Showing posts with label alternative fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alternative fashion. Show all posts

Monday, 1 March 2010

T-Shirted Merl

T-Shirted Merl


Apart from piecing together a fabulous outfit that merged Victorian, steampunk and geisha styles, for our last shoot Merl brought along a selection of T-Shirts from "Cute Culture"! 

The concept we came up with couldn't be simpler. A clean white background and some cute, quaint poses to match the wardrobe! Add her blue wig (her hair was green) and there we had it. She even managed a few smiles to top it all off! Simple but effective! 




As always, thanks for reading!

Thursday, 7 May 2009

Tattoos and Things

Tattoos and Things


Okay, I lied. There aren't really any things involved in this post, but there are certainly tattoos!

This past bank holiday Monday, for me, hosted a shoot I have long anticipated ever since Nick (tattoo23) proposed the shoot! The other model, Demari Vi Syth, I have wanted to work with for a very long time. Sadly, distance prohibited such a collaboration. Until now!

Demari Vi Syth and Tattoo23 (by macjw2)

Seriously, this was a fantastically amazing shoot! Having worked with Nick twice before, I knew he is great to work with. Now, Demari Vi Syth: Wow! This woman is amazing! Amazing as a model and just an amazing person in general!

Now put these two together in front of a camera for six hours: MAGIC!!







These guys made this one of my most enjoyable photoshoots to date! Honestly, the energy and enthusiasm they brought to the table broke the scale!

As always, thanks for taking the time to check these out! Don't forget to drop a comment below should you feel the urge!


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Wednesday, 15 April 2009

A Few Personal Favourites

It is often said that we are our own worst critics. To this, I am certainly no exception; in fact, more often than not, I epitomise it. I often find myself loathing each and everything I do. I'm always finding the smallest, most insignificant of details to ensure that I am not happy with anything I produce. I, of course, am talking about my photography here, but this also applies to every aspect of my life.

My point is simply, that when I do feel I've done something right, the resulting feeling of accomplishment is indescribable. Incredibly, this is something I've felt several times over the past few weeks alone.

These past three weeks have been astronomically busy for me. On top of the day job, I've managed to squeeze in eight photoshoots and a whole lot of retouching. Add a day trip into Derbyshire for good measure and I'm feeling quite accomplished, if not a bit exhausted.

Was it worth it?

Oh yes.

I've somehow managed to make several photographs which I absolutely adore. Considering that I guesstimate my perceived success ratio to be about 1:10000, this is phenomenal to me!

Alas, enough with the words. Please allow me to share some of these images with you, whether you agree with my own impressions of them or not!!





Helena (by macjw2)




I do hope you enjoyed viewing these as much as I did making them. Feel free to leave your thoughts as a comment below.

Inevitably, I will be talking about some of the things that went into these shoots on this blog in the near future and I'll be talking about the shoots themselves on the blog on my website before long.


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Saturday, 28 February 2009

Colours and Caution Tape!!!

Colours and Caution Tape!!!


Today, I had a great photoshoot with two wonderful alternative models! One of them goes by the name of Merl. The two of us have been trying to set up a shoot for quite some time, two years to be precise, but something always seemed to get in the way. The other model, some may recognise. This was my 6th (!!!) shoot with Helena! So, here's a little preview of what we achieved today!

Merl's initial concept for the shoot was to use bright punchy colours. She mentioned a bright pink wig, so I checked my colour wheel and ordered a bright green roll of background paper. Thus, we have:



Helena's concept called for the gods of all things cliché. Fortunately, I don't, at all, mind cliché, even if it was the notorious caution tape. Well, quarantine tape! Hey it might be a cliche, but it actually turned out to be a fun set and that's all that really matters!



In the end, it was a definitely a fantastic shoot today and I've got loads of photos to get through!


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