Sunday, December 20th, 2009
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10:44 am - Xmas party
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Never done this before so have to see if it works. This is one persons view of our Bristol Xmas Party for models and photographers. It was a great night :-)
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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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