Grafitti Grand

There are so many days which are memorable within my photographic career and this is obviously one of them. Rosie just has something and with our first location shoot together it was going to be a great day in Brighton. Graffiti was the main focus and I had been informed of various places. The weather threatened for a start but soon blew over. Our first graffiti was around the London Road where arguably the most classic sequence was taken. Having picked up the ultimate hoodie for a fiver the graffiti around the North Lanes took on an amazing series of shots. Of Rosie? Well her work and creativity could not have been better. It was then on to the Beach Huts..... What a fantastic day.

Spirals

Curving into endlessness above

Searching the soul for no answers

Dizzily waiting to create havoc

Disguises everything lost in the round

Boundaries seem incessant and free

They entice you ever upward

Beckoning “This is the way!”

All looks ever-inviting and safe

Your success depends on it

You are free to circulate

Given the skeleton key

That opens the avenues of life

Turning, turning giving opportunities

Opening every door in this heady corridor

There, spiralling and infinite are dreams

Ones never met or fulfilled

Captivation is all consuming

Then you discover your peril

The spiral of curvature was down

Down all the time menacingly

Your dreams buried deeper

Deeper than one can imagine


Pete Baldrey

Harley

Having known Harley since she was two years old it might seem an unusual situation for her to be in front of camera. This is just not the case. Harley is working hard to try and revive her modelling after a mall break and a short evening shoot was just what she needed. It was the first time we had worked one-to-one so it started slowly but then started to flow as Harley got used to everything again. Hard work and patience enabled us to have a successful evening!

Katie "The Second Coming"

There are times when a model is so enthusiastic and gets the modelling bug very quickly. Katie is one of those people and such a joy to work with. This shoot was much more creative and knowing how each other work so much easier. The aim was to get some different and very much moodier images with a whole range of different looks. Lighting and variation is vital if people are going to take a model seriously; so showing versatility was the aim! Although we had technical difficulties neither of us let that hamper the results which really did feel very pleased with. I hope you agree. 

Vicki's Time!

It is always exciting to work with talented people. Vicki is someone I always look forward to working with for that very reason. Vibrant personalities don't come bigger than Vicki. We have worked together for more than two years and our last shoot was after the longest period we have not done so. Primarily we got together to do some dance images which I love so much as Vicki is really the only one I do this with seriously. More of that in a later Blog. We had the added bonus of Tass Collier as Make-up Artist. We set about our Sixties shoot influenced by Twiggy followed by something more contemporary. Lots of cups of tea and pizza later we finished a successful day despite awful technical difficulties! Look out for the dance images! Can't wait to shoot with Vicki again.

Abi the Singer

It is always exciting to be asked to work on a project.and that was what was embarked upon. It was also exciting to think I had been selected. I had worked with Abi before and we are also in regular contact. Abi is a very talented singer and songwriter. Abi the Singer

We had the artistic creativity of Tass Collier with us and the day set off at careful pace. Tass Collier We needed a variety of looks so that Abi had enough publicity images for her soon to be released first solo CD. We went from retro to spacey to even grungy fashion with everyone feeling happy with the outcome. It was a great day and looking forward to seeing Abi's route to stardom.

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Intoducing Daisy

I love meeting new people. It really does not matter their age. So when Daisy arrived very excited I knew things were going to be good. It is sometimes hard work getting to know and work with new people but Daisy was attentive, keen to learn about modelling and wanting to put her creative stamp on things. Results as you can see from someone very new to being in front of camera were fantastic. It really does help me with my creative ways when what I ask is done and done fantastically well.