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Experimental Shoots: Montage Old Master

These always sound so easy. Fix your camera on the tripod, take a bunch of shots with the model moving into different positions.

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Iona Fashion Shoot

Iona is a fashion designer who has a very interesting take on clothes.

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Fashion Shoot with Nikki

Shooting mostly Rock Couture and River Island clothes with Nikki, alias Miss Pixie here at Film Photo Studios Cheltenham Sahar dungaree dress from River Island Necklace Claire's Accessories Nautical top from River Island Military Top from New...

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PhotoShoot: Niki-Marie - Homage to Bob Carlos Clarke

Warning: The images from this photo shoot are much stronger sexually than my usual material. I shall be posting images from this shoot over several different posts.

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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