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Experimental Shoots: Motion Blur with Raphaella

Raphaella is very well known as a dance model, her moves are amazing. She is also a complete whirlwind - I'm a fast shooter and I struggled to keep up with her.

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JammyLou Nude Photoshoot

When I shot with Lou we were shooting a mix of fashion and nude work. This section concentrates on the nude images.

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PhotoShoot: Niki-Marie - Melons!!

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 Parts and Aliens

Working with Julie Waterhouse a brilliant dancer and someone has a very strong awareness of her body we were able to explore the nature and structure of a body.

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Experimental Photoshoots: LensBaby and Niki-Marie

I don't quite know how to explain a LensBaby, you probably just want to noodle over to their website.

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Leah Axel Photo Shoot: Hollywood, American Beauty and Cinderalla

I always have fun working with Leah 'cos she's so bubbly and full of vitality. As soon as I saw this dress I thought of Hollywood and setup this "film studio" kind of setup.

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Experimental Shoots: Graffiti Body Paint Part II

I talked and showed in an earlier post results from a body painting day with Lou Holmes model and Sam Day body painter and MUA.

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Trashing the Dress - A "Dry" run

I had a trash the dress shoot coming up for a client - she wanted to be Ophelia, so I thought I really ought to have a practice session to make sure I knew what was going to work well and what I needed to take on board.

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How to pronounce "Bokeh" and what to do with it

What is bokeh? Firstly, it rhymes with Okay. Secondly it refers to the quality of the out of focus bits of a photo.

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Underwater photo shoot with Leah. 7 images and how to make an underwater set.

These were shot in the studio this week, with the brave and fearless Leah Axl (the water was VERY cold!