Critique for David

David was an attendee at our recent two day workshop on fashion, nudes and portraits that we ran in conjunction with the Royal Photographic Society.

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I Wanna Be A Model - Work in progress: Stop Motion

Experimenting with stop motion and clothing changes for a model

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Feva, Dani and Me

This has always been one of my favourite images. I have it in the studio on a mega-large canvas print.

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Changing sets - new inspiration

Just done the first couple of shots on new sets in the studio. It's interesting how inspiring that is, feel instantly much more creative as a result of a bit of pane and some add-ons.

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Leah Axl - Mixed Light Sources (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

Photoshoot: Faith Obae

So this is a bathroom, with a sloping roof at 45 degrees. The ceiling is mirrored - so that is how we end up with this weird angle and reflection.

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Sammie H - Mirror Shot (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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JammyLou - Bright Red (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Sophie - Mirror Fashion (video)

"Images Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Agyness Deyn doing some posing

Some terrific posing work here, I particular like the scene early on where she's pulling the lighting assistants and lighting rig around, looks very strong.

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