It's always dangerous to leave me alone with ideas. Like Trash the Dress. Of course I've done Trash the Dress shoots before. But they always seemed a little.....tame.So I talked to some friends. And went out and shot this. With a chainsaw.Just to be clear - this was "posed by
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The glorious bluebells are just about over now in Kent. They came early and only lasted briefly. But I've been so busy lately that I've only just got round to editing pictures from my second shoot amongst them.We had a little more time to plan things than on the first
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A couple of weeks ago, the lovely Hayley at Harrogate Wedding Lounge sent me a couple of dresses. They were shop samples that needed replacing and so were surplus to requirements. The rules were pretty simple "take some nice pictures of them - it doesn't matter if they get ruined".So
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A story of social media, lightning fashion and a very special coat. It all started with an innocent enough remark. Kent was snowbound, I was on Twitter chatting to Natalie from Madeline Isaac-James and an idea hit me. Quite a dangerous idea actually. Hey, you know that new bridal coat you've designed?
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I've been inundated with kind comments on my underwater wedding photography pictures. Lots of people have said lovely things about them and lots and lots have asked questions about the practicalities of shooting a wedding dress underwater.There will be a full behind the scenes video for tech heads soon (including
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I've already mentioned that I recently photographed the entire Madeline Isaac-James 2011 collection. Actually it's two collections. The Candelit collection is all about romance with big floaty dresses - big skirts, detailed bodices. The Starlet is just a little bit glamorous. Think 20's and 30's movie star look and you've
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If you're a bride (or groom!) then there's a good chance you haven't heard of Attire Bridal Magazine. If you're in the trade though you'll certainly know all about it. It's the industry magazine that shows new trends, latest styles and all the things that will be big in 6
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This is part 2 in a 2 part story - if you didn't see part one yet then start here. Look 3 - eyelashes One of the key themes of beauty photography is getting close. Sometimes really close.The second part of the shoot consisted of eyelash extensions and embellishments. Here we can
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I was recently asked to shoot a beauty feature for Pretty Magazine. The brief was simple: 2 models with a total of 4 - 5 looks. The first look featured cupcakes from Hummingbird Bakery so I knew it was going to be a good shoot!Beauty photography is a specialised subset
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Two weeks ago I photographed the brand new jewellery collection for Chezbec. It was quite a day: 3 models, a stately home, make up artists, hair stylists, lights, camera and plenty of action. In fact it was such a cool day I thought that you might like to
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