Sunday, 15 May 2011

re: Before and After

Testing some post production techniques to improve the quality of my images. Also aiming to give them a more 'vintage', filter quality and bring out more detail in the clothing to fit the brief I am working to at the moment.

Ashley Madekwe rings my bell





Beautiful actress Ashley Madekwe caught my eye playing Bambi in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, one of my favourite TV shows. Over the last couple of months i've kept a close eye on her blog and she's been popping up on lookbook quite alot too. Her style is flawless and is right up my street. Got to appreciate her amazing hair and banging body too, lucky girl!

Check out her blog at www.ashley-ringmybell.blogspot.com

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Carter's Steam Fair




A few photos from our trip down to Ravenscourt Park to see the fair. These are just the rubbish ones from my phone, better quality images will follow but i couldnt wait to show you how beautiful it is.

Carter's Royal Berkshire Steam Fair is a travelling fair based in south-east England. The fair is known for restoring old amusement rides and trucks, and has been featured on Antiques Roadshow. In addition, a limited edition Corgi die-cast toy model of some vehicles and rides has been produced. The fair was established in 1976 by John Carter (1942-2000).

The fair has been featured in the movies The Krays, The End of the Affair and 28 Weeks Later.

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Before and after

Cant believe April is nearly gone and this is my first post for this month. I have been so busy, moving house, starting new job, traveling between London and Norfolk and taking lots of photos. I will try and get the majority of them up before next Wednesday when term starts again. I am really excited about a collaboration that I'm currently involved in, working with make-up artists, stylists and hair stylists towards an 8 page editorial spread. The ideas that are in the mix at the moment are incredible and we're all really looking forward to pulling it off and showing you all.

My main focus at the moment, apart from seeking out some good locations to shoot, is learning some new photography and photoshop techniques to try and sharpen and better my images to give them a more professional, magazine aesthetic. I'll put some before and afters up and show you how it's going.