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Model of the Day: 07/01/2026 - Laura Summers
Our daily model photograph with Laura Summers
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AOP part 59: Full on Alien
This make-up style was really striking me as something from a sci-fi movie, so of course the next step was to go full alien!
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Model of the Day: 06/01/2026 - Kayleigh Lush
Our daily model photograph with Kayleigh Lush
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Anonymity 2: Candid
THINKING: By not having faces within an image we invite the viewer to look around the image and take in other aspects of the image.
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Model of the Day: 05/01/2026 - Bex Mitchell
Our daily model photograph with Bex Mitchell
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AOP part 58: Not an Airbrush
This look I blissfully stole from the movie "Blade Runner". In the film the character Tris, played by Darryl Hannah, applies this herself using an airbrush in one sweep.
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Anonymity 1: Strength
THINKING: As soon as we show a face in an image then it becomes a portrait. It becomes a study of the person.
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Model of the Day: 04/01/2026 - Helen Claire
Our daily model photograph with Helen Claire
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The trick with the first shot
Whenever I start a shoot I always take a "test" shot. I tell the client this is a test of my lighting, but what it actually does is let me quietly examine their facial structure before continuing with the shoot.
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