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Photoshoot: Kirsten

A few months back, I found myself testing with a relatively new young model named Kirsten. When she initially approached me, I knew straight away that her unique look was one that was needed in my portfolio. We discussed a broad range of ideas and came up with a few concepts and a general idea of style and left the rest to spontenaeity and fate. The results? Have a look!

In the end it was a productive shoot as I expected it to be and Kirsten is a wonderful model and a lovely person to boot! Here, I would normally say that I hope to work with Kirsten again, but as it happens we had our second shoot just the other week so you can expect a follow-up post to come soon!

A few hours after my shoot with Rudigo , I was scheduled to have my fourth shoot with Helena .

Because we were working at quite the late hour, Helena only brought one outfit for a single set; but what an amazing outfit it was! Her simple black and white corset and a wonderful pair of black and white chequered stockings made for some exquisite and powerful graphic images that I am extremely proud to include in my portfolio!

Since we were shooting just the one set and we didn’t have the issues of wardrobe changes and the like, this was by far one of my most creative shoots to date, with lots of experimentation from both Helena and myself. Though it has hardly been a month since the last time Helena and I worked together, her advancement as a model was clearer than ever. Infinitely more comfortable in front of the camera, it was also very obvious she had been putting a lot of thought into her posing, resulting in a very natural set of images!

Needless to say, I hope to work with Helena again in the future to both continue making great photographs with her and to watch her progress as model!

Last Sunday, I started 2009 with a bang with my first TWO photo shoots of the year within the space of a few hours.

The first of these started with the lovely Rudigo.

Several months ago, I was contacted by this delightful model asking if I was interested in working with her when she started at a nearby university.

I was.

Beforehand, we had a good deal of communication and we had a clear idea of the results that we wanted. However, this certainly didn’t limit any spontaneity and we wound up shooting several productive sets with various ideas and concepts. For one set, we even Googled “How to make a newspaper sailor hat!”

Needless to say, this was an extremely fun and enjoyable shoot and a wonderful way to kick off my photographic New Year!