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Photoset - Down in the Woods

This is a bit of a throwback shoot... the summer of 2020 when lockdown rules were eased and we could finally meet up with another person outdoors. One of my first shoots after lockdown was with Diana, a model I had shot with a few times before the pandemic. But the lighting on that day was horrible and I was a little disappointed with the images. My confidence was low after lockdown and that didn't help at all.

Then one evening I got a messaged from Diana asking if I was free the next e...

Photoset -More From Burford Manor

As promised in a preview post last month, this is one of the "forgotten" sets that I made at Burford Manor with Sian. I only say "forgotten" because we were there for eight hours and created so many images that somehow when it came to doing the edits I thought I had finished but then recently realised I had never done this set and one or two others.

Photoset - Joker/Harley Love Child

I don't really do Halloween themed shoots, but I thought this one was suitable to post today.

A while back I did a shoot with the stunning Asha. We covered a variety of styles, but one of the concepts that Asha really wanted to do was create a love child of the Joker and Harley Quinn character. I also don't really do cosplay shoots, but this had enough of a different slant to it for me.

I was a little unsure what to expect when, the evening before the shoot Asha messaged to ask...

Preview - Black and White Nudes with Megan

Full photoset coming soon!

Preview - My First Location Shoot With Tayla

Although I have shot outdoors with Tayla before, I'm not really counting that shoot as it was just a couple of super-quick visits to a nearby under-road tunnel for some very specific shots we were after using motion blur and battery powered lighting.

The above image is from what I like to think as our first proper outdoor shoot where we met up for a couple of hours in London to shoot relaxed portraits/fashion in a Lindbergh kind of style. We were dodging the rain so didn't have as lon...

Photoset - Natural Light with Helena

This is one of my favourite sets of natural light black and white images I've made at my place. It was my first shoot with Helena, and she was far more used to shooting boudoir and adult images for her site, but she absolutely smashed it. And I love the way her ink just pops in black and white.

This is such a simple setup, although does rely on dry weather. I have the model stand just inside an open patio door, and then I stand outside and shoot. I generally shoot these with my 85mm len...

Photoset - Angel

I have been going through my archives and I've found quite a few sets that I am disappointed with myself for not having posted them on here sooner. This is one such set, featuring the stunning Freya.

Photoset - Warm Light

It has been some time since I worked with the beautiful Chloe, but I know she is popular with some of you so I have been going back through my archives to collate sets of images for you. This set is from our second shoot, and was shot with a continuous light bi-colour source which allows me to adjust the light temperature. I've added to the warm tones in post.

In looking through my archives I have found loads more lovely images of Chloe that I did not edit at the time due to being so bu...

Preview - More from Burford Manor

If you are a long-time subscriber or have looked through all of my posts then you will know that last year I spent a fabulous day shooting with the stunning Sian at Burford Manor. I have done so many edits from this shoot (it was 8 hours after all), but when I was recently doing some housekeeping on my image archives I realised there were yet more images worthy of editing. This is the first from this newly edited set. Watch this space for the rest!

Photoset - Kill Bill with Josie (Part 2)

As promised here is Part 2 of the set I made with the stunning Josie wearing an assortment of the Kill Bill/Tarantino tops I have acquired for shoots. You can jump straight to Part 1 here.

Photoset - Sophia In London (Part 2)

As promised, here is part 2 from the shoot I did in London with Sophia a while back.

I have been asked if I can occasionally explain how I went about setting up and preparing for my shoots, so I thought his one would be a good place to start. It is getting harder and harder to find places in London to shoot. The South Bank is tough because 9/10 times you will get spotted on CCTV and a security guy will come and ask you to leave. Sounds crazy, but it happens all the time. I've heard of p...

Photoset - Roller Boogie (Part 1)

I was recently looking through my archives and I was drawn to the folder for this shoot from five years ago. Looking through them, I realised that I would be as happy with these if I shot them today as I was five years ago it was one of those rare outdoor shoots where pretty much everything went to plan. The only thing I wasn't overly happy with was the editing. At the time, I loved the way I had worked on them, but my retouching and colour toning skills have come a long way since then. I was...

Photoset - Sian at Wapping Beach (Part 1)

When I first started model photography, pretty much all of my shoots were outdoors on location. Back then I did not own any studio lighting, nor had I worked out that I could set up a space in my home. Over time, and especially since the pandemic, the easiest option for me has been to shoot in that studio space. I can control the lighting and I never have to cancel a shoot due to wet weather or train strikes. And yet I really love using natural light, and so over the past few months I have ma...

Photoset - Sophia In London (Part 1)

My second shoot with the fabulous Sophia. This was supposed to be our first shoot but as I mentioned in a previous post, it got postponed twice and then we ended up shooting in my studio space instead. However, i feel the images ended up being much better than they would have been because we had already broken the ice and knew what to expect from each other. We created four sets during this shoot, so watch this space for those along with part 2 of this set.

Photoset - Tayla Wetlook

I know Tayla is one of the most popular models with my subscribers, and I was appalled to discover the other day that I have not yet posted this set, despite one of the images featuring in the banner for my Patreon homepage. These were shot on our first shoot together, after we had shot a range of other sets (some of which are like this one in that I have not posted them on here... yet).

