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Tanneke Peetoom: Dolls
I recently gave a talk about the importance of working on photographic projects rather than the endless pursuit of the single stand-alone knockout image and how some of those instantly recognisable...
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Night Life
We’ve been running our Night Photo Safari events for quite a few years now and you may have seen images from past events here on these pages. But this is a first: one of our attendees, Kevin Harper,...
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Dean On The Dark Side
Never one to do things the obvious, predictable, right-way-round kinda way, after showing you a “behind the scenes” shot in the last post, here’s a couple of iphone pictures of model Dean Smith from...
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A Matter Of Etiquette
I’ve long held the belief that it’s possible to spot the difference between the pros and the amateurs (I can almost hear you groaning “not the Pros Vs Amateurs stuff again”) on social media simply by...
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After Hours
Forgive me dear readers and Fotofiles, I have sinned. The sin of sloth mainly, or at least as regards keeping this here blog furnished with up-to-the minute musings and photographic snippage. In my...
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The Upside of Downton (part 2)
More images from our recent Downton Abbey-themed shoot at Haden Hill House. This time, I’m featuring my images of the incomparable Joel Hicks. Joel Hicks at Fotofilia’s Downton-themed location shoot....
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The Upside of Downton (part 3)
Finishing up my little series of posts about Fotofilia’s “Downton”-themed location shoot with a few images of both models – Emilie Walt and Joel Hicks – together. Emilie and Joel are great models...
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Studio in The Street: Kat
Now here’s something we haven’t done in a while – take our two Bowens 400 heads and battery pack out onto the streets of Birmingham Jewellery Quarter on a Summer’s evening. The “Studio in the street”...
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Time To Downscale?
Apart from my very first digital camera – a Fuji “bridge” camera – every camera I’ve owned since I (largely) turned my back on film has been a Nikon DSLR. I can’t deny the merits of the Canon DSLR...
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Good Clean Fun
Remember the 1980s Levis 501 tv advert that launched the model Nick Kamen and put “I heard it through the grapevine” back in the charts? Well we’ve arranged a shoot inspired by that very commercial, in...
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What’s Special?
A few months ago, I announced a Studio Evening event at Fotofilia which was a little bit different to the ones we’ve been running for the best part of a decade. For this one, I booked only one model...
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Getting Flashy With Megan
Last weekend we ran a fully-booked workshop entitled “The Speedlight Studio” which focussed (sorry) on how to use battery-powered strobes/speedlights in place of the usual mains-powered Bowens kit that...
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A Special Evening With Kate
Amazing what you can achieve in just a couple of hours. Derby-based model Kate Anne Cooper modelled for the Fotofilia “Special Studio Evening” this week and during the two and a half hours she was...
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A Special Evening With Kate (part 2)
More images from my shoot with the lovely Kate Anne Cooper at Fotofilia this week. This little batch feature our much-used (by me anyway) aluminium-effect wall and a lorry wheel that Chrissy (of...
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A Special Evening With Kate (part 3)
More images from my shoot with the lovely Kate Anne Cooper at Fotofilia this week. So far we’ve had beauty headshots, grungey latex and lorry wheels. Now we’re getting back to basics – pure, clean,...
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A Special Evening With Kate (part 4)
A few final images from my shoot with the lovely Kate Anne Cooper at Fotofilia this week. After the various other sets, where better to end up than the cafe? Our cafe. Or rather the excellent Urban...
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Playing Man Ray At His Own Game
I wanted to share this image with you. It was taken by Katie Bulmer, a student on the Fotofilia ten week “Advanced Photography” course. It was taken for the first of two assignments on the course in...
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Prude Or Rude?
There’s been a great deal of controversy over the last year or so about the apparent gender-biased censorship by Facebook. This largely centres on the alleged hypocrisy in the way male nudity (or...
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Nude In The Landscape – With Rosa Brighid THIS SUNDAY!
Once again, this weekend we’re off to our top secret location for another shoot with (in my opinion) one of the country’s best nude models – Rosa Brighid. The location is a private and secluded...
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Indoors For A Change: Rosa Returns
After 2 very successful location nude shoots, the ever-superb Rosa Brighid is back at Fotofilia but this time for a studio shoot. Want to come along? Get in touch.
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