Michelle Clark Graham Five Years of Collaboration

Another post about a regular collaborator after my previous post about my work with Olga Barrassi, it occurred I have never written or posted about my collaborative shoots with Michelle Clark Graham MUA. we have worked together over five years usually a couple of times a year, having lost all my edited images from previous shoots due a external disk dying on me going through images from previous shoots had proven time consuming and also allows me the opportunity to re-evaluate and have a new attempt at processing images with improved skills.

The first time we worked together was 2014 with a model called Oanna who was from Romania, working and living in Birmingham.

Later in 2014 we shot around The Custard Factory on a Bank Holiday weekend, the theme being a vintage with models Sarah Jayne Parker and pin up specialist Violet Ecstasy.

Again from 2014 a shoot based on a idea of the make up look from the film Maleficent and a image of the poet Edith Sitwell by the photographer Horst as inspiration, with our subject for the day Sherelle

Our only shoot of 2015 was a messy and fun one involving powdered paint, which is not the best idea when you suffer with lung and breathing problems, the models involved were Zoe Page and Rubie Marie.

Onto 2017 we where got to work with identical twins Irina and Violeta after initially contacting them the previous year while they were studying at The Birmingham School of Jewellery, the twins got in contact with us still wanting to shoot and were happy to travel up from Watford to do so.

Comments

Nicole At The Hacienda

I have fancied shooting at The Hacienda for some time and I am glad I finally got to do so. Sean the owner is a gracious host and extremely helpful when explaining the ins and outs of shooting there. The studio itself is stunning with so much light you can shoot at mid level iso settings comfortably. Being such an open space you have a lot of flexibility where and what you can shoot and not run out of options. Any money made by the studio is given to homeless charities which is another reason to use it. I have previously worked with Nicole so working with her again was a easy choice. We got through a lot of sets and I have just added one from each set.

Irida At Aatish Studio

I have been using Aatish's studio for just under two years although I knew of its existence for some time, just a matter of having funds stopped me booking it before I eventually did. Especially as it was only three miles from my home, unfortunately it has been sold and I have had my last shoot there. September, Irida was in Birmingham and I managed to book a half day shoot with her at late notice due to me having a few medical problems that will need surgery eventually I could not commit to a date earlier. As she was only available during the afternoon I had to rethink the shoot I planned as I always shoot in natural light as much as possible and make the most of the facilities at studio. Only one image shown here was flash used, in the bathroom at the end of the shoot. .

Snowing; Time To Edit

As everywhere else in the country it is snowing very heavily in Birmingham, apart from not having much milk and no bread there is no reason to leave the house. So its time finish off my edits for the models from last shoots of this year.

A few images that I managed not to screw up completely

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