice. The shoot itself went well shot entirely in natural light and using reflectors and a diffuser.
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