Jade and Joe are now on their way to university. They wanted to get some photos before they went to separate universities. First location was Mappleton beach on the East Yorkshire coast. Nice location but very windy, at one point the sea got a little to near. We then moved to a small wood near Burton Constable Hall. A slightly lighter backdrop may have been better to contrast Jades red hair.
Had the opportunity to work with Hayley Young from HaleySFX. She is also on modelmayhem.com/1057620
Hayley had asked me to do a photo shoot in St Stephens shopping centre she was promoting her special effects makeup business. The shoot included before and after shoots of the models and a location shoot that show cased her talents. The shoot was over two days with two different models. Isabella on day 1 and Jess on day 2.
The 1st day we worked with Isabella, Hayley wanted a High fashion and editorial look to the shots. She wanted to get 3 looks in 3 different locations. Some of the fashion shots where to be taken in St Stephens shopping centre. The centre was open to the public which gave the challenge of crowd control during the shoot.
Shot another model from modelmayhem.com(#826241). The very lovely Cherrie. It was nice to work with a model who is versatile and has a creative vision.
1st location was a quite railway station. The aim was to have a vintage theme from the 1950's. All hair, make-up and styling was done by Cherrie. As we got to the location, a shower of rain had just started. This allowed a little more time to explore the vintage theme. Cherrie came up with plenty of creative ideas to try out. The difficulty I found with this location was trying to keep in a vintage theme without including modern signs and lamp posts. Post production of the images is with lightroom and some of the fashion presets. I want to give an old faded photo look to the images.
We moved onto Skidby. The vintage theme was continued here. We broke for coffee at Skidby Millhouse. Cherrie managed to change on the fly in the rest rooms here, with the help of my glamourous assistant/wife. After one wardrobe malfunction, that is a corset been put on upside down. We where ready to shoot again.
The whole day was so much fun. Cherrie was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the vintage style photography. She followed direction very well and was incredibly easy to work with. Looking forward to our next shoot.
Had a fashion shoot with a new model. Had a little spare time so shot three of the Phillip Larkin toads. All 3 are around the Avenues area of hull.
Had a location shoot with Gabriela from modelmayhem.com. Started with the weather been kind, sunny and slightly over cast. This helped with the shoots in the park. It had rained heavily the night before but the ground was surprisingly dry, no paddling through mud in high heels for Gabriela.
We moved to a dead end street that had worn out double yellow lines that I did not notice at the time. The walls in the street are covered in artistic graffiti. I had got most of the shots, when I noticed a traffic warden with note pad. We quickly moved off before we got a ticket.
The last location was an disused bridge that has been left in the up position. Cool, grungey location. Last few shoots where a bust. Wind picked up and Gabriela had problems with her hair. The following are 5 shots from my Flickr album.
Hull is now over run with giant toads. They are to celebrate the life and works of local poet and librarian Philip Larkin. Managed to photograph a few around Hull marina. There are 40 around the city. Will be busy getting the rest.
I had the pleasure of obtaining a press pass to shoot front and back stage of the round the world clipper sailing race which returned to Hull after 10 months and 35000 miles at sea. Congratulations to the Hull and Number for their 4th place and their win on the final leg.
