Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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9:58 am - Second shoot with Steferny two weeks ago
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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10:05 pm - Second shoot with Dominika
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Images from my shoot on Saturday with Dominika . I'm hoping I'm getting back to enjoying my photography as much as I used to.
I hope you like these! I do.
( More behind the cut )
Let me know if you would like to see some more later :-)
current mood:  happy
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
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12:52 pm - Steferny Wakeman again
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
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10:22 pm - Steferny Wakeman
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
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4:52 pm - Ebay and Paypal
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In my opinion paypal value the custom of a liar and cheat who does a lot of business with them more than the custom of an honest individual who does very little business. I bought an item from a trader that was faulty when it arrived. I suppose as it was only around £7 it would have made sense to cut my losses when the trader lied to me in correspondence twice. Instead I agreed to send it back. Obtained a post office certificate of posting, which I scanned and sent him a copy. He denied that it came back so I put the complaint in Paypals hands, giving them a copy of the certificate as well. They have ruled against me.
The loss is not huge but it leaves a bad taste and I will try to use all other options possible before using paypal again.
current mood:  annoyed
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
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7:12 pm - Lex Eleven
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Images from my shoot a week ago with Lex Eleven . Despite being the coldest I've experienced on a shoot (the docks were frozen over in places) it all went well and I'm pleased with the results.
I also used a different lens for a couple of the shots. I didn't get it for model shoots but it seems to work well for close images :)
Enjoy!
( More behind the cut )
current mood: accomplished
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
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7:08 pm - More from Dominika
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
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12:02 pm - Yesterday's shoot with Dominika
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Yesterday I met up with the lovely Dominika for some photos. It was a bitterly cold day with bright sunshine, although the sun was low to the horizon all day. Quite challenging conditions for me so I sought out the shade most of the time. Here is a headshot I like. I'll post some more when I've worked on them.
current mood:  cold
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
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7:17 pm - More from the shoot with Eve Wynter
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
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7:45 pm - Beware SPIDER Beware
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I thought I should warn you there be a SPIDER lurking behind the cut so don't click if you hate spiders.
I now have a macro lens and a ring flash. The flash is not high power so I've found an unexpected problem. I experimented today with a small house spider. The camera was hand held and the weight of the lens and flash mean it is more difficult to hold steady.
When I did a 1:1 at f 8 the ring flash duration was short enough to produce a sharp image but the depth of field so shallow that I only got a very small part of the creature in focus. The leg image is a crop from the full size image without additional sharpening.
I then tried f 32 but the duration of the flash now needs to be so long that I'm not holding the camera steady enough. Despite reducing the image size to 50% of the original and using additional sharpening the camera movement is excessive. It looks like I'm going to need a tripod or a bean bag at the very least to get this to work for me.
Strangely there does appear to be sufficient power in the flash for close headshots. Now I need a model (guinea pig) to test that out ;-)
( Warning SPIDER Warning )
current mood: frustrated
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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8:55 pm - Eve Wynter
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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8:23 pm - Tearing my hair out
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I spent an hour on the phone to my ISP to try to resolve an issue they created three days ago that meant my website and the images I hosted on it, including those I posted here. were invisible to anyone using Virgin Media as their ISP. I didn't think I'd resolved anything and spent a similar time writing a letter to their complaints department. Then I started writing an apology on the main modelling site I use explaining my disappearing images.
It seems they do listen because a short while ago my website and images reappeared.
I hope its permanent!
current mood: aggravated
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
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9:47 pm - More as I promised from the shoot with Miss Pixie
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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9:32 pm - Another Dracinabox shoot
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Here are some of the images from my most recent shoot for Drac-in-a-Box with Ivy Midsomer. Take a look on the Drac-in-a-Box site if you would like to see more :)
All this was done while trying to avoid the rain and the attention of a band of construction workers who were very vocal in their approval of Ivy.
( more here )
current mood: busy
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
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9:55 pm - Luci again
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In my last post I played in a studio setting, on Saturday I played in the woods and on the beach. Luci was my model and she brought along Charlie too. I've only finished a few of the images but I thought i would show some now. You'll remember Luci from my last post.
( Luci and Charlie - click here )
current mood: content
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
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10:08 am - Another Saturday, Another shoot
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Although in this case it was rather different. I went to an open day for a new local studio. There were several models and lots of photographers so it was not really ideal for shooting. However I had to try it out, didn't I! In fact it also gave me the opportunity of working with a few different models. I tried two areas with the studio lights as they are intended to be used (or at least something close) with Luci. I'm planning to have a shoot with her in a couple of weeks so it also gave us a moment to get to know each other a little. First the bedroom.
( Then the shower - the rest under the cut )
current mood: mellow
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
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7:57 pm - Latest shoot with Miss Pixie
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Had a fun shoot on Saturday with Miss Pixie . I'm very pleased with the images and I expect there will be many more to show later but here are a few for now :)
( more here )
current mood: creative
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
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6:20 pm - More from Dracinabox shoots
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
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7:18 pm - Latest shoot for Dracinabox
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I so rarely post on here any more (and neglect my friends journals too). I'm really bad :(. On Saturday I did a shoot for Drac-in-a-Box with Ulorin Vex. I'm very pleased with the results so I decided I would show a few of them here. We did 5 outfits but only 3 are on the Drac-in-a-Box site so far. Take a look if you would like to see the one I haven't shown you here :)
( more here )
current mood: pleased
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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8:14 pm - The story of Alice
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We've had two fairytales so now its time for a more definitive work. I'm introducing you to the story of Alice. The main part is played by Karina85. As always my stories come with pictures to cover up the inadequacies of the prose. Enjoy :-)
Alice - click here!!
current mood: accomplished
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