Now restrictions are starting to relax, i’ve taken the opportunity to start shooting some more portraiture work and last week I had 2 shoots booked with 2 wonderful clients. Monday saw me down at the very pictureque Royal William Yard shooting a young aspiring model. Considering her limited experience (which only comes with time and she will have plenty of that) she did a fantastic job and was soon in her stride rocking the poses! I had brought my OCF equipment with me and was planning to use it but as I was unpacking the car the light was perfect to shoot some natural light portraits and a quick change in plan and I decided to leave the kit in the car. We spent most of the time around the back end of the facilities where there is some real character and beautiful tones to the buildings. It’s amazing how quickly time flies and soon enough I had plenty of images to come with and work through.
Check out below some of my images
My second shoot was with a repeat client who is a sewing sorceress who can conjure up all sorts of fantastic and amazing garments for herself and her lovely family. She recently made this awesome black and white dress and wanted some images to accompany her upcoming blog for her social media channels. We chose to venture down to Marsh Mills roundabout where they have this area under the flyover covered in all sorts of outstanding graffiti art. Its been little while since we have shot together due to the restrictions with Covid but after 5 minutes, it felt like it was only the week before and not before long, we were smashing out the poses and filling up the SD cards quick! As the light is fairly flat and low down there, I took my OCF equipment from @pixapro (who I must say their service over the last few years of me purchasing their equipment has been exemplary) which consisted of a Citi600 battery powered strobe and the 25.5” rice bowl soft box. For mobility this pairing is ideal and is easy to move around and adjust according. it gives an incredible ‘pop’ feel to the shots and stands the client out away from the surrounding. After a welcome cup of tea break we shot for another hour putting the world to rest and then packed up and headed home
Here is a few images from that shoot
