Colour Archives - Richard Spurdens Photography

Ashleigh Ray Warehouse fashion

I was visiting Brimingham and managed to arrange a studio session with model Ashleigh Ray at the Lampworks Studios. I have worked with Ashleigh Ray before when I was last in that area. So it was good to get to work with her again as she is an expressive model. The location was interesting as it was an old warehouse in the center of the jewelley quarter in Birmingham. Lots of grime and bare brick walls to work against. As we had choosen to do a fashion style shoot I decided to use hard light. As I wanted hard edge shadows against the bricks and grime of the location.

fashion photography fashion photographer - model ahsleigh ray lounging on a chair wearing a bright yellow mac and black skirt and top

fashion photography fashion photographer - model seated on a directors chais stretching her long legs to show off the high heeled shoes — 1/125 sec @ f-5.6 / ISO 125

fashion photography fashion photographer - model standing and reaching up with her arms either side of a alcove in the wall

fashion photography fashion photographer - model leaning against a large ladder stretching up with her hand to the top

fashion photography fashion photographer - model poseing on the edge of a settee wearing blue demin jeans and demin top stretch her leg out.

fashion photography fashion photographer - model sitting on the edge of a settee wearing blue demin jeans and demin top stretch her legs toward to lhs of the image

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fashion photography fashion photographer - model ahsleigh ray natural light shot of model leaning against a wall look towards the camera — Lens: GF110mm F2 R LM WR 1/200 sec @ f-2.8 / ISO 100

You can see more of fashion style image in this portfolio

Model: is a Telford based model her info is at this location.

Camera Model: Fujifilm GFX50S II
Camera Lens: GF110mmF2 R LM WR, GF32-64mmF4 R LM WR
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f-8
ISO: 100

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FIAP colour biennial 2017

on pointe expression — Canon EOS 5D Mark II : EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM 1/125 @ F / 9.0

FIAP colour biennial 2017

Every year FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art) hold international competitions called FIAP Biennials. These are hosted by different Federations around the world, under conditions laid out by FIAP. This year the competition was hosted by Norway and was a colour Biennial.

This is the first year that FIAP have merged the colour Print and Projected Image Biennials together.

In 2018 there will be the Black and White and Nature Biennials.

Within each medium, each country chooses its own theme for its entry, and puts together a panel of images or prints on that theme aiming to get the entries as coherent as possible.

During the competition the panel of entries is given both individual scores for each work, and also a mark for how coherent the panel is.

Obviously then the country with the highest combined score is the winner.

This year the Great Britain theme was “Dance and Movement” and the PAGB selectors selected 10 images to make that theme, including an image from myself.

Other authors representing GB were Dinah Jayes, Roger Parry, Derwood Pamphilon, Steve Marriot, Pauline Pentony, Joan Blease, Tim Pile, Greg Duncan, and Valerie Duncan.

In the competition the entry received a coherence score of 45 and an individual print score of 119, total score of 164.

There were 19 countries entered into the Colour Biennial (Print) and this score placed us 5^th overall and we also received an honourable mention. We were one point off the FIAP Biennial bronze which went to Norway. Other notable awards were to Dinah Jayes who was awarded the FIAP Biennial individual gold medal for her image.

The overall winners of the World Cup were Italy.

Gold went to Luxembourg and Spain picking up the Silver, Norway the bronze medals

In the Projected Image Biennial, GB came second which was also a great result.

It was great to receive the printed catalogue showing all the print entries and I was especially impressed with the coherence of Luxembourg images, which was on a theme of ‘Black and Red’ .