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Experimental Shoots: Body Paint, Serendipity and Leah

We were actually capturing full length and portrait shots in this wet paint shot, but I was fascinated by the small, abstract interaction and mixing of the paints.

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Ivory Flame and a Flaming Dress

I don't know what material this dress (skirt?) is made of but just look at it !!!! A bit of lighting from the sides to really bring the shape out and Bob's your uncle!

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HelenClaire Photoshoot

Helen wanted some harder, edgier images for her portfolio, so we set out to create a good mix of styles but all with a bit of drama to them.

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Trash the Dress - the "Wet" run

So having described the setting fire to the dress sequence, here's the drowning the dress sequence. This was a trial run before doing a real shoot for a client - and to be honest this was the one I was more concerned about because I know cloth...

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Just add oil - couples shoot

A little baby oil goes a long way - well actually quite a lot of baby oil. The trick is not to rub it in, but splash it over.

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Levitating Girl - Experimental Stop Motion

Experimenting with stop motion and levitating a girl

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Stop Motion with Leah Axl-Experimental

I know, you are all probably getting bored with my stop motion stuff - I've been enjoying the experimentation, but realise I've still got a lot more work to do developing my technique if I'm going to make these look really good.

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Experimental Shoots: Cinematographs

Working with Mary Addison from "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" we've been building some cinematographs.

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Experimental Shoots: Backlighting

This is a simple setup, a rectangular softbox behind the model. I decided to go for a see-through top as I thought that would be more interesting than straight nude.

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Artemis Photoshoot

Some images from a very enjoyable day I spent working with Artemis Fauna. We started out working in front of this gorgeous white window light.

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