Location shoot with Rory :D

Well we were going to be shooting with the awesome Valentina but her outfits didn't arrive in time so we thought "screw it we will wait for her to get some then re-arrange". Instead we went off to an abandoned mine I had been to previously but never gotten around to going back to. Sadly the mine building is a no-go, big fences up all over the place :(

Thankfully there was still little doorways nearby and a bridge a little further down so it wasn't a waste of time spending 3 hours trying to find it and having to follow a steam railway line. My memory is terrible, I think santa needs to get me an inbuilt satnav for Christmas.

The first doorway I thought - hrm that looks cool, lets do something there.. So we did...

(I have just figured out why my images have not been previewing recently.. and managed to sort it out so I can actually go into a little more detail now that I can see what image I am talking about). The ground inside this little hut was bloody horrible, dirty everything and my toes had this tar like mud inbetween them.. It really was nasty! Perhaps on par with the shoot I done with Craig Mcguire up to my ankles in Pigeon shit..

After getting dressed from the first doorway I spotted these little doors. I loved the colour of the blue one and how the wood had aged, kinda liked everything about this little spot - the brickwork/padlock.. Everything so we got a shot with just the one door and then 2..

We took a little walk down a set of very steep stairs, its a shame we couldn't find the right composition to shoot on the stairs really as they were beautiful to the eyes but sticking a model in there wouldn't have worked very well! I did take some shots of the stairs on their own too though.

We were pretty lucky as 2 seconds after this we spotted a group of lads, which to me meant - time to get clothes on and go back to the car. We done another little shoot on the way back home but I was cold and miserable and had shit between my toes which I couldn't wait to clean off.
So after getting cleaned up and warmed up we headed out to Edinburgh to meet up with someone who is very very very special to me (although I don't think he realises just how much so). Its Irish puppy Ciaran! I have admired his work for years - literally really. I admire and respect his opinions on my work, if he likes something then It gives me that little bit of extra ooommmpppff about an image. I know others opinions should not matter and usually they don't but hey I can't help it! It was fantastic to finally meet him and just sit and chat with him.

I really do need to get my arse on a ferry/plane or swim over to Ireland, to be honest he is the only person left who was on my "must work with him" list. One day!!! no pressure haha.

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only 1 post in January.

Well I'm going to make up for my lack of Posting in January..
I'm going to have a super dooper busy as hell year and constantly update.
the sad thing is I keep forgetting what I have done and where I have saved images too.

So these are some images from recent shoots, both with photographers called Stephen :D
There is Stephenwales and Stephen Phillips.

I had a wicked shoot with them both at my place. Which reminds me I received a cd from Stephen Phillips yesterday so I really need to send him a big thank you for that.





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Let it snow...

Rory and I couldn't believe how heavy the falling snow was yesterday evening..
We had to avoid drunkards and find spots in the town where enough light was but I think we managed ok.
:D

Ericaaaaaaaaaa

One day I will do a proper shoot with a model, all my shoots have been 5 minutes long.

Here is one of the awesome Erica, we had such a fun day.. I just wish it lasted a little longer!
Next time we will have her for a weekend, she left a pair of shoes so I am holding them to ransom.
Rory got some great pictures too so a good day had by all!!

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Kirsty - Miss Hellcat

We were grateful to have Kirsty - Miss Hellcat over to Perth last week, the sun was out (but it was freezing cold). The ground was soo icy I thought we would all end up on our backsides but thankfully we survived, I only had a little shot of the camera for about 5 minutes. I really love lensflare so I might spend some time reading up on it and looking at other peoples use of it..

So thanks again to the wonderful Kirsty for enduring the cold and being such a fantastic model!

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Happy 2nd wedding :D

Recently one of Rorys old School friends had his 2nd wedding in Scotland (His first was in the Philippines), we invited the happy bride and groom over to get some pictures of them. I can't claim ownership of the shot of them but I did manage to get a few shots of their beautiful daughter Shaynia who was soo well behaved while here. I finally found a good use of my massive teddy bear too!

So congratulations to the loved up Russell and Orlie and all the best!

Happy newyear.. (Did I say that already?)

Well I'm not sure if this is the first or second update this year so far.
Can't even remember if I listed all my amazing presents I got from santa or not.

I lost a bit of tooth while eating chocolate eclaire sweeties a few nights ago, thankfully it was not the middle front ones but one just to the side so you can't see it unless im doing a toothy grin. Dentists on Tuesday to sort it out but I despise the dentists, last time I had to go was to get a tooth taken out and I had a panic attack and passed out in the waiting room after getting it done!! not good at all..

Anyhow heres some stuff Rory and I shot last week, as usual 3am and with nothing else to do we decided this was a good idea. Our choice of prop was noodles or doritos.. We went for noodles :D

The nude image was a bit of an experiment, we have a large lamp which is kind of see though canvas'ish so we stuck the flash gun under it to see what light came out..

I have been a busy bee this week... Shot a few models myself which was nice :D