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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Whooohoo I won a ShutterRock facebook competition which meant I got to go to a Chris Hanley - Cherish the Dress Workshop!! (Plus an extra ! because it was so cool) HUGE THANKS go to Jaz Ampaw Far for dreaming up and launching the ShutterRock movement to improve the...
I really enjoy seeing the potential in the photo realised. The original photo can be a good photo but with editing and additional colour work that photo can become a work of art. I'm not blagging and saying all my photos are works of art but I aspire for them to be....
Lydia is a fantastic gal and my youngest cousin. She's wanted to be in front of my lens for years since seeing some of my early work from the bygone era of being a beginner photographer! Finally her wish to be in front of my lens and my wish to photograph her came...