I am happy to bring you a random mix of old images for the landscape project. They are not new and many are from transparencies and old print film scanned in and brought up to date photoshop. Still old as they maybe, I do think they are worth another good look.
Model: Shay Holden Track: ‘Truth’ Mark Ronson (featuring Alicia Keys & The Last Artful Dodgr)
The lovely Shay Holden contacted me through Instagram a few weeks back and we agreed to hook up for a shoot on location in Nottingham, and I am glad we did. Not only because it got me out of the house, but also it was fun being on location with this great new model from Lincoln. We went to the Nottingham Contemporary Art gallery for most of the shoot with Amy in tow to help me out.
A big shout out must go also to my brilliant makeup artist Shadrine at Ka'Vour Beauty for her great work. We came to her shop, we had the makeup done, drank her tea and vandalised the shop !! Sorry Shadrine. xx
Model: Moyolistic Track: ‘Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats’ Genesis
Model; Moyolistic Track: ‘Tighten Up’ The Bamboos
The second shoot of the month took place in The Boardroom studio in Derby with another new model calling herself Moyolistic. She was the runner up in an African Beauty contest and was amazing in front of the camera. The shoot was set into two half's with the first half being a more ethereal look with a wedding vail and peonies provided by my friend Chris at Flowers To Yours. Colour graded blue in Capture One and Photoshop the set is titled 'Délicate,' and has its own sideshow to compliment it.
The second part of the shoot was based around the Panton Colour of the Year which is Yellow, so all things yellow were in employ. The original pictures were a lot darker, but I warmed it up in editing to gain a pleasing result. Thanks then to model Moyolistic for being great. Thanks also to Shadrine at Ka'Vour Beauty for her amazing makeup as always and to studio owner Phil for the use of his pad. Enjoy the results.
The flower gallery for this month was again provided with the great assistance of my friends at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. I really could not do this without their valuable input and hope the pictures do them justice. Shout out then to Chris at Flowers To Yours and to both Wendy and Nina at Brambles Florist. Check out their web sites at the highlights above, you will not be disappointed. That is it for this month, so please do come back in May.
Thank you x
Welcome back to the March blog update and all it has to offer.
I would just like to say a fond thank you to my friend and work partner of many years Tyler Dyce. As we speak she is very heavy with child and so is taking it easy. This is obviously a life changing event for her and I sadly doubt that we will see her again infront of the camera. Which is a shame as it is like the end of an era for me. Yet still all my love goes out to her and her new family for the future.
This then has sharpend things in my mind as I no longer have a muse that I can bounce ideas off, so what shall I do? I have said before that I am physically finding it hard to get around and even stand up too long. My heart doesn’t beat as it should and I get tired easily. So I am giving serious thought to retirering from doing fashion shoots and only now do flowers and still life images. I have four shoots left to do - Covid permitting - but aftert that nothing booked in. I have had thirty one years at this and for the most part enjoyed it all. Its been a great ride.. But now might be a time to stop.
We shall see…. Watch this space as they say.
Look out for the new project gallery called ‘X00 Multiplies’ and a thanks to everyone who has supported me this month. From my dear wife Amy to Chris and Wendy at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours.
To Tyler … I have been and always shall be your friend. I owe you so much. Good luck, no ill will and ‘Luv Ya’ still x
For this months digital art I have had a theme on the late Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. I watched a biography on TV about him and liked his work so did some research on him and his style. Here are six gold inspired images, in a style like the great artist. … but nowhere near as good as him.
This is a new gallery project all about buildings and architecture that have a symmetry about them. In point Art Deco design, which sadly they do not have in my town. But they do have some great modern buildings that a designed with thought. It is all in black and white for effect, thank you to Amy for her support.
After a brief time away from this project, I finally found the strength to go out and do a bit for the sound of the suburbs gallery. Thanks to Amy for her help on those days.
I got my hands on a great selection of flowers this month and got straight to work on them. The flowers come courtesy of Chris and Wendy at the brilliant Brambles Florist and amazing Flowers To Yours. Check their links out as you will not be disappointed. Thanks also to Amy for her help and a few extras from the garden she put in.
I would very much wish to dedicate this months flower galley to my friend Tyler Dyce x
Welcome back to the blog and its the end of February already. My how the time flies by when your doing bugger all ? Since a type of way out of this Covid-19 imprisonment is coming to an end I can start to plan a way back for more new shoots starting in about the middle of April I hope. If it goes ahead, we shall be proud to show you all a new model who goes by the sweet name of ‘Moyondafoluwa’ A very pretty melanin beauty, and someone I am very much looking forward to working with.
Anyway before then please enjoy this months offerings of work from the home studio and a look back (not in anger!).
Thanks x
Rather than say ‘nothing new here, so move along folks’, this month. We have a sort of new, a more … reimaged … look at some old pictures done in 2019 of the amazing Tyler Dyce, taken at the City War Memorial on a cold weekday evening. So heres to her and looking back with fond memories..
Tighten Up x
Sunflowers is a theme this month. With help from our friends Chris and Wendy at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours, I took these images of Amy minus her pretty face. Choosing instead a Sunflower and an orange roll neck jumper. The three images are titles ‘Sunflower Head,’ ‘Sunflower Kisses’ and ‘Sunflower Smoker Choker.’
Something different this month for the still life / fine art. I used flash to give me a very hi-key look for these pictures and then completed the effect with photoshop. Thanks to Amy for her help amongst my many swear words and curses.
We got there in the end.
Another productive flower shoot in the home studio with absolute thanks to my friends at Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours. Chris and Wendy sorted me out with such a great selection of flowers, which is no mean feat due to the covid lockdown and brexit ramifications. But here they are. Hope you enjoy them and pop back next month to see more?
Welcome back to the new years gallery kick off and sadly no model shoots to show you. It does also look likey that there won’t be a proper studio shoot until maybe April or May the way this Covid-19 situation is going. I know I don’t need to be reminded of it, as we are all suffering, but I just wish I could do something in a studio away from my four walls.
But like I said, we are all suffering one way or another.
Anyway, I managed to do some digital art this month after a break and do some more stuff for fine art and projects. There is also the flower work that I am so grateful to still be able to do with help from Chris and Wendy at Brambles Florist and Flowers to Yours. Not to mention, and not forgetting, my wife Amy who always helps me with the pictures.
One more thing to look out for is a review from Lens Culture of my efforts I submitted to one of their awards for Fantasy Art. Its not a bad review, worth a look … it’s at the bottom of this months flowers and quite a lengthy read.
Well thats it for now. Enjoy the blog and catch you next month.
With a lack of model shoots going around I have chosen to create some more, nature based digital art this cold month. All that is with the exception of the ‘Levitation (Trumps Gone)’ picture and the syfy moon over water image.
Only a handful of still life / fine art this month and again with the theme of decay. I made some new backgrounds, hopefully give them a more harder edge this time around. Thanks as always to Brambles Florist and Flowers To Yours for last months (now gone over) flowers.
