Cirque de Soleil makeup shoot

I have recently been working with the makeup artist Harley Young. She had asked me to take some photos at a dance studio of two models who she wanted to makeup in a Cirque de Soleil-esq style. She wanted two themes fire and water.

One of the dancers had not shown up so a last minute replacement was found. Thanks to Lizzy was stepping in at last minute. And thanks to Sam for some excellent work on the pole.

The lighting was a simple setup. Silver umbrella camera left with Jessops 360 strobe on 1/8 power. And 430exii set to ettl with sync cord on a white shoot thru umbrella.

Thanks to Hayley and the girls. And thanks to Jill at Dance Dynamic studio for the use of her studio.

Laura and Adam engagement shoot

Had my first shoot with Laura and Adam. They had asked me to take some photos of them on the grounds of a local stately home where they are having their wedding reception next year. Some of the photos are to be used for their invites for the wedding. Adam is the game keeper for the Hall and wanted to feature the statue of a stag.

I had fun doing the shoot. Had a few problems trying to get the composition correct. I had to shoot and picture how it would look on an invite. They are very happy couple and great to work with. Looking forward to their wedding next year.

Lexy and Mike's wedding at Walkington

Shot the wedding of Lexy and Mike a few weeks ago. The wedding service was carried out at Walkington church and reception at The Millhouse at Skidby.

It was quite a challenging day, 5 brides maids and 20 males in Kilts. Fun trying to co-ordinate them all. The weather helped with glorious sunshine.

One of the big surprises of the day was the car to take Lexy to the church, one of Mike brothers had organised a vintage open topped car. I could have spent hours just taking photos of the car.

Blogger Labels: Vintage Car,Wedding,Lexy,Mike,Walkington,church,Skidby,Kilts

Jade and Joe portrait shoot

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.

 

Blogger Labels: Sproatley,Joe,Burton Constable Hall,East Yorkshire,Jade,portrait,location,Mappleton

Hayley Young: Makeup artist

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.

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