Before & After: Retouching the girl floating into the light
A few weeks back I enjoyed a fantastic shoot with my fellow photographers in a group fashion shoot at the Manchester Victoria Baths. I had a fantastic if chilly time there and I wanted to show you a little before & after, as well as a behind the scenes look of the...
Leeds Portrait: Kisses & Giggles
I recently did a models & togs group shoot in Leeds where we get to generate new portfolio material to show off our photography skills and show our future clients some new photographs that they can imagine themselves in. Well I got to go play and captured my...
Leeds Portrait: Capturing a Nightime Glow
Just a few nights ago I went out in Leeds for a photography play date with a few photographers to push myself into night time flash photography. I'm used to doing indoor flash photography but I wanted to push my boundaries and take it outdoors to balance with ambient...
London Wedding: Alix and Zach
This was a seriously kick ass cool couple and bunch of friends! I second shot and assisted Lisa Devlin this year .. one 'tick' in my goals achieved. Alix & Zach are truly a perfect match in my eyes. She's goth and rocks an alternate vegan lifestyle with her own...
London Treasure the Dress: Yolandi & Daniel
I offered my client Yolandi & Daniel a free treasure the dress shoot because they replied to a blog post advertising a free shoot for my readers. Yolandi got in touch just a couple of days after I posted it and the rest is history. I posted a sneak peak on the day...
London Civil Ceremony: Sarah & Shirley
I'm very lucky in that I got to second shoot Sarah & Shirley's civil ceremony in London this summer. I assisted Kim Hawkins after having my name recommended to her via a Jasmine Star workshop buddy.. I'm very grateful for my network connections. Their wedding is...
Manchester Victoria Bath’s Fashion Shoot
This past weekend I attended a FANTASTIC fashion shoot organised by a friend, Jo Rutherford. A group of photographers got together with some models, make up artists who created their magic and designers who dressed the models. We got to shoot them .. in any creative...
Before & After: Retouching for a levitating fashion devil girl
Retouching is a skill that I love when it comes to introducing fantasy or surreal elements into a work. Levitation work is all about camera trickery and photoshop work. Here is a behind the scenes look of the photograph before and after a full production edit. This...






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