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The Professional Curse

So the past two months has been all about building and finishing my new studios. While this has been going on I've had to pull back on earning money and shooting (which do mostly go hand in hand).

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JammyLou (video)

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

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Model of the Day: 11/10/2025 - Sammie Holiday

Our daily model photograph with Sammie Holiday

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Nude in chocolate

This is warmed chocolate sauce, a wonderfully graphic prop for photography. Lighting Diagram The cove is lit to balance the front main light to right hand side.

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AOP part 12: Dutch Angle

I'm a big fan of the "Dutch" angle - the tilted frame. At one time I would use an automated script to allow me to select images as shot and with a 20 degree tilt forward and backward.

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Model of the Day: 10/10/2025 - Rosa Brighid

Our daily model photograph with Rosa Brighid

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PhotoShoot: Roxanne

A bit late getting these posted. This was my first shoot with Roxanne. She wanted to work with me on producing images that weren't in her normal style.

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40000 Exposure (video)

A short YouTube photography tip

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AOP part 11: Colour Gels Post Processing

This is a closer image of Maja. I wanted to explore that high contrast look of the previous image. Here I used two layers, with the top layer blend mode set to "soft light".

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Critique for Guy

Guy recently came in for a one day 1-on-1 tuition session working with Julie Waterhouse who is an excellent dancer.