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...

"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...

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...

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...

A new format for my blog posts - less talking and more images.   A shoot at home with AliceC Click on an image to start the slideshow.