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Hexed

Last Saturday I attended a workshop run by Scott Church at The Roost in London. I met a lot of great people and shot some interesting images (shown below).

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Another shoot with the infrared Nikon D100, and the strongest case yet of the blue hair effect. The camera is fitted with an internal infrared filter that isn’t 100% opaque to visible light, so although it’s now primarily a monochrome camera, occasionally a little colour creeps through. Usually it’s subtle, but this time it was a little more vivid.

Space Navigator

I added a new gadget to my desktop last week - a Space Navigator. For those with an interest in obscure old gaming controllers, it’s a bit like a desk-mounted SpaceOrb - a little puck that you can push and twist on its base to input movement in 3 dimensions (pan, zoom and rotate).

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Drapery

You could say that this was one of those images that nearly didn’t happen. I last worked with Lelly 6 months ago during her pregnancy - you’ll find the image we took then, Mother and Daughter, in the Pregnancy gallery - and I’ve been meaning to shoot her again ever since.

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Unforseen

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Frills

Dee wanted some pictures in her new corset, and asked me to shoot them. So for her first time as a model she not only had to deal with my long-exposure shots and cramp-inducing poses, but had to do so in a corset and heels. Thankfully she survived, and with these results. I think they may have surprised a few people.

Pleasantly Blue

Pleasantly Blue

Persona Grata (nude)

As a result of Kodak’s decision to discontinue HIE High Speed Infrared film, I finally decided to have my Nikon D100 modified to make it a full-time infrared camera. The results are very different to those that I’m used to getting with the infrared film, but I’m really having a lot of fun with it. These shots of Denise are from my first studio shoot after the conversion.