Month: April 2009
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		Lectures on Machu Picchu websiteI have just finished a new website for a client who is a lecturer on Machu Picchu (an ancient set of Inca ruins in Peru). I used her photography to create a visually appealing website which aims to give the viewer an instant feeling of the scale and area surronding Machu Picchu. The site uses… 
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		Microsoft Photo CompetitionOnly 2 days left to enter the compeition the Microsoft Future Pro competition that I got 1st place in People & Portraits last year, open worldwide to full time students. Rules me out this year unfortunatly! I really did get paid the prize money and got the printer (eventually!) so well worth giving it a… 
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		Ruby portrait & beauty shootIt was a couple of weeks ago I did this shoot but I hadn’t got round to putting pictures up from the shoot, so here they are! The model was called Ruby, she had a really interesting look and was really easy to work with. We were mostly going for beauty head shots. For these… 
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		Turning a rainy day sunny!Playing with lighting ideas, trying to make a rainy day look sunny! Basically a back lit shot, with some front fill light. 1 580ex Speedlite as front left fill, silver reflector to right and 1 Elinchrom 500 with yellow gel as the backlight/bounce main. Thanks Fi for modelling! 
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		Oxford band – Invisible Vegas photo shootI recently photographed a set of photos for an Oxford based band Invisible Vegas. I really enjoyed the project because the band gave me quite a free reign on the kind of shots they wanted. I found a great location in Oxfordshire by a river and with an old barn in the grounds. For this… 
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		Invisible Vegas gig at 02 Academy OxfordI used to do a lot of gig photography, it was always good to go see bands for free and take photos at the same time. I haven’t done so much since moving back to Oxford, but I still do the odd gig. One of the guys I used to ride bikes with is now… 
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		Beauty shots with experimental make-upIt’s always fun to experiment with new ideas and styles. A local Oxford make-up artist and I did a test with a model recently to try out some interesting and different make-up ideas. To add another element to the shoot I introduced a silk cloth which I asked the model to flick across her face.… 
