Finally I managed to get out of the study for a shoot out in the countryside. I was lucky to be asked by the agency to shoot Alex which was great because as crazy as it was, I've actually known Alex since when I was in primary school because she's close to where I'm originally from. A great day out in the sun....well...that was until I woke up the next day realising my hay-fever has started up again this year!!! Arghh...some great shots though, so was worth it!
Was fortunate to get Jane for a second day last week with a different team. Currently still going through them, but so far so good! :)
Ps. GO CHELSEA!!!!!!! :)
I'm starting to get a seven day turn around for shoots which is pretty good going (well in my books it is....you'd be surprised how time consuming having nephews and nieces around can be)
Friend of mine Sinead was back in touch about getting some shots for something. Only managed to get one finished tonight but will get some more done and also some shots from previous shoots and tales to be told tomorrow...
Bon nuit
J
Thought I'd post up a shot of some work that I did the other day that I was happy about. After the day that this shoot was taken I did an outdoor location shoot and had a case of hay-fever that turned into a head-cold, hence me sitting here drinking Lemsip's...will post up some more soon!
Ahh...haven't been on this for a wee while. Having odd Easter weekend of harddrives dying, hay-fever starting to kick in and indulging in too much chocolate, coffee and the new Whitest Boy Alive album running non-stop!
Firstly this happened to me on Friday. I know I'm COMPLETELY at fault because I changed those DEP settings in Vista...never again! 
But I did manage to back up shots from the shoot the other day...here's a few for ya...
Came across Ladytron's video "Seventeen" which I haven't heard in ages and feels as fresh as ever. I do like how these are the only lyrics in the whole track just repeated again and again and again...
They only want you when you're seventeen
When you're twenty-one
You're no fun
They take a polaroid and let you go
Say they'll let you know
So come on
Recently I've become to like Kenneth Cappello's work more and more. Just the simplicity of the shots means that for the shots to be great the photographer really has to connect well with the person being photographed...came across a video of Erin Wasson for RCVA...
And finally I've been listening alot today to Holly Miranda who hails from Tennesse! :)
http://www.myspace.com/hollymiranda
C.Andrew Tingle
Every now and again I like to take some shots of just the set ups so people can see how it’s done. I’ve shot in numerous places and studios and even the one below in my front living room! So anything is possible :)
Currently doing planning for test shoot next week that I’m excited about. Seems they’re slowing getting into bigger and bigger productions everytime.
A mate of mine was in contact with me asking did I use this girl a while back to which I did. I was using a different space back then…(ridiculously small) so could only really do head-shots with a small softbox which was very restricting in what I wanted to do but here’s two examples from previously a few week’s back the bottom shot is with Fuji Acros ISO 100 b/w film….starting to like it instead of the Delta surprisingly!
These are the last ones from the test shoot with Hannah. Luckily I managed to get a larger space to work in, so was nice to try a few new things. The shots below are just with a Bowens 500w/s head with the wide angle reflector just flashed directly on, really strong and contrasty and just directly above camera. The other shots in the last post are just one light set-ups with a large softbox camera right with some reflector on camera left. Finally on this set up I wanted to try and do some naturally lighting but just still with a backdrop. Unfortunately it was actually quite a windy day so it was a bit of a nightmare trying to get the backdrop to stay still, but still managed it with some extra flash lighting on the backdrop just to make sure that the white is pure brilliant white. And then when developing the film, I just made sure to let it develop a little longer to get it more contrasty....just the way I like it! ;)
First post!!!! Decided that I'm going to start this blog so I can have some place to display work that is normally the work that just sits there without anyone seeing! Will hopefully start taking more "behind the scenes-esque" shots so people can see layouts and settings for photographs. Wish me good luck with this wee little venture!
