Boudoir for Boys

I have thought about shooting some sexy boy shots for well ... a very long time. My model needed some coaxing for well...a very long time. He is none other than my sickeningly good looking and fit other half. He hates as most blokes do getting his picture taken and so the ever so gentle but proudly female art of manipulation began. I showed him some shots of Matthew McConaughy and said " Boy you look just like him...I then moved onto the Armani campaign with David Beckham and said " Seriously sweetie you could so pull off this style of shot". A glint of a twinkle and a smirk developed and he said " Okay I'll do it"

The rest is history and ....he liked it, loved the shots and I loved shooting him.

Roll on Boudoir for the Boys

Krazy, Kooky, Kool Inspiration from LMC Students

MARCH 2008

I have some great friends with awesome talent, My best friend Tracie (a hair, make up and photography lecturer at Lancaster & Morecambe College) allowed me to hang out and shoot her level 3 students work this year for their huge catwalk fashion Finale "Revival"
It always astounds me how incredibily creative these students are-I love how they think out of the box and pretty much anything goes. We had a very basic studio set up 2 x Bowen 250w strobes and a white sheet for a back drop. A little post production art work and we got some fantastic images. Heres a few of my favourites... what do you think of my new logo?

This is a new idea I'm playing around with, a sort of vintage mounted polaroid with a relevant Quote added

In Search of My Style

I have pondered and wandered through the massive archive I have established and it struck me there are only a few images that I really really like. Bingo- theres a connection surely, the images that I'm most drawn to must reflect what my emotional perspective is and therefore in some instinctive way my style.I know technically and creatively that I will evolve and definitely need to, but there does seem to be a deeper psychological reason that all photographers have for wanting to capture images in their own unique way.

If your a photographer reading this post then I encourage you to do just that, look at the underlying theme that your favourite images have. It will be there and ask yourself "what does the way I see, say about me"Heres just a sample of my favourites that I'm drawn to what do you think it says about me and my style...I'm curious so feel free to comment. I know what I think I'm discovering and I'll share that in my next post, along with a few more insightful images.