by Damien | Feb 22, 2011 | Flash, Location
Part 1: The abandoned monastery Pictures: Damien Lovegrove & Martin Hill Models: Katy McGee & Miriam Martinez Hidalgo We spent two weeks planning the operation. The mission was to find shooting locations, hotels, restaurants and contacts in Spain to run a...
by Damien | Feb 11, 2011 | Continuous Lighting, Location
This post is the result of four hours of test shooting in a 1970’s house near Milton Keynes with Agata as my model. Chloe – Jasmine Whichello first mentioned that I should shoot with Agata back in the summer of 2010. I remembered this a few weeks back when...
by Damien | Jan 28, 2011 | Location, Studio
Two fabulous women delegates, one agenda, two models, a penthouse apartment in Bristol and the Lovegrove studio. What a combination to get this 2011 season off to a bang. This time of year is too cold for me to be out on the streets with my Speedlights creating my...
by Damien | Jan 23, 2011 | Flash, Location, News
I was giving some lighting training out on location all day Thursday and I had a Speedlight issue. I wanted to trigger a Canon 580EX2 on a lighting stand that was rigged just 3m from my camera. I opted for one of my trusty Canon ST-E2 triggers because I wanted to...
by Damien | Dec 22, 2010 | Location, Studio
October to December 2010 Here is the first stage in my process of defining a picture style of my own. Elements of the pictures here have probably all been shot before but to put them all together has been my quest. I want to shoot beauty without sexuality, beauty with...
by Damien | Nov 15, 2010 | Continuous Lighting, Location
Here are 50 portraits taken with continuous light on last weeks Art Portraits workshops. I start the post after the jump with some notes on maintaining image sharpness when the going gets tough… Some notes on image sharpness Subject movement: At several times...
