Comments on: Lovegrove Ballet test shoot ~ Studio pictures

By: damien

damien — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:56:09 +0000

Hi Steve,

Sorry for the delay in replying. The promotion is ongoing. Unfortunately our timing wasn’t perfect this season as our launch coincided with our ballet teachers holiday. We managed a leaflet hand out but not the personal recommendation. This resulted in about 1/3rd of our ideal customer numbers. but we have run this promotion at least five times in the past so it is tried and tested. The best sale so far this season has been £1400 and all have been over £300. As I have a permanent shooting space I can fit the odd shoot in when ever, so when time next allows I’ll be marketing it once again. Probably in association with the forthcoming Eisteddfods. (I find that the parents of dance competitors are by far the best customers). It’s a promotion that is ongoing and one that is not date stamped. The pictures create the desire and they are timeless.

I hope this helps,

Damien.
PS: See you at Focus.

By: Steve Bulley

Steve Bulley — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:02:08 +0000

How did the promotion go Damien? As a past (and probably future) consultation client, I’d love to see the details mentioned in the last paragraph.
See you at Focus.
Steve

By: damien

damien — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:08:05 +0000

Hi Roger, Wow that is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. I asked about you when I gave a talk for the RPS in Bath and that is where I heard this nonesence. The fabric I used for this shoot I bought from you at Backwell Camera Club and was first used at a photoshoot we did together in the garden of a private home in Somerset. It is a pale pink ultrafine fabric. Anyway I’m glad you are fine and well. Best wishes, Damien.

By: Roger Noons

Roger Noons — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:03:39 +0000

Whoever said I was dead is ill informed. I am very much alive and intend to be so for many years to come. My mother is 93 and still going strong so I expect to be around for a while yet. I did ‘retire’ from photography in 2000, mainly due to the demands of my parents who needed a lot of support. Because I need to be actively creative, I took up drawing but due to the great demands of my mother (not her fault) i had to give that up. I now write and have recently won my first short story competition and had poems published. I AM ALIVE.

By: Roger Noons

Roger Noons — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:55:55 +0000

I used and talked about a range of ‘home made’ filters. One was a UV filter coated in hair spray and others consisted of chiffon scarves held tightly over the front of the lens, sometimes with a hole in the centre. They were used with wide apertures, often fully open but gave mucher more diffused results than we see in these beautiful pictures here. The coloured scarves were used mainly with colour film and had an effect that often was not appreciated until viewing the transparencies.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:07 +0000

Great photos of Francesca, but would not expect anything less from you Damien

By: damien

damien — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:06:56 +0000

Thanks Tara, Richard, Will and Iain. The shots were tweaked in Lightroom using split toning etc. The Perspex cube was once a coffee table light fitting;-)

Damien.

By: damien

damien — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:01:18 +0000

Hi Allison, Thanks for the compliments. I know the paintings you mean. Classic subjects like this never go out of date. If I could paint, I would Damien.

By: damien

damien — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:57:17 +0000

Hi Joseph, Roger Noons is a famous UK based photographer who shot on Scotch Chrome 1000 film and used on lens diffusion. I did a workshop with him in 1992 and I bought a square of very thin pink fabric from him and I made my own filter by attaching it to an old 77mm skylight filter. I still have it to this day and it is perfect for shoots like the ballet one above.

Damien.

By: Will Pateman Photography

Will Pateman Photography — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:23:09 +0000

Great posing and great images!

By: Richard Scorer

Richard Scorer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:59:51 +0000

Fantastic!

I really like these Damien, great posing from Fran and final touches.

Oh and as Chianti was pretty darn special I look forward to the Tuscany blog.

By: Iain King

Iain King — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:43:41 +0000

Damien,

These are fantastic – I love ballet pictures. What process did you use for colouring and toning the images? Was it all lightroom, or photoshop as well? The acrylic cube in the last shot works a treat as well.

Cheers, Iain

By: Tara Taylor

Tara Taylor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:33:57 +0000

Great images Damien, my kids enjoyed their time with Francesca last week and really enjoyed seeing these!

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:59:17 +0000

Wow! This are great! Remind me very much of Edgar De Gas’s Ballerina’s.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:06:13 +0000

Cool, looking forward to check out the shots you took in the last two days.
Cheers,
Joseph.