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Yoo Yoo Moods

During a visit to my area by the London based model Yoo Yoo. I arranged to work with the Yohoi in my local studio in Cleckheaton. We created a range of fashion and portrait images using a mixture of studio flash and natural light. I also used some mirrors to create some interesting wall patterns with an arri constant light. (Image III). You can see more of my fashion work in this portfolio.

fashion photography fashion photographer - featuring model yoo-yoo

1/125 sec @ f-4 / ISO 50

portrait photography portrait photographer - subject looking back over her shoulder holding a japanese fan model yoo yoo

1/125 sec @ f-2 / ISO 100

fashion photography fashion photographer - model posing against a white wall wearing a patterned kimono featuring model yoo-yoo

1/60 sec @ f-4.5 / ISO 800

Camera Model: Fujifilm GFX50S II
Camera Lens: GF110mmF2 R LM WR
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec @ f-2.8
Aperture: f-2.8
ISO: 100

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Carla – Bandana

I was working with Carla in a local studio and wanted to create some fashion images using a bandana that Carla had brought along with her. The decision on styling was to use the cream blouse with the bandana. I chose to light the set with a single studio flash head fitted with a gridded soft box. I placed this off the wall to the right hand side of the model. Which created a pool of light on the blouse and face with a slight spill onto the wall behind her.

fashion photography fashion photographer - monochrome image of model wearing a white blouse and patterned bandana looking over her shoulder back to the camera — Bandana Series.

fashion photography fashion photographer - monochrome image of model wearing a white blouse and patterned bandana — The light place parallel to the wall allows most of the light to hit the model with very little spill on to the wall.

Model: Carla Monaco
Lighting: Single Studio light fitted with a gridded rectangular strip box
Styling: Carla
Blouse and Bandana: Models own
Camera: Fuji Film GFX 50S
Lens: GF110mmF2 R LM WR
1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 100

I think that the set of images of Carla Bandana worked for me

You can see more of my images of Carla by clicking this link or this link

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Elena Mirror (NSFW)

The choose of the title for this set of images “Elena Mirror” was easy as they were all shot using a large mirror. They feature the Model Elena aka Nausicaa. Who I worked with at the Boardroom studios in Derby.

The lighting chosen for these images was a single studio flash fitted with a soft box to left hand-side of the model. So that there were no light spill from the flash appearing in the mirrors

Camera : Fujifilm GFX50S II
Lens: Fujifilm GF110mmF2 R LM WR
1/125 sec @ f-2.8 / ISO 100.

fashion photography fashion photographer - mirror reflections of model — The studio had a full length mirror which I wanted to use for a set of edgy fashion images.

fashion photography fashion photographer - full length reflections of model — Using the mirror reflection as the focus point gave some good options for different looks to the image

fashion photography fashion photographer - back reflections of model — Depending on the lens f stop selected the figure is soft in the foreground and sharp in the reflection

fashion photography fashion photographer - nsfw mirror reflections of model — a shadow figure to left hand side but the eye goes to the reflection.

Elena was good to work with and this set entitled Elena Mirror gave some cool images

You can see another set from the same session with Elena here.

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Hamish WJ Scott – Birmingham walk about

portrait photographer - portrait photography natural light shot of dancer in a suit and peaky blinder hat.

dancer photography - dance photographer - dance leap up to one side using a rail to balance from

Model and Professional Dancer: Hamish WJ Scott
Lighting: Natural and Neo II LED light
Camera: FujiFilm GFX 50s II
Lenses: GF45mmF2.8 R WR, GF63mmF2.8 R WR, and GF110mmF2 R LM WR
Aperture: f-2.0 – f 7.2
Shutter speed: various from 1/60 -1/125 sec
ISO: 100 – 200
Outfits: Models own.

A few images from a walk-about shoot in Birmingham city center. Featuring Hamish WJ Scott a professional dancer and model from Birmingham. I have worked with Hamish a number of times in the past and you can see some of my dance images featuring him in my Dance Portfolio.

The styling theme for the shoot was a Peaky Blinder look which suited the locations we were shooting in very well. However with the temperatures in the high twenties that day. The choice of wearing a heavy jacket, cap and a tweed suite was not the easiest of tasks for the Hamish.

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Nausicaa – fishnets and leather

A chance came up to work with Nausicaa at the Boardroom studio in Derby. A cool studio location to work in.

Elena aka Nausicaa is based in Central London so when I spotted that she was going to be in Derby, I arranged to work with her. We had a productive shoot and below are a set of images from the first setup.

The lighting set up I chose was a single constant light which I reflected back towards the model with three mirrors. Which gave interesting light pattern shadows behind the model.

As I was shooting in monochrome. The styling of this set Elena chose the fishnets and a black body to go with the leather jacket. Hence the title fishnets and leather.

fashion photography, fashion photographer - Nausicaa wearing a black leather jacket and fishnet stockings

Camera : Fujifilm GFX 50S II
Lens: Fujifilm GF110mmF2 R LM WR
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec,
Aperture: f-2.8 / ISO 400,
Lighting – reflected light

You can see another set of images from this shoot at this link.

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20 in 2020

2020 a challenging year

Well, what a different and challenging year 2020 has been.

None of us have been unaffected in some way by this global pandemic. Little did we know what was coming in the early part of the year. Shoots and travel were booked and then slowly they were all cancelled as the lockdown came into being across the world.

For all creatives this has been an incredibly challenging time.

Fortunately some enterprising people saw an opportunity to use technology and the web to enable remote shooting and thus image making could take place. With me at home and the models in another part of the world, this was a way to keep producing images during the periods of lockdown.

