Share your world – 21st June 2022

We’ve just come back from another country trip where we did some sightseeing, as well as I spent a few days teaching. It’s a nice balance. I also started my “Over 40 and friggin fabulous” studio portrait sessions. I have met and had some wonderful women in the studio. Classy, sassy and loads of fun.…

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The Letter

Love is all about romance, the good the bad and the ugly, stories like Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights and so many other classics. I wanted to capture different sides to love, deep, dark and intimate. It’s not always what you expect, but often what you need. Model – Emily Reinhard HMUA – Teighan Felton…

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Smoke and Mirrors in the studio

Super cool and fun Smoke & Mirrors workshop in the studio last month. We had a ball with this Victorian Steampunk look. A few mirrors, some magic framed, a little smoke and some yummy cupcakes! Want to know the next time we run a cool creative workshop? Why not jump on my V.I.P email list?…

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Medieval Assassin’s Creed shoot

I recently had this super cool studio shoot with model Andrea Gardiner, makeup artist Em Mrietta and access to a super cool wardrobe and accessories from AltCvlt official. We ended up with this Medieval /Assassin’s Creed vibe going on…add some coloured gels and smoke and man it was AWESOME!!! Love being able to create pure…

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Wiccan Ways

It’s funny how fate works. One of my HMUA artists, Teighan put out a call for some models and Nikki responded. Now Nikki shot with me about five years ago and then life happened and she stopped modelling, had a family etc. She was thinking about getting back into it, we were looking for a…

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Wild at Heart

“If you are truly wild at heart, you’ll fight for your dreams.” I love how an idea comes about…Andrea and Teighan and myself were chatting during a hair and makeup session on a totally different shoot months ago and were chatting about the 1960’s Mod shoot we did last year and the mess Andrea had…

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Creative Portraits – Sirens

Last year, I did a fine art shoot with a model in a bathtub. I commented at the time I would love to get a mermaid in that tub! I am a big believer in asking for what you want and the universe will get it for you (well within reason – I still don’t…

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In the studio – Moulin Rouge showgirl

It’s been a minute since I had Emily in front of the camera. Well up until recently I haven’t really had anyone in front of the camera, apart from the dog. So it was so nice to have a catchup and shoot this little Moulin Rouge showgirl inspired set. Moulin Rouge the musical is in…

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In the studio – The Puppet Master

It’s already been a busy whirlwind of a week, we started off with a lovely classic still life workshop, then jumped straight in with the first creative workshop of the year, The Puppet Master. This started off as an idea about marionettes. A real-life Geppetto and Pinocchio, but of course, I had to go a…

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Diamonds workshop

The last creative portrait workshop I ran for 2021 was the much-awaited and many times postponed Marilyn Monroe inspired workshop. Model Jess was born for this role, however, we had a slight hiccup in the fact that she was actually 20 weeks pregnant by the time we got around to running this workshop! The tight…

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