Festive Series-3

Week Three.. the 23^rd  The last edition and I wanted to shoot a Christmas cracker, I found one in the shape of former Miss Scotland the lovely Lois Weatherup. To set the image off I had the talented Kelly of Bad Kitty Corsets design the corset and Marie of Amuse Bouche design the knickers and I think you will agree that indeed it turned out to be a cracking Christmas cracker.

A massive thanks to everyone involved over the last few weeks and what an end to 2012 this was. Now I am planning a series of shoots to run throughout 2013 so here's to a great new year.

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Festive Series-2

TREE-mendous show again this week with another of my Christmas images. This one was an idea in which I turned to a friend Bayile who runs LushLengths in Glasgow, a hair extension expert. The concept was in my head and I needed to turn it into a reality. I think from the image here you will see that I managed to achieve this and the image looks rather cool.

And I must not go without a special thanks to Rachel for being a wonderful model and helping me achieve the final image.

I set myself this wee personal challenge some time ago when I first thought of the Holly image (last weeks pic) and when I started to think of one Christmas image more kept coming into my head. I have another in the bag and one more to shoot this week....and some might say I have kept the best to last...possibly. The final image has been the longest in planning and has involved the skills of a couple of very talented ladies who have given time and effort to assist me in achieving the end result...you will have to wait untill next Sunday to see.

Festive Series-1

Holly on bed of Holly....The first of a series of festive images I am currently working on. What a show this image got on Sunday....Page 3 in The Scottish Sun  I was chuffed!

The remaining festive shoots....One being shot this week and the other early next week and they are both going to be crackers!!

The concepts are very simple and with the right model and a little bit of planning everything should come together and help create a great image. I was soaked to the bone last Thursday out in the fields collecting several bags of holly for Friday's shoot. It paid off!

The two young ladies I have chosen to be part of the festive series need no introduction...they are Top models with personalities and charms to match. At this time they shall remain annonomous but watch this space for they will be here very very soon.

Thats all for now..

Knoxy in the PINK

Clyde 1 FM's Knoxy gets behind BREAST CANCER AWARENESS wearing the slinky "Stacey" dress in pink from online fashion boutique Noir la Rue  www.noirlarue.com

A whopping 30% from each and every sale of a "Stacey" dress throughout October will be donated to Breast Cancer Care by the lovely Emma Blythe MD of Noir La Rue.

Kate Middleton aka Kelly B

Recently I was having coffee with a couple of friends when one mentioned "Kelly" and the other friend called her "Kate" I was a little confused and interupted the girls....explain please!! It turns out that Kelly infact is a 24yr old school teacher who happens to be rather like a certain "Kate" I instantly announced I wanted to meet this young lady and arranged there and then to shoot.

I think you will agree there is a pretty strong resemblance. This also made it into The Scottish Sun at the weekend. They used a couple of my images alongside "real Kate" which worked out well.

Cold

Well suffering a terrible man flu...but soldiering on!!!

Not been on here for a while...thats not to say I have been quiet...far from it. Shoots have been steady and a couple of them good fun. The annoying thing is..I cant use any images from the one I mentioned as the client does not want anything released just yet. So I have to go along with the client! You would not like to see her angry!! trust me!!
Was nice to see Emma finally get a nice wee show in The Scottish Sun recently, took a few weeks but worth the wait. Her dress line is on the up...www.noirlarue.com  

The launch of Noir La Rue...Celebrity style dresses at high street prices...this concept has been brought about by the very talented Miss Emma Blythe.

Noir La Rue created by former International beauty queen and Scottish model Emma Blythe and provides young women with celebrity looks at high street prices. Currently the company is exclusive to its online store www.noirlarue.com with one stockist in TOWIEs Minnie's Boutique in London… famously owned by Sam and Billie Faiers of hit show "The only way is Essex". Minnie's approached Noir La Rue when we were scheduled to do a fashion show together in London, they instantly feel in love with the styles which will be available in store this week. 

"Noir La Rue was created to meet the need of young women. Current media surrounds us all with unattainable images that apply a lot of pressure to achieve a glamorous appearance. Even our reality stars wear the most on trend designer looks. Noir La Rue offers a gateway bridging the gap between catwalk and high street. I wanted to provide an opportunity for our customers to experience luxurious fabrics and styles without worrying about the outrageous price tags. This was definitely our main aim, and something we have exceeded at." - Emma Blythe - Managing Director. 

The company is going from strength to strength and is currently in the process of franchising out to South Africa. 

Here is Emma with the stunning Chung twins:

Ramblings....

Photography...probably the most accessible of all art forms.

The Camera...A very powerful instrument! It can....Tell the truth and distort it. (more another time)

Take an ordinary subject, transform it. This can be done with different lighting techniques and viewpoints and shutter speeds.

The Art of make-up.
Make-up and of course the MUA are vitally important to fashion/glamour photography. The MUA and his/her bag of tricks can help create the desired look of the model for the photographer, very much a team effort.
Without upsetting the "hair stylists" out there too, hair and the various looks that can be achieved reasonably quickly on a shoot is also important to the end results.

Here is an example of achieving different looks. Both these images of the lovely Holly were shot on the same day half an hour apart and with a quick make-up & hair change we created two very different looks. I will have Andii explain some of his make-up skills and techniques in a future post thats all for now....got to go do some work now!!!

ANTM Ashley Brown

Had a wee shoot with Ashley Brown of Britain & Irelands next top model series 5 and America's Next Top Model (int Edition) 2012...

Ashley was a delight to work with.

Update....

So there are a few recent images. As you will see I dont really keep this bang up to date...where does the time go.

Tomorrow sees me venturing back to the castle on a shoot with a particularly high profile model, she is quite stunning. It's a bit of both this one, a test for her and a possible publication for the paper which I hope comes to fruition. More to come on this one a little later.

I have several more images to post from recent shoots too, these I will post over the next few days or weeks. I am terrible at finding the time for this.

And how do I make this Blog visible to the everyone...need to work this out too. Can I link it to FB & Twitter?? Now I have set myself a task!!

Well better go and get organised for the morning....Lights to check and pack...outfits to arrange Bring on tomorrow!!!

Ciao for now will be back soon.

The Barn

Another test shoot this time with the lovely Lisa Somerville.

Rebecca

Miss Rebecca Ross...Make Up by Andii Buchan   This was simply a test shoot.

The Birds

A few images from a shoot which I had published, Miss Holly Rodgers & Miss Sophie Benton with birds of Prey. Shot on location.