So finally - the day of the circle thingy shoot. I had chance to have a little play around with the lighting beforehand and decided on doing some shots with lights in front and behind and then some with just behind.

This is how the set looked.



....and here are a couple of the photos from the shoot.







you can see the whole series of photos at my deviantart page : http://fairieswatchoverme.deviantart.com

with thanks to my dad for building the circle thingy and to Anoushka for being a great model.

Look at earlier posts to see the progress shots of the circle thingy being built.

"The cirlcle thing"

Progress on "The Circle Thing"

It's getting exciting!





The first model I shall be using this mega structure with is Anoushka - here's a couple of shots from my latest shoot with her:




All should be happening in about a week's time so watch this space.

Further pictures from the Anoushka series can be found at my deviantart : http://fairieswatchoverme.deviantart.com

Omega

My Dad is a star. I've had a structure in my mind for some time for doing some nude shoots and having talked it through with my dad and discussing various ideas for what I could use - he is now building the structure for me himself.

Here's how it's going:

First stage:



And next:



Really chuffed - it's exactly what I wanted. You'll be seeing it featuring in shoots to come.

Andre Brito

If I'd had a blog in February that's where this post would belong....but seeing as I didn't, this is where it will reside.

I had the pleasure and priviledge of visiting one of my all time favourite photographers in Feb of theis year. Andre Brito creates the most amazing fine art nude photos and his fashion work is mighty too. You can check it out here: http://www.andrebrito.com

Here's some pics of the visit (with my friend noemi modelling for him).





I learned alot from the visit and my friend did amazingly well as the model.

You can see one of the final shots from the shoot on Andre's website - hopefully there will be some more up soon. His deviantart is at http://abrito.deviantart.com

what to write on your first blog.......

.....well I suppose the first post in a blog has to start the story........

so......Once upon a time.....

I have decided to create a blog (for the first time actually) as I have been rather enjoying my photography lately and was inspired by a fellow photographer to start documenting the shoots and my photography experiences from the "back-stage" approach.

I work in education as my "day job", which tends to be quite demanding, and my partner and I have our own photography business too, which is totally demanding. We spend our evenings out and about taking photos in nightclubs and bars and venues in Devon for people to download their memories from our website (http://www.smileonthetiles.com) . It's extremely popular and we have over 100,000 members on our website (and over 600,000 photos from the last 2.5 years). It is, however, extremely hard work and whilst it is highly rewarding personally, it is not so rewarding finacially so we'll see how that pans out over the next few months.

So, in amongst all this I try to fit in my art, my passion, my "real" photography, which I enjoy immensely. I have some time off work for a couple of weeks and I have some shoots booked in so there should be lots to see here soon.

I have a few posts to make to catch-up so those will come next.