Vintage Fashion 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.

Blogger Labels: Vintage,Fashion,Cherrie,theme,lamp,Skidby,photography

More Larkin Toads.

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.

Blogger Labels: Location,5dMKii,Hull,Phillip Larkin,Toads,Avenues

Gabriela photo shoot

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.

Blogger Labels: Natural Light,Hull,Gabriela,location,park,graffiti

Larkin toads of Hull.

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.

 

Blogger Labels: Larkin,Hull,life,poet,Philip,marina,toads

Clipper Ships return to Hull

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.

Blogger Labels: Clipper,Hull,2010

Shearing Sheep

I had the opportunity to do a location shoot in the North Yorkshire Moors. Not an easy shoot. It was on a working farm, and tried not to get in the way but also need to get the shots. Lighting was difficult due to the fact I could not use a flash. The low light spec of the canon 5d mkii really did help. The rest of the shoots can be seen on Flickr.

Blogger Labels: Sheep,location,North,Yorkshire,fact,canon,Flickr

Model Shoot New Canon 5d mark two

1st shoot with my new Canon 5d Mk II. Second shoot with model Naomi. It was 1st time shooting with her model boyfriend Dan. Very nice couple and fun to work with. Dan has some very good "female" poses!

I had not had much time to get used to the settings on the new camera. Basic menus are similar to the 450d I had been using. The shoot was around Hull Marina in strong sunlight. I only used available light and decided not to use flash. Some shoots did have harsh shadows, which I could have removed with a reflector. The only shoots I found difficult where of a fountain as a back drop. The camera was over exposing. When I shift the axis of the camera, so it was not in line with the sun, the exposures where better.

 

Blogger Labels: Model,Shoot,Canon,Hull,Marina