Following the easing of restrictions announced on Monday 10th May 2021 I am delighted to be able to confirm that I will be reopening my studio space for portraits, headshots and model / fashion photo sessions from Monday 17th May. I am happy for you to have someone else with you but they will need to be from the same household as yourself. Bookings for events are being taken, no booking fee and an understanding that at present we […]
Dark, moody, evocative and timeless. That is how I see low-key monochrome portrait photography that is taken in an accomplished manner. Ever since I first saw some Fresnel lensed HMI lighting being used for photography I liked what I saw and wanted to create images with these lights. I’m not sure why but I had a bit of a phase of really just wanting to do images with dark and moody lighting. It might have been as an antidote to […]
Some people when buying ‘studio’ photography flash units do not consider safety aspects or the actual quality of light and the general performance of the flash unit. Instead they just worry about the price. For amateur use the consistency of the flash output in both power and colour temperature along with being able to be used hard for several hours at an event are likely to be low on the priority list. For professional use price should become a secondary […]
The Vintage style has definitely become a core style and for this session one of the models had borrowed some dresses from Vintage by Cupcake and accessories by Punk up Betty. As a contrast to my ‘dark and moody’ images I decided to make use of some of the various colour background rolls from Creativity Backgrounds that I have, particularly since the supplier had asked for some images from using them. I was asked by the model I arranged the […]