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Erica – Black Tutu shapes

Dance Photographer - Dance photography - dancer Erica Mulkern on pointe with her black tutu background is a steel shutter door

Dance Photographer - Dance photography - dancer Erica Mulkern wearing a black tutu as she stretches forward to a front foot. Shot from above to get the shape

Dance Photographer - Dance photography - dancer erica wearing a white tute and seated on a chair holding her knees and looking towards the camera

Dance Photographer - Dance photography - dancer Erica Mulkern seated on a stool wear a white tute and looking back to wards the light — Richard Spurdens Photography – Dance shoot series

A set of dance photography images featuring the Dancer Erica Mulkern. I have worked with Erica a number of times. Creating some strong dance photography images. As I will be working with her again in the near future. I decided to work up some images from my last shoot with her.

The first four images are a set shot with high key lighting and feature Erica doing ballet style floor shapes with a black tutu. The other three were a selection from the shoot and feature different lighting and a change of outfit.

She is great to work with and can produce ballet as well as contempoary dance shapes and moves. More images featuring Erica, feature in my dance portfolio here.

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December Print of the Month

My pick for the December 2020 Print of the Month is entitled: Aerial hoop shapes hold a glode.Read More

Photography

Paisley pattern tights leg shapes (NSFW)

Fine Art Nude Photography - Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - Fine Art Nude - Ivory flame wearing paisley patterned tights and making strong female form shapes against the edge of a settee — Richard Spurdens Photography – fashion nude series

Model: Ivory Flame.
Location: My Studio
Lighting: Mixed constant and a grided studio flash.
Camera: Fuji XT-2
Lens: XF50-140mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR
Shutter Speed : 1/125sec @ F -5.6
Aperture: F /5.6
ISO – 200

I have worked with Ivory Flame (Holly) a number of times in the past, She is a great artist nude model, as the images show. This set of images were shot at my studio. During a session with Holly, I had purchased a pair of Paisley pattern tights and decided to use the edge of a settee to give a base shape for Holly to work against and show off the Paisley pattern tights and her figure shape. Lighting was a studio flash fitted with and striped softbox fitted grid plus an Arri contast light focused to give a strip of light coming down the background.

Photography, Prints

November Print of the Month

My pick for the November 2020 Print of the Month is entitled: The form of a straight leg raise.

Fashion, Photography

Natalia – Torn jeans

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - monochrome image of natalia wearing torn jeans seated on a stool reach and pointing her right arm out and up to the ceiling with her hair flowing out backwards — Richard Spurdens Photography – Fashion series

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model wearing torn jeans standing and holding her arms above her shoulders — Richard Spurdens Photography Fashion series

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer -model wearing torn jeans standing with one knew bent and arms slightly out to her sides — Richard Spurdens Photography – fashion series

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model wearing torn jeans standing and pointing up into the air with her left arm — Richard Spurdens Photography – Fashion series

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer -model wearing torn jeans doing a leg kick towards the camera — Richard Spurdens Photography Dance series

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model wearing torn jeans caught in mid air pointing out to the side of the her body — Richard Spurdens Photography Dance series

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model wearing torn jeans jump off the floor with hair flowing up into the air — Richard Spurdens Photography Dance series

Model: Natalia
Lighting: Single studio light fitted with a large Octa box
Camera: Fuji Film GFXs
Apeture: F5.6
Focal lenght: 110mm
ISO: 100
Outfits: models own

I have not worked with Natalia before but was really pleased to have had the chance to book and work with her in the studio. These images are from the first set we shot with Natalia wearing her torn jeans and a white teeshirt. Love the energy and expression that she produced while we worked this setup.

