John McIntire Photography: The Blog

Project: Tattoos – Subjects Needed

After a long time delaying, I have decided to start working on a body of personal work. The project I have decided to start with will revolve solely around tattoos and body modifications.

The aim is to build up a stylised and comprehensive body of work which displays the intricacies and the profound statements often made by tattoos and their ilk and the relation with whom they adorn.

I am not sure, yet, what the final output will be, but I’m considering perhaps a self-published book, a possible limeted run of art prints in the long run. As the project starts moving forward, I will be making a section of the website solely dedicated to it. Anyone who takes part should be happy with these uses!

Basically, what I’m looking for is anyone with tattoos. No matter how large or small, how intricate or simple, any tattoos will do. Also, I’m looking for people of all shapes and sizes, both male and female, all races and all ages. You don’t need to be or think you are model material, this project is about you and your bodyart.

To anyone who wishes to participate: basically, what I need, is for you to kindly donate an hour or so of your time to allow to me to create a portrait of you and your bodyart. Because the project is concentrating on tattoos and the like, the areas around the tattoos will have to remain unclothed, so you should be comfortable in your own skin. This does not mean you will have to be nude or expose anything you do not wish to. Clothing can still be worn, of course, to a level with which you are comfortable, but it should be something that can be easily hidden by clever posing and cropping.

Also, anyone who takes part will recieve a free 6″x9″ print of the final image from the shoot.

If you’re interested, please get in touch and we’ll get something sorted! (Alternatively, feel free to use Facebook to contact me if that’s easier for you.)

Photoshoot: Tamara-Marie

Here, I present you with a shoot that had been a long, long time in the making! About a year and a half to be fairly precise!

Tamara-Marie and I had been discussing the prospect of a shoot since the early days of both our portfolios. Unfortunately, distance and other committments and the ilk frequently through a plethora of spanners, screwdrivers, hammers and anything else you can name into the works.

Eventually, we said enough was enough. We picked a few concepts, set a date and just went for it.

They say good things come to those who wait. This is certainly one instance where old adages prove theirselves with merit!

With but a handful of wigs and a few strong concepts, Tamara-Marie’s versatility and natural abilities really shone through throughout the shoot! In just three sets, we managed to get a wealth of variety and, in my opinion, some wonderfully graphic images. This, I gleefully admit, is all to the credit of such a wonderfully gifted and all over lovely model!

But of course, there is no proof in words, only in photos! Enjoy!

As always, thank you very kindly for your time! I do hope you enjoyed this set even half as much as I enjoyed making it!

It’s Magic – Monika

Back in January, I had the the wonderful pleasure of, again, working with the phenomenal Monika Godlewska.

The shoot, of Monika, itself was actually an afterthought of a shoot we were doing where Monika was acting as modeling coach and translator for a young Polish model, after which Monika stayed on so we could have our fourth collaboration for each of our respective portfolios.

Monika had previously told me about her “magic top hat” and this was a perfect opportunity to put it through its paces. We also decided that we could both use some more black and white images in our books, so most of the images were specifically taken with this in mind.

In the end, working with Monika, once again, yielded wonderful results and the energy, creativity and enthusiasm she brings to every shoot once again worked to a tremendous effect.

Monika Godlewska is represented by Glam Productions in Sheffield and Bond Models in Leeds.