Adam Lord - A Studio Session

June 14, 2016 in Studio, Portrait

A few weeks ago I spent an afternoon in the studio photographing Adam Lord and what a great time it was. Recently my head has been somewhat cloudy with stuff and I needed to step away from it and go shoot/create work.

Images from the shoot range from bright and fun to dark and dramatic, mostly because I love dramatic light but also lighter sets that allow for a happier feel.

You have to work with your client/subject to get the quiet and the genuine moments and it's a constant learning process.

The time spent working with Adam in the studio did me good, I need to do this more often.. just shoot to create work & clear my head. Currently June and July are looking busy (which is great) but I want to carve some time for project/personal work and a few other things I want to start working on.

3 Projects. (Details Here)
Bridal Images.
Lifestyle Work

I am looking forward to the challenge. If you know anyone that might be interested in any of my personal projects please have them get in touch.

Ok before this post goes off on a wild tangent I will leave you with images from the shoot with Adam. You can click on the images to get a larger view.

I love the set with the blue background, it was shot working with wider angle lenses 35/50mm so you have to work close to your subject.. this creates a more intimate shoot than when working with a telephoto lens not to mention allows me to get in front of the huge umbrella used to modify the light.

Thank you for reading.
Rick

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Fashion Shoot with Jenny Eve & (MUA) Charlotte Brookes

February 23, 2016 in Studio, Photo Shoot

At the end of January I got together with Jenny Eve and Charlotte Brookes to shoot some fashion images in the studio. We all had a great time and we are all really happy with the images that resulted.

I did a few things different on this shoot, mostly to try a few things and to make it easier to work as a team whilst shooting on set.

The first thing was tethering, whilst I do tether it tends to be for still life or product work rather than portrait or other shoots but I think that will change. It was great to have images to preview on a large 27" monitor and also have someone else watching the images and looking for things that need fixing (Hair, Makeup etc) making it much easier to work as a team on set and amazingly I didn't trip over the tether cable once.

Possibly the most daunting and new was recording parts of the shoot with a Sony Action Cam mounted to my Canon 5D2 for a first person perspective video. This is new to me but I have seen it done before and have to give a nod to a fellow photographer Clay Cook for the idea, thanks for sharing how you go about rigging up the video camera Clay. As you can see the Action Cam can controlled via wireless and app on tablet (or phone). You will find the video at the end of this post and I will say it's a new experience shooting like this but I do plan to do more and refine the video edits as I go.

#sony #actioncam mounted on #canon 5d2 with errr parts of the rest of the studio. #mcgiver #bts #video

"#sony #actioncam mounted on #canon 5d2 with errr parts of the rest of the studio. #mcgiver #bts #video"

It felt good to be creating images in the studio again after the Christmas/New-years break and I want to say thank you to Jenny and Charlotte for working with me and allowing me to geek out a bit with the video camera set-up.

The next time I record a shoot I will capture more footage to make it easier to make a shorter video .. say what!? ... the more you have to work with the easier editing a final piece together is and yes I found out the hard way this time round.

Some BTS images of make-up and hair and images from the shoot.

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Here we go... the 1st Person BTS video.

Thank you for reading.
Rick

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Personal Work: The 1st Shoot in the new studio.

June 11, 2015 in Personal Work, Studio, Portrait

The studio opening day was looming being only 1 week away but I could not wait until after then to shoot in the space, not to mention I had picked up paint rollers and hammers more often than a camera over the last 2 months whilst getting the studio ready.

So I contacted my good friend and sometimes assistant Mark Boadey and we arranged a shoot. I wanted mark to shoot also as he helped me get the space ready... seriously when I outgrow this space and move to a larger one Mark will be commissioned to build me a cyc wall (aka infinity cove) and I will probably just get in the way as normal.

Thank you Mark for your help and support.

Of course to shoot you need somebody to stand on set looking good, sure you can buy a mannequin but the conversation is crap. Thankfully we were able to book Dee who was great to work with and looked great at any angle in any light. Thank you Dee for an enjoyable first shoot in the studio.

Below are some images from the shoot. It felt good to start getting a feel for the space (and pick up the camera) and to also finally realise I now have a studio.... holy S**T what have I done :).

I am back in the space this Saturday to work on a few white seamless sets ready for a band shoot later this month. On to the images.

If you click on the images it will load them in a light-box for you.

Started with the worlds most comfortable chair, Dee and a 28" silver beauty dish on set. Oh and some Laminate floor.

Then it was time to roll out the Grey seamless and try a few different looks.

Grabbed a shot of Mark whilst he stood in to test light. As well as an hilarious shot of him wearing Dee's fringe.

I then set-up using 2 lights and some gels in the studios meeting corner.

The last set of the day was white seamless.

Now the space is open I can not wait to get to work in it. The space has plenty of potential and I am looking forward to finding out what I can produce over the coming months.

Thank you for reading.
Rick

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Friends and family look through a book of one of my ongoing projects #60MinutePort.  The person holding the book is a friend and also the person in the book Rachael. — Friends and family look through a book of one of my ongoing projects #60MinutePort. The person holding the book is a friend and also the person in the book Rachael.

The Studio: The Opening Day Event...

June 07, 2015 in Event, Studio

Well the studio is now officially open and the real hard work begins.

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who attended & sent best wishes/good luck messages on the day it really means a lot. Love you all.

The day went great and I could not of asked for anything better. Friends, Family, Past Clients all in the same room.

Dad & Mark- Since you could not attend on the day I hope the images below give you a good sense of how well it went. Thank you both for your help and support.

During the day I had a Fuji Instax camera on the go and a small video camera that anyone could pick up and shoot with. The Instax proved very popular and the film soon ran out. I will edit the video (with stills) together once I have some images from others that attended, for now I have a few images that were shot on my cameras during the day. UPDATE: Added images from Danny Codling's camera. Thanks Dan.

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I also shot some portraits during the day. Could not resist. If anyone would like copies of any of the images please let me know.

Now the hard work begins, it's scary and exciting but one thing I know for sure is that I have the support of a lot of great people. Thank you.

Looking forward to the 1 year anniversary already. :)

Rick

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