Archive for the ‘Commissions’ Category

Lili La Scala – singer & burlesque artiste

Monday, October 17th, 2011

It has been my privilege to have photographed the charming Lili La Scala a number of times, for her theatre posters and CD cover. I was delighted when Lili asked if I would shoot a series a of images for her website and for use on fliers and posters.

Not only is she a wonderful classically-trained singer, she is also a first-rate burlesque artiste.

Photoshoots with Lili are equally impressive – her poses are graceful, her facial expressions ‘spot-on’, which makes shooting with her effortless…all I need to do is to set and tweak the lighting and sets, and she does all the rest. Don’t just take my word for this – take a look at a couple more sneak peeks from the latest shoot.

Retro Sunglasses online

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Sleek ‘n Chic have now updated their site to include the sunglasses from my recent shoot with the lovely Solene Percher.  The sunglass styles range from wayfarer type designs to aviator and include one or two more recent styles, one that echoes Lady Gaga and another features large round rims with flip-up lenses – go indoors and you can still see without having to perch them on the top of your head!

If you are looking for stylish sunspecs, that will not put a large hole in your pocket, do take a look.

Retro sunglasses at great prices from Sleek 'n Chic

Solene models retro sunspecs

Ride ‘em cowboy

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Limb Clothing, designers and suppliers of beautifully styled rockabilly dresses, urgently needed a batch of editorial and catalogue images of their newest dress designs.

They shipped the dresses to the studio yesterday, and today I welcomed the gorgeous models Christie Goule, SINderella Rockefella and, for the first time, Aisling Grace.

Aisling arrived and explored the various rooms full of props, getting more and more excited, before deciding she wanted to come and live permanently at the studio “so many fun props and furniture”!

What a great team the girls were – within four hours we managed to shoot a wide variety of great editorial concepts, along with more regular catalogue shots for each outfit.

Tea break at Retro Photostudio

Tea break at Retro Photostudio

Tea break at the studio – along with intense discussion on whether models do actually eat ‘like normal people’ – not my words…the girls said this! (didn’t like to ask if they were referring to quantity of food, or type of eating implement!)

Now, less than six hours after the girls arrival at the studio, the proof gallery of 500 images have already been uploaded.  We are well within our deadline for…well it is under wraps for now…will reveal all in a later post!

Behind the scenes - Retro Photostudio shoot for Limb dresses

Behind the scenes - Retro Photostudio shoot for Limb dresses

This was the end of the set devoted to Limb’s dresses with a ‘western’ theme, and was a fun final shot…will post the proper version once retouched, but this gives a better idea of the organised chaos that is Retro Photostudio!

Cute & crazy hair accessories

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

A little while ago I enjoyed another shoot for Now Voyager of their inventive, cute hair flowers and accessories.

These are really great tongue-in-cheek fun, guaranteed to turn heads. Whether you are looking for rockabilly or retro they have it – head on over there and see what you think.

Good to see the London Edge flier featured the lovely models Rayna Terror and Miss Lucy Fur modelling a few choice items.

Here’s a taster from our latest shoot – click on the poster to visit the site…