by Damien | Oct 4, 2011 | Flash, Location, Wedding
As the summer wedding season draws to a close we had just one last spell of fabulous weather for our shooting weddings workshop. These events are limited to just 4 delegates per tutor and with an overall group size of 8 delegates it is easy for everyone to get their...
by Damien | Oct 1, 2011 | Flash, Location, Wedding
Designer: Yemi Osunkoya Photographer: Damien Lovegrove Models: Rosemary Chileshe-Ellis, Lisette Mibo, Naomi Sharpe and Olivia Wood. Make-up: Kemi Imevbore-Uwaga Hair: Kasia Fortuna Tiaras/Head pieces: Claire Ogden Photgraphy Assistant/ second shooter Adam Dunn Venue:...
by Damien | Sep 13, 2011 | Continuous Lighting, Location, Studio
I’ve often worked hard at unlocking the code of the Hollywood portraits to examine their DNA. In this post I discuss how we can recreate the classic look today using simple continuous lights. I have three images from the John Kobal collection to asses. These...
by Damien | Sep 11, 2011 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Location, Studio
Here is a small selection of the recent pictures taken by me on my workshops or 1:1 sessions. I’ve been so busy shooting for clients this summer it has been a challenge to keep up. I’ll blog some of my commissioned fashion work soon but for now here is my...
by Damien | Aug 24, 2011 | Flash, Location
My 2 ‘A’ head Quadra kit arrived on Wednesday last week and on Thursday morning I was all set to go out on my first test shoot with it. I charged both batteries in seemingly no time at all and tested the Skyport transmitter was set to the correct...
by Damien | Aug 13, 2011 | Continuous Lighting, Location
Sarah Ferrara was my delegate from Italy for this 1:1 session and she is already a very accomplished photographer and digital retouching artist. Sarah and I shared picture ideas in the build up to this shoot because we wanted to go beyond the scope of the images we...
