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I'd shot with both Grace and Holly in the last month or so, both fairly new to modelling, both seeking variety for their portfolios. and both said they would be very interested in shooting with another model.  It doesn't take a genius … :) We'd agreed the theme for the first part of the shoot would be a hot couple after the style of the raunchy perfume adds on TV and we'd shoot, nude, lingerie and jeans. Take two women, perfect strangers, neither with much modelling experience and neither with any acting experience at all. Put them in a room with a couple of other people they know only...


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I'd asked Caitlin to come in to work on a couple of my personal projects.  She's pretty new two modelling and doesn't yet have the extensive wardrobe of lingerie and assessories that models often build up as they work, so I asked her whether she had any sports gear. "Well I could bring my riding gear"  :D It was project work first and nothing phased her as I took her through a series of increasingly demanding poses. She took my direction and stirred in a good mix of her own energy and humour to deliver what I was looking for and the more demanding or unusual the pose, the more she had fun with...


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I don't usually attend group shoots, but when Giovanni invited me to this one, I thought 'what the hell I'll go along.   I'm glad I did. The theme was 50s pin-up and hats off to the models who spent the day in their underwear despite temperatures hovering around zero, and of course to Mick who provided the facilities - and cakes :) The promised big  motorcycle didn't materialise, which was a shame and a missed opportunity, and our make up artist had been called away by a family emergency,  but with four photographers and five models all together, you know some pix are going to get made. I...


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I'd shot with Grace once before when she came in with a model I knew for a two shoot. It was her first ever shoot but she impressed me, so I was disappointed when she didn't seem interested in doing more. I was delighted then 3 months later, when she contacted me to ask for another shoot and guidance in getting into modelling. We set up another shoot and once again I was impressed. My shooting script lasted about 5 minutes then went out of the window when it became obvious that Grace was both very eager to learn and determined to deliver exactly what I wanted, so instead of getting the best...


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When I saw Womble's brand new profile on a modelling site, I knew straight away he would be a good candidate for a couple of my projects, especially as I've become increasingly interested in the alternative culture and had already decided I wanted to add an alternative 'edge' to some of my work. I was pleased he was up for the shoot, but I don't think I've ever had a model talk about their first time nerves quite so publicly.  I must say it was really good to see his Facebook friends rallying around and giving him encouragement :) The nerves seemed to disappear as soon as he walked into...


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I came across Holly only a couple of weeks ago and I knew immediately that I wanted to shoot with her for my nude portrait project.  I contacted her and the project brief intrigued her.  She was in. Ok, its  only the end of January, but when they said it was the coldest day of the year so far, they weren't kidding.  I always have the studio heating on before a shoot so the model starts comfortably warm, but with over a kilowatt of modelling lights burning I alway have to dial the heating down or it quickly gets like an oven.  Not today.  Ok, it didn't really get cold in the studio, but even...


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After her couple shoot, Sam stayed back to get some solo pictures.   Having spent most of the earlier shoot in lingerie or nude, she wanted something in a more 'fashiony' style.  Something she hadn't done very much of in the past.   Now stood without props on a plain background is about as demanding as it gets for a model in a studio shoot, so to help her into the swing of a more dynamic posing style we played a game, I challenged her to have a different pose ready every time the studio lights beeped ready, thats a pose and a shot every one and a half seconds.   She...


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During our first shoot Sam had told me that she really wanted to do some hot couple shoots, both boy/girl and girl girl, so I've been looking for the right models to partner her. When I shot with Kirsty it was quickly obvious that she could be good in the role. When I asked her she wasn't sure. She'd never done a couple shoot before and the idea of getting pretty up close and personal with another woman was a little daunting for her. Now the idea in these shoots is to produce some pretty sexy pictures, but in my experience, rather than the lust filled debauches of male fantasy, these shoots...


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They say smoking is bad for your health, but it never occurred to me that it was particularly bad for your backside too, but when Sam nipped out onto the office balcony for a quick cig, shiny soled shoes met wet and slippery decking.  There was a loud bang, Sam was sat on the floor and her cup of tea was splashed all over the deck :( Fortunately apart from being a little shaken, Sam was fine, and as we found out later in the shoot, wasn't even bruised. ;) We had discussed the theme of packaging for the shoot, but didn't get into detail, so all credit to Sam who, when I told her that the first...


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We'd first tried to arrange a shoot back in March, but after a series of postponements and slipped dates it was beginning to to look like the shoot just wasn't going to happen. Happily today, it did and it was worth waiting for. We had a fun shoot.  Kirsty walked into the camera room with a 'can do' attitude and took every tension pose in her stride with only a few grumbles about this being a modelling job, not a work-out :) Now if you want to find out how well someone really moves, ask them to jump in the air and take their photograph. One of the fun parts of my projects is when I offer the model...


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