Jackie Brown – Garden Party

Pixie at Full Moon

A visit to Full Moon Studios with Miss Pixie A great day has been planned. A visit down to Lydney, Gloucestershire to visit Full Moon Studios and have a look around, and then a shoot with the fantastic Miss Pixie. She had a great outfit to wear that had she had not properly shot in before, and she also wanted to do some funky make up for her Make Up page - PixieFace. I was convinced the shoot had not...

Dipping a toe in to the world of processing

I have just developed my first roll of film. I was dead nervous about doing it and getting the timings and chemical mixes right, but I reckon I managed to do quite well. I had a lot of trouble loading the reel for the developing tank, where I managed to scratch the film quite a lot and removed some of the coating here and there, but apart from that, they seem to have come out OK - they don't seem to be over or...

Photographing Wolves

"Your next mini mission is to shoot (photograph!) a WOLF!!!" I had my scariest mission yet on Saturday. I had to wander out into the deep and darkest wilderness of Gloucestershire to search out and photograph a wolf. I knew this was going to be a dangerous task, but I psyched myself up and set out to complete my mission. It was early evening and not far from starting to get dark, so I was dealing with less light...

Artemis - The Rope Shoot

This was in theory my second shoot with Artemis, although on our first shoot, she was really a Creative Director. Artemis had arranged a studio day with 2 models that I attended and she stayed around to help me out during the shoot. Her vision was so in tune with what I wanted that I knew I had to shoot with her myself. This time in the studio, Artemis was modelling for me (as well as providing feedback on images...

Jackie Brown – Garden Party

On a bright and warm summer’s day, Jackie and I arranged a location shoot at her friend’s house , where we decided to make the best of the sun and fantastic gardens. We were going for some varied styles here, some with a summery feel and the rest with a more revealing look.

As normal, Jackie was great fun to work with. We managed to try a lot of experimentation with lighting, poses and outfits – some worked and some failed but it was a good learning experience and Jackie is always very patient with me. The other great thing about working with Jackie is that she is always willing to experiment and also to let me do likewise, so we both get something a bit different. Luckily, she also has a great sense of humor which helps to make our shoots really enjoyable )

I am hoping we can arrange take 2 shortly and try some different outfits or even try using the garden in autumn or winter for a completely different feel. We have also been offered use of the inside of the house which would make a great location for an old fashion styled shoot.