This certainly enabled me to work with creatives in other countries which would not have been possible in normal times. A few of the images selected here were shot remotely with models/dancers as far away as Denmark. When the restrictions eased mid year, some social distance studio work did take place.

I think I have learnt a little bit about myself during this time. I am more interested in the engagement with people and creatives, then the popularity of my photographs. If people like my work then that is fine, but I am not interested in creating images to be popular.

That would compromise my creativity and my style of image making. I have certainly found a calmness in creating images that I like and not being driven to follow the trend to be popular.

As is often said “Art mirrors life” and aesthetic output reflects on us as people. The twenty images I have selected here are ones where I felt strong connections with the creatives I was working with and reflect my style and values.

Thanks to all the creatives I managed to work with this year and lets hope that 2021 brings a return to a more normal artistic environment.

fashion photography - fashion photographer -model in her leather jacket leaning against the wall looking at the viewer

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model in her leather jacket looking directly into the camera

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model seated on a chair wearing a black body and black unlaced walking boots

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model laying back on a chair wearing a black body and black unlaced walking boots

Dance Photographer - Dance photography -dancers poppyseed and jasmin who is holding a handstand with her legs at ninety degress and the second is holding her in balance

Dance Photographer - Dance photography - dancers poppyseed and jasmin one laying on her back holding the other on her feet above her

Dance Photographer - Dance Photography - monochrome image of dancer Elesha in mid air with front leg bent at ninty degrees and the back leg pointing down her left arm is pointing straight to the right of the image

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

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer -model wearing torn jeans doing a leg kick towards the camera

Dance Photographer - Dance Photography - dancer her front leg bent and held on poinet

Dance Photographer - Dance Photography - dancer on a single pointe and has her backleg up and angled

Aerial Arts photographer - Aerial hoop photographer - Aerial Arts photography - Aerial hoop photography - aerialist sitting inside her aerial hoop holding position with feet and back

Aerial Arts photographer - Aerial hoop photographer - Aerial Arts photography - Aerial hoop photography - aerialist hanging from her hoop with her kness as the anchore

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model seated side on looking to her left into the light with her jumper off her shoulder.

Portait Photography - Portrait Photographer - head and shoulders shot with model wear a spiky necklesss

Portait Photography - Portrait Photographer - head shot from the remote shoot with Zoi

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model wearing a black leather skirt with attitude

Dance Photographer - Dance photography - dancer making shapes against the wall lit from the side

Models/ Dancers: Carla Monaco, Riona Neve, Poppyseed Dancer & Jasmin, Elesha Eden, Natalia, BOou, Ariel Taylor, Amie Boulton, Zoi, Erica Mulkern.

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Erica – Black Tutu shapes

Dance Photography – a set of dance themed images featuring the Dancer Erica Mulkern. I have worked with Erica a number of times. We have always managed to create strong dance 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

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer Erica Mulkern wearing a black tutu as she makes some kneeling floor shapes

dance photographer - dance photography - dancer Erica Mulkern on pointe with her black tutu background is a steel shutter door — An outdoor natural light shot

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

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

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Paisley pattern tights leg shapes (NSFW)

I have worked with Ivory Flame (Holly) a number of times in the past. She is a great creative model to work with. This set of images below were all shot at my studio, during a session with Holly. For the shoot I had purchased a pair of Paisley pattern tights. Which gave a nice texture to the legs. With Holly posing on the edge of a settee to give a base shape for Holly to work against. Which show off the Paisley pattern tights and her figure shape nicely. To light this set up I used a two lights. One a studio flash fitted with and striped soft box this was fitted grid to control the light direction. I also added an Arri constant light across the background. Which was focused to give a strip of light coming down across the background.

Fine Art Nude Photography - Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - Ivory flame wearing paisley patterned tights and making strong female form shapes against the edge of a settee — Fuji XT-2 – Lens: XF50-140mmF2.8 R

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 — Fuji XT-2 – Lens: Fuji XF50-140mmF2.8 R

Model: Ivory Flame.
Location: My Studio
Lighting: Mixed constant and a gridded 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

Fashion, Photography

Natalia – Torn jeans

A session I called Torn jeans. These images are from a studio session with model Natalia. These are from the first set we shot with Natalia wearing her torn jeans and a white tee shirt. Love the energy and expression that she produced while we worked this setup.

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model wearing torn jeans seated on a stool with a strong look towards the viewer — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - monochrome image of natalia seated on a stool reach and pointing her right arm out and up to the ceiling with her hair flowing out backwards — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model in white tee shirt and jeans standing and holding her arms above her shoulders — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model wearing white t-shirt and jeans standing with one knew bent and arms slightly out to her sides — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model standing and pointing up into the air with her left arm — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model doing a leg kick towards the camera — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model caught in mid air pointing out to the side of the her body — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

fashion photography - fashion photographer - model wearing torn jeans jump off the floor with hair flowing up into the air — Fuji GFX 50S Lens: GF32-64mmF4 R

Model: Natalia
Lighting: Single studio light fitted with a large Octa box
Camera: Fuji Film GFX 50s
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.

You can see more of my dance images here

Fashion, Photography

Carla in a Leather Jacket mood

Model Carla was in the area which gave me a chance to work with her again. I arranged a studio session at my local studio Silkwood. For this set of images the lighting is provided by 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 to provide some nice fill

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer - model in her leather jacket leaning away from the wall with her eyes closed — 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 of 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 wearing her leather jacket — Facing away from the light also works as the wall bounces 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

Fashion Photography - Fashion Photographer -model leaning against the wall in her leather jacket — Shifting the camera angle gives a different look to the image but the lighting has not changed.

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

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, Bandana.

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