3D

Urban Portraits: My nephew Mark with a pair of 3D glasses in the studio. I was having a family fun session and letting them take some shots.

Clive's Formby Day

Woody Flickr

Yeah! One of my photographs made it onto the Flickr Explore pages. A big thank to all who commented and added it as a favourite on Flickr :)

I was literally showered in wood as Mark kicked these mulched rodidendrums trees at me.

Bob

My brother is over from Australia & is now victim to the lens. If he moves I shoot. I’ve been importing into Aperture and then creating Black & White image using Nik software’s Silver Efx Pro.

Black & Black & White

Paul is one of my many nephew’s who is often bribed into posing for Star Wars figures or, if I’m extremely lucky, a trip to the park. Here we used a black background sheet & lit the subject with two Nikon strobes (One Key & one fill). I find these dark black & white shots particularly beautiful and often wonder why we don’t all shoot in black & white more often.

Oli

Photo shoot with Oli and his new guitar. Reminded me of the music practice I had to do when I used to play the trumpet. At least I can still remember to read music but the trumpet doesn’t sound so hot these days. For this session I used a Lastolite EzyBox Hotshoe. I really like the quality of these products and might invest in a 60x60 as an addition to my little 38x38 cm one. After the shoot I imported into Aperture then edited in Photoshop with a final PhotoTools filter.

Through the Round Window

A quick trip to the park and through the round window of the pirate castle we have Mark. Although I’d taken many shots only this one seemed to capture his cheeky playfulness

Natural Light

I love the ability to capture moments with natural light, especially when this means a lack of flash equipment to carry around. In spite of developing  new studio lighting techniques I am continually drawn to  taking pictures with available light.

Walkden Babe

Traveled to see friends on Monday for a ‘South African’ style barbecue. Mainly ate burnt delights and drank a few posh Belgium beers whilst also finding the time to take a few pictures of their cute widdle girl.