Ceri & Mary: A Little Contrary

Always nice to have a little rhyme...

Anyway, Ceri Williams and Mary Luke are storming my blog again.

Following a day out to Camden with myself and Mary's significant other, Pete, these two came for a shoot on Sunday 19th January with all sorts of crazy things with them... O_o

It was just a fun day to prat around a bit and get some images together. Let's say a warm-up for when they force me to take pictures of them in Cosplay attire... *shudder*

We started with a masquerade themed set:

Love this first one.

As you may well know, I've done a Masquerade shoot before (my first shoot with Kiera Gould) and so, whilst this was fun, I wasn't too fussed about getting images for my own portfolio from this set. I have to say though. That first one is already in it. Bing.

This one of Mary is also fantastic, I think. She's got a lovely mood in it and I love it as a profile shot.

Here they are together. Aww.

And now Ceri isn't fond of this one (below, right) as she thinks she looks gormless but I really like it...

What do you folks think?

Also, this one of Mary (above, right) is pretty spot on for capturing her lovely happy disposition!

Mary just has the loveliest happy-face. :) 

... and of course, then there's Pikachu*:

 *Pikachu was a 'sorry' gift for Ceri from someone who accidentally sliced open her eye with a playing card that morning... (rather skillfully, I might add). Caused a lot of bloody Photoshopping on her eye as it fell out before the shoot... I jest...

Next, the pair had brought these RIDICULOUS Robot Unicorn fairy tutus:

I was not shooting them in these. I completely refused.

You're welcome.

But we did have a bit of fun with them all the same. Observe:

They're mad, aren't they?

 And then Ceri left for Sunday dinner whilst Mary and I got busy with some Burlesque images:

Feather fans bought lovingly by the previously mentioned Pete.

And aren't they PRETTY!

I think Mary and I will possibly be doing some more Burlesque a bit later on with some more fancy costumes.

To finish off, we got a few images of Mary in her new underbust corset.

Beautiful.
Well that was my Sunday the 29th!

Come back shortly to see my Valentine's images from Norwich with Francesca Green!

The Beginning

OK, so... I've finally decided to start blogging about my photography. I'm not sure whether this will be interesting for anyone but at the very least, I might find it interesting to read back one day!

 I'm going to start it off by briefly summing up how I got started and what I've been up to so far so that I can blog from the present.

I became interested in photography quite late. I  picked up a camera for the first time in 2009 at the fresh young age of 20 years.

Starting out as a freelance part-time model, I spent a lot of time with photographers, building up portfolios and the like. I had a lot of ideas for photoshoots but I found that the photographs themselves rarely came out as I had envisioned them. I realised that I wanted more than anything to create. To be the creator. As a model, your creativity can be limited as, whether your photographer is easygoing and flexible or not, you never truly have the control you need to create the image you are hoping for. You are always relying heavily on the photographer.

After getting to know a couple of photographers quite well, one in particular, (still a very good friend) Pete Baldrey effectively changed my life, I suppose. I mentioned that I would like to 'have a go' at photography and so he loaned me his Canon 350D and off I went!

My first 'photoshoot' with a wonderful girl, Kiera Gould (Masquerade shoot, note the pictures!), was amazing. We drove to Pete's studio and he showed me how to work the lighting and then told me to give him a shout if I needed anything. I was so excited! We were shooting late into the evening, throwing more and more ideas and potential images around. It is still to this day one of my favourite shoots just for the sheer amount of fulfillment it left me with.

After that shoot I was sincerely hooked and I am still bouncing around with excitement before every shoot to this day and I can be buzzing for days and days afterwards.

So there it is. That is how it began...