Fashion, Photography

Carla in a Leather Jacket mood

Model: Carla Monaco
Lighting: Single Studio light fitted with a large gridded Octa box
Jacket: Models own
Styling Carla
Camera: Fuji Film GFX 50S
Lens: GF110mmF2 R LM WR
1/125 sec @ f-4.5 / ISO 100

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model in her leather jacket leaning away from the wall with her eyes closed — This and all the images below were all lit with a large gridded Octa box to the left hand side of the model. The white wall to the right hand side reflects the light back in to model.

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model in her leather jacket — The close placement fo the light to the model gives a nice soft light and shadows in the images

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model in her leather jacket with a single eye looking into the camera — The close placement of the light to the model gives a nice soft light and shadows in the images and as she chances pose continues to wrap around her.

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer -model in her leather jacket leaning against the wall looking at the viewer — A soft engaging look to the camera gives a good connection to the viewer

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model wearing her leather jacket — Facing away from the light also works as the wall bouces the light back towards the face.

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model leaning against the wall in her leather jacket looking back over her left shoulder towards the camera — Off the shoulder look also holds the viewers attention

I have worked with Carla Monoco a number of times in the past. You can see some more output from these shoots from these links. Walters wardrobe, Leather jacket and Bandana. Above are a few images from a fashion set featuring a leather jacket.

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Em – Silk hanging (NSFW)

Aerial Arts photographer - Aerial Arts photography - Aerial silks photography - aerialist Em using hanging silks to make strong hanging shapes just using arm and feet strenght — Richard Spurdens Photography – Aerial Arts Series

Aerial Arts photographer - Aerial Arts photography - Aerial silks photography - monochrome image of an aerialist Em using hanging silks to make strong hanging shapes just using arm and feet strenght — Richard Spurdens Photography – Aerial Arts Series

Aerial Arts photographer - Aerial silks photographer - Aerial Arts photography - Aerial silks photography - aerialist Em using hanging silks to make strong hanging shapes just using arm and feet strenght — Richard Spurdens Photography – Aerial Arts series

Aerialist: Em Theresa
Lighting: 3 x Studio flash fitted with soft boxes
Location: Natural Light Spaces
Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Lens: 24-70mm.
1/100sec @ f /11.00. ISO100

To collaborate with Aerialists in order to capture their skills is a real challenge. Em Theresa the Aerialist featured in these images makes these poses look effortless and easy, but they are not.

It requires core strenght and concentration to hold these poses while hanging from the suspended silks several metres from the ground.

The biggest challenge for the photographer is to know when to capture the image, to show the artisty and skill that the aerialist is displaying as she holds the pose.

Photography, Prints

October Print of the Month

My pick for the October 2020 Print of the Month is entitled: Four Tulips

Photography, Prints

September Print of the month

My pick for the September 2020 Print of the Month is entitled: Aerial hoop triptych.

Photography

Images from a remote shoot with Poppyseed dancer

Here are a few images from a remote shoot with Poppyseed Dancer. Poppyseed was in Denmark and I was at home in the UK. The set up for the shoot used a similar format to my other recent posts on remote shooting. (Zoi) and (Riona).

The whole shoot done via the internet. For this particulare shoot the camera we used was a Canon 1DX Mk II. Which mounted on a sturdy tripod held it steady. The camera connected to the laptop via a tethering cable. On the laptop was the Canons EOS Utility 3 software. This software gives you a Live view, of the scene the camera was seeing on the screen. Via which you can then choose a point of focus on your subject via your mouse. You also have a large button which when clicked activates the camera and takes the image. The laptop screen connected via Chrome ‘remote desktop’ to my home PC. So I could see the live view and take the images.

With a seperate voice and video connection using Whatsapp. Which allows you to discuss and direct the model during the session.

The setup for this session worked well. The only one issue was that we lost connection on WhatsApp for a very short while.

Poppyseed had hired an appartement of the shoot. Which gave some good location to shoot in and some nice natural window light for some of the shots. We also used a couple of studio lights for a corridor shot.

Having worked with Poppyseed once before when she was visiting the UK. I knew I would get some great dance and yoga shapes. As you can see from the images below.