Cee and Seaside

After a large gap from shooting together Cee and I arranged a shoot. Having been told about the improvements to the beach area of Littlehampton I checked out images and it was ideal. Waking up in the morning it was cloudy but rather than cancel we went ahead. On reaching Littlehampton early to check everything out I could see the sky clearing out to see and by the time we were ready to shoot it was perfect and the tide was out making the sea a quarter of a mile away giving a huge expanse to play with. Cee was as usual in great form. Chatting and shooting on the beach was a great start. We then moved to the newly painted beach huts. The vibrant colours just jumped. and we had a play with shapes and colours. From here we moved on to the World's Longest Bench. It has been sculptured into curves at each end. Perfect indeed but shooting was a task and in order to get detail in Cee I had to over-expose by two stops. Results were brilliant. Finally we used a amphitheatre dish which was great for atmosphere and movement. All complete we sat down at the very funky beach cafe for a very deserved drink. Just enjoy!

Locating Elesha

It is always exciting to work with Elesha and when we looked at working on location it was something new to embark upon. The location was Victoria Country Park in Hampshire and the weather very hot. The park was very busy and trying to avoid the crowds was tricky and to an extent limiting. We started out at the former Netley Hospital Chapel using the deep orange brickwork to contrast. Elesha just adapted to each change within this and we caught up on all our news. Elesha always looks great no matter the situation and with the wind we just used it to our advantage with blowing hair. We moved on to a more ethereal look with long white dress and headband which gave an ethereal look. Amongst the trees and at the beach it worked equally well and even with the bright sunshine we created some interesting moods. Finally we got funky in contrast and used the perspective of the park to get some fashion with attitude and some great windblown portraits. Elesha goes from strength to strength and I look forward to shooting again and also see her really progress as a supermodel. ;-)