Cupcakes

Anyone fancy a cupcake or three? I've just started a Still Life college project that is focused on kitchen utensils or something you would find in the kitchen. So because I had a dozen fairy cakes left over from a party, I brought in half-a-dozen and a display stand into our studio, set up a quick still life table and softbox flash-head and took a handful of pictures for a practice shoot. What do you guys think? More will be up soon.

Melissa and Santa

I just thought I would post this picture of Melissa and Santa as I think it is lovely. I can't wait to do some more shoots with Melissa and I still need to edit the Behind the Scenes shoot and some snaps of Meg who I will hopefully be working with on her upcoming debut shoot. Soon I will be posting a sneak peak of Meg, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Hopefully I will have some more shoots edited soon and I will start planning some shoots for Christmas and 2014.

Ceramic Dress

What do you guys think of this? Halfway through my Christmas Shoot with Fran, a Ceramics students asked me to photograph her dress to enter in it a competition. I think I did quite well considering I only had 5 minutes notice but the student was happy and had some pictures to use and I got a box of chocolates as a thank you so all's when that ends well. 

Melissa

Here's a sneak peak of my shoot with Melissa in Granger Market last week, who looked lovely despite the the cold weather and I managed to get some great pictures including this one which is a lovely detailed shoot which focuses heavily on her eye. Hopefully I will be able to edit and upload the rest of the photos in the next week or so.

Raven

Here's a few pictures of Amy doing an excellent job of cosplay Raven around and under the High-Level Bridge in Newcastle. Amy also added to my Costume and Comics series reading Teen Titans and Trigon. Although she is a first time cosplayer who has never done a shoot before I think Amy did an excellent job modelling Raven; looking very serious and mysterious yet tough and heroic. I'm looking forward to developing my ideas with Amy/Raven and hopefully shooting with her again; perhaps in the studio, using PhotoShop to create the effects of her powers. Something I haven't tried before that would be an interesting and unusual challenge.

Profile Pictures

By Jonathon Keys and Anth Short

This is a first for me; posting someone else's photos but they are of me so I suppose that's alright. These were taken by two photographer I have worked with recently so I thought I would let you all enjoy my ugly mug on the wrong side of the mug.

Enviromental Portraits

This is the final image from my latest college project; Environmental Portraits. Environmental Portraits are all about photographing the subject in their natural environment to make them feel more relaxed and comfortable compared to how they would feel in a harsh and artificial studio. So I shoot my Dad in his office using a 50mm lens (which was my first attempt at using the lens as normally I use a 18-55, 55-200 and 18-24mm lenses) which I initial found tricky since I'm not used to a Manual focusing lens but quickly got used to it. I think this isn't a very photogenic photo but it shows a bit of action and a little insight into my Dad's job.