August 10th, 2009

When I got the commission to shoot a collection of hand creafted woollen lingerie I didn’t really know what to expect, but as soon a I saw the outfits and discussed the shoot with designer Clare Flaherty I knew we were in for a treat!  So here’s a sneaky peek from the shoot.

Below is a handful of behind the scenes pics

Designer: Clare Flaherty

Model: Alex Marieka Hanly

Hair & Makeup: Julie Anne Stevens

Lighting: 3x Bowens heads: Key with soft box, fill with beauty dish (Bowens bowens sunlite 75), high rear kicker with grid.   Silver Reflector.

January 5th, 2009

Zombies in the woods are always a pleasure to shoot. Combine that with an excellent makeup team and a model who’s willing to be covered in syrup based blood while exposing himself to some pretty ugly British weather and you’ve got yourself the potential for some amazing imagery.

For this location shoot, I’d decided to travel light and use my wireless-triggered, off camera flash setup with a mixture of basic modifiers (bare bulbs, silver brollies and small diffuser). The second half of the shoot was shot with just the remaining available light.

Thanks to Phil Prior we shot some behind the scenes footage that I’ve hastily edited. Below is the video shot on the day.

October 22nd, 2008

I’ve been working on a big project with body painter Neil Hughes over the last few months and one weekend  it side-lined into this shoot with olympic runner Richard Whitehead (www.marathonchamp.com).  Generally any shoot with Neil is guaranteed to get my attention but this one absorbed me completely…