The Craziness Continues

I just seem to be in this mood for shooting series of images that portray some sort of crazy mood. I guess it's not good for all models, but I have been lucky to work with a few that definitely went with the flow - all too easily in some cases :)! It's one thing getting some crazy, fun images, but add a bit of spice or naughtiness and you get an edge to them.

Here are some examples. I thought I would continue to create sets of three images as they are easy to do and provide a means to tell a story sometimes, or at the very least look graphically pleasing.

I always fancy being a successful serious photographer, but I have to admit I seem to be getting some sort of reputation for being a nutcase. I am not sure if that's a good thing or not, but the models I work with always have a laugh and seem to like the images we create, so for the time being at least I'll just run with it.

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with Tegan, an awesome model from Shrewsbury. She had worked in my studio with other photographers several times before, mainly doing very serious artistic nude, but I finally got my chance and decided she was perfect for some craziness. She didn't let me down and so easily got into the mood. Here's some of the results and I particularly love the last image, which I call Geckos, where she was behind a back-lit screen.

Productive August and September

August and September have been good months for the fact I have had 3 exceptional shoots out of many very good ones. Two of them because I had the opportunity to work with a couple of the best models on the planet and the third because it took only 3 hours from finding a new model to producing some great images - damn good going if you ask me.


Holly, who is better known as Ivory Flame, is a truly exceptional model. She is well known for her Pre-Raphaelite looks and beautiful curly red hair. It's the second time I have worked with Holly, but this time we created some images that are a little bit different from her norm.

Another exceptional model is Ulorin Vex. I met Ulorin for the first time a couple of years ago at a lighting training course, where I only took about 6 photos of her. However, I made up for that in my own studio when I managed to get lots of top quality images.

Now, the other day I received a friend request on Model Mayhem from a new local model, Emma Dixon. I had just received a shoot cancelation and was at a loose end, so I took a chance and asked Emma if she was available that day. She said she was, so I contacted Jenny Gooding my make-up artist and within 3 hours I was clicking away. Emma was superb for a newcomer as you can see from these photos.

So now it's time to plod on and get some more images sorted and edited if needs be. Probably take a glass of wine too.