Models at MelenStudios

Had a great day honing my portrait skills at MelenStudios yesterday. Thanks to Phil for organising it all, and to the three fantastic models, who were lovely and an absolute pleasure to work with. 

This is a perfect opportunity to work using your creativity with different equipment, using different set ups and locations, and gives you the chance to get some great shots for your portfolio. 

I would definitely do another one of these days and I recommend it to anyone who wants to practice portraiture. 

Here are some of the shots I got;

Private lives for public consumption

Has Arne Svenson violated his neighbours privacy?

I personally like the idea and think the images have been done in a very artistic way. Its very clever, taking everyday activities and turning them into art, saying that though, I'm not sure how I would feel if someone had a telefoto lens aimed at my window!

View his website here Arne Svenson - The Neighbours

 

All images are copyright of Arne Svenson

A picture of you

I recently held my first portrait day at Melen Studios. I was quite exhausted by the end of it but it was a great experience and I learnt so much. If everyday could be that much fun I would be a very happy person.
I had such a varied group of subjects, which was a brilliant but it was also a bit of a challenge, I needed multiple different lighting set ups and to make sure I stuck to the tight timeframes for each appointment. After lots of planning and preparation before the day and organisation on the day, it all went smoothly, so thank you to those who helped me and to all that came. I'm looking forward to the next one already.

Kew Gardens

Last weekend, for the first time, I joined a photography group for a day out, http://www.meetup.com/londonphotos/
They run a number of sessions, courses, talks and days out for all people interested in photography, and
this trip was to Kew Gardens, which was also a first for me.
The group was very well organised, friendly & helpful and it was really nice to bounce ideas off other people with an interest in photography.
Kew is such a beautiful place, its packed full of textures, architecture and colour, which is a pleasure to photograph. 

Photograph of Jesus

If you have ever wondered what goes on inside a photo archive then watch this video. I work at Getty Images and have been to the archive, it really is incredibly vast and impressive. Ive also seen this video many times and still think its brilliant!

Photograph of Jesus by Laurie Hill in Association with Getty Images Short & Sweet Film Challenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zve2chDhB_4

Bonnie Scotland

Me and my husband went to Scotland over the May bank holiday. We decided, for the first time ever to do a driving holiday, which ended up being a 1400 mile round trip! Initially I was a bit apprehensive about spending so much of my holiday in a car, bickering about directions and his bad driving :-), however, there was no need to worry as we had a great time. Scotland is truly a stunning place and we will definitely be going back! Here are some of the many pics I took...

Off Road!

A river runs through it
Old boat

Sheep!

Gairloch Beach

A rest with a view at Loch Ewe

Top of the world

Passing Place

Road to the best pub ever!

Church in Gairloch