This image of Sharon is the 4th image in my ongoing Translucence series and, as with the others, the colour of the fabric has been a big part of making each image unique. The only complication has been that the colour of the final image is never quite the same as the colour of the fabric used. This stuff was quite definitely purple, but what I’ve got is perhaps closer to pink. The next one will probably be yellow. Probably.

My friend and once regular model, Sarah, decided it was time to come back into the studio and model for me again. So I dug out some of the organza fabric and we set about taking this shot. She held this pose, with an upside down head, six times while I did my usual thing and tried to get the lighting just right. It’s one of my favourite images in a long time. It’s good to have you back in the saddle Sarah.

Counterpoise

Ephemeral

After taking the Translucence image of Meg I decided I wanted to do some more in that style. So I bought a pile of different colours of organza with the intention of shooting a series – and in a strange twist of fate, I bout the whole lot in the very chain of fabric shops that I used to spend many bored hours in as a child while my mother was picking dressmaking fabric. Ash came in to pose for the green one, and did nailed it on the first exposure. Thanks Ash.

Hiddenite

Allegory

• 04/10/2011 – Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
• 11/11/2011 – Inverclyde
• 01/02/2012 – Stirling

I’ve been to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth once before, so I’m looking forward to meeting some new people at Inverclyde and Stirling.

Last week I spent a little time in the studio giving some light painting pointers to my friend McInnes. By way of demonstration I took this shot of the fabulous Elaine Ford. Makeup by Jak Morgan.

After our last shoot I had a few additional images in my head that I wanted to take, so Meg came back into the studio to help make them happen. This was also the first time I’ve used Lenszilla – my new Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS – in the studio. After some initial difficulties attaching the tripod plate to the lens we shot the two images shown here. Awesome work by both model and lens.

Gossipry

Suborner

After previously posing with Slain Austen for one of roller girl images, Hazard came back into the studio with her Ibanez bass to pose for one of my guitarist lightpainting images. After rigging the bass with EL wire and taking that shot we took a backlit shot that I described at the time as awesome and creepy. As Hazard did all of the awesome so I’m pretty sure I’m responsible for the creepy.

Hazard

Chicanery

It’s always great to work with a new model, and on Monday I had the pleasure of shooting Meg for some of my lightpainting and Lensbaby work. She didn’t laugh too hard when I almost broke my neck tripping over stuff in the dark, handled my long exposure times and cramp-inducing poses with a relaxed attitude and a smile, and even endured the crippling shoes that I cropped out of the final shot. Sorry Meg, but thanks for the awesome results. See you again soon.

Transcucence

Distraction

Eyeballed

It seemed like it was time to include a Zebra in one of these images, so here is Commander Bond jam reffing for Meg 4 Mercy. Studio assistance, and possibly revenge, by Glasgow Roller Girls teammates Fighting Torque and Love Hurts.

Thanks particularly to Meg for holding that pose for *so* long. You’re a star; that’s why you have that star on your helmet panty so often.

Back to a two skater image for this one; Fighting Torque on the right and Love Hurts on the left. Even when she’s blocking, Torque never stops smiling. Studio assistance provided by Glasgow Roller Girls teammates Meg 4 Mercy and Sinéad.

Special thanks to Meg for pointing out that sometimes backwards is better.