by Damien | Oct 21, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Location, News, Studio
Go back 60 years, to a time before Photoshop, where photography was all about light. That’s what I’ve done with the pictures in my latest galleries. Lovegrove in Hollywood is a collection of my images lit using authentic fresnel lights and processed with...
by Damien | Oct 20, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Studio
Claudia Lucia, a make up and body paint artist from Bristol suggested that we collaborate on a project. I’ve been fascinated by metallic paint for a while and I was keen to try the range from Mehron with the alcohol and an oil based carrier. Here are our...
by Damien | Oct 3, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Location, Studio
The day after my Urban portraits with Speedlights workshop I was at it again only this time we used an Elinchrom Quadra to create soft light. By the time you reflect a light source it becomes more diffused and less intense as a result. This is why we used the Quadra...
by Damien | Apr 19, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Studio
I shoot model portfolios from time to time and here are 12 frames from a recent studio session. Make up and hair by Vicki Waghorn Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro1, 18-55mm lens, Tiffen 1/4 black pro mist filter. If you are a model and you want some personality in your...
by Damien | Apr 6, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Studio
Creating fun moments and capturing them with a good sense of timing is what it’s all about. In this post I’m sharing a few sequences that I shot last week in Munich from a 1:1 studio boudoir tutorial with Radmila Kerl followed by a studio lighting workshop...
by Damien | Feb 22, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Studio
My studio is normally fine for head shots and mid length shots at a push but we filled it with a brand spanking new Harley Davidson straight out of the crate and there was not much room for anything else. Luckily I did manage to save a bit of floor space for my friend...