Tayla is a dancer and is happy moving around in front of the camera rather than posing statically, ...

Photoset - Topless in Golden Red

Some of the best purchases I have made for my studio work have been at charity shops. Backdrops tend to be rather expensive, but on several occasions I have stumbled across sets of full length curtains for less than a five at charity shops. I now have this pair, and two pretty much identical pairs of red velvet ones (bought on different occasions), and haven't paid more than £5 for any of them.

Photoset - Studio black and white

This is a proper throwback set, taken quite some time ago. Unfortunately Natascha isn't modelling at the moment as she is continuing to struggle with mental health issues.

Photoset - Jordan Clowning Around (Part 2)

A while back I posted the first part of a set of images I made with the fabulous Jordan, and wrote at length about how the shoot came about.

Photoset - Dynamic

Time for a colour other than red! This set featuring the stunning Juliet. We only had a couple of ideas for this set, but Juliet had been told by another model at her agency that I had a room full of outfit items, and she arrived with the intention of spending a good amount of time picking bits and pieces out. This bodysuit went perfectly with my yellow paper roll!

Photoset - Meg in White (Part 3)

I have not been around as much as I had anticipated this month. My wife is a teacher, and we have made the most of the summer break this year. However, with this being the last week of the holidays, things are going to get back to normal now. So here is the final bunch of images from this set I made with the stunning Megan.

I will reply to all direct messages and comments over the next few days. As ever, thank you so much for your support!

Photoset - Kill Bill with Josie (Part 1)

I had a request from one of my subscribers for me to post this set. I honestly thought I had posted them some time ago so it was great to get the nudge lol

Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 are among my favourite films, and in particular the aesthetics of the first film in the duology, and so over time I have picked up off Vinted a variety of outfit items with the KB vibe. I think this was the first time I had shot them against a red backdrop, and really love the yellow on red combination, whic...

Photoset - Black and White Glamour

A while back Tayla asked if we could do a black and white set with a glamour vibe, and obviously I wasn't going to say no. When I first started shooting with Tayla she had only done a few shoots, and even though she rarely shoot with anyone but me it is great to see how her confidence has grown over the couple of years I have known her.

There are two reasons she generally won't shoot with anyone else... the first is lack of time. She has big plans and is working all hours in order to a...

Photoset - Classic Black and White with Jeans

I love working with dancers, and I feel they bring something very different to a shoot. Sian is a great example - by her own admission, she is not a natural model, but as a dancer she gives me more variety in the posing as she knows how to hold her body.

This is a set we did a while back. I had two shoots booked with Sian over the past month but both have had to be cancelled as she has been struggling with her health a little. However, things are improving and we are hoping to get a cou...

Photoset - Sheer in Black and White

I am off away from today until Tuesday 6th August for a much-needed holiday with my wife. We are borrowing her parents' motorhome and heading for Belgium. I think this is our seventh European holiday using the motorhome, but only our second since the pandemic.

I will schedule a couple of posts to go live whilst I am away, but in the meantime here is the stunning Juliet in black and white.

Photoset - Sheer B&W with Emma

A handful more images of the stunning Emma, shot some time ago now. These are a mixture of natural light and studio light.

Back when I took these I was in the habit of taking a set of a model in a particular outfit using natural light, then going straight into my studio space to do more with studio light, and then repeating for different outfits. However, as I had to change my camera setting every time we moved, I stopped doing that and now, if I am shooting a handful of natural light s...

Photoset - Jordan Clowning Around (Part 1)

I have had a few more requests for more images of Jordan. I know some of you have your favourites and would probably prefer me just to post images of them, but I have to try to keep everyone happy. However, if you do have a favourite out of the models I have shot with and you've not seen me post any images of her for a while, then please feel free to send me a message.

This is the first part of what Jordan and I are calling our "third time lucky" set. I had had a two day shoot with anot...

Photoset - Meg in White (Part 2)

As promised some time ago, here is part 2 of the "white" set I created with the stunning Megan Farmer. I always seem to end up having far more images than I have time to edit whenever I shoot with Meg. She has something very special and I feel blessed to be able to shoot with her. We had a shoot this week, which was quite experimental so produced less images than usual, but we have already booked i...

Photoset - Chloe in red

I recently had a request from one of my patrons for more images of the stunning Chloe. I am always happy to oblige wherever possible, and dug into my archives for these. I also realised I have a fab set of black and white images that we shot on a lovely summer evening some time ago, so please watch this space for those.

Sadly I haven't shot with Chloe for quite some time. She works all kind of hours, and trying to fit a shoot in when we are both free has been tricky, but hopefully we wi...

Photoset - First Shoot with Sophia

Firstly an apology... I have been absent for far too long this month, but sadly I lost a dear friend recently, completely out of the blue, and so coping with life had to take over from pretty much everything else.

However, I am back now and overjoyed to be posting the first set of images I have made with the stunning Sophia Gray. I had wanted to shoot with Sophia for ages and ages, and finally managed to get a shoot booked in. We were going to shoot outdoors in London but Sophia had to ...

Photoset - Oversize Jeans in Black and White

As promised this morning, here is the same set of the stunning Sian, but this time in black and white.