A few images that I managed not to screw up completely

Over the years I have worked with many make up artists, some on a regular basis maybe once or twice a year as they are very busy working on paid jobs such as weddings between April and October especially. As I was looking through an index of this years shoots I noticed I have worked with Olga Barassi four times this year and once at the end of last year which was the first time we met. The first shoot with with Shanielle Richardson from West Bromwich via Anguilla was a standard beauty shoot shot in my studio. Our second shoot was a Asian Bridal with Sonia a part time model based in Solihul I used a large softbox as the main light with a smaller beauty dish as fill in and speedlight on the background. For the third and fourth images I had Sonia lying down on red bedspread lit from above with Octabox softbox and reflectors. Shoot number three was meant to concentrate on the eyes and a simple hairstyle with artificial flowers attached to the model Zara, again th...

Nearly four years after for all intents and purposes abandoning this blog I have decided to start blogging again. As I am virtually retired and not getting much paid work I am relying on my works pension and savings costs have to be reduced so my other websites have been shut down or run on the cheapest tariff. Enough of my woes. I was involved in a charity fashion show in aid of Papyrus which deals with teenage suicide organised by Zizi Youngsam. I took the casting images of the applicants and one of the initial shoots which had the theme of 'strength', this involved a studio session with other photographers as the venue was small I also shot outside on what turned out to be a bright though cold October day using just a reflector an open lens and high iso. As per usual working on the streets of Birmingham you get people gawking and slowing down their cars to get a better look and the some of the models were wearing shorts which meant I worked quickly and got the shots I neede...