Classic Nude

After a few weeks away from my degree it has been slow and I find myself looking for projects, competitions and work to either amuse myself or occupy my time...

The week before last (I think) I found myself in one of such projects and it was intensely rewarding. Being out of the studio for so long now it felt strange returning to the blank canvas of a room and it I gave myself 2 hours for prep!

So I saw one of my old friends (I'll keep this anonymous...) had posted some recent pictures online from a shoot that she had done - I had to contact her immediately, I felt a little voyeuristic since I was objectifying her body for photographing purposes..but Hey! You can't deny beauty when it's there!

My idea was basic (classical nude, soft, beautiful) and my model was game!
The shoot was surprisingly easy, relaxed and rewarding. I was nervous myself, I can't even imagine what the model felt, but after a few shots I was onto something and the model was in her prime. It was a fascinating and liberating experience and definitely worth it!

 Here are some of the results, any comments welcome.

 I have another shoot pencilled in with the same model for September, hopefully with both medium and large format film cameras, in mind for some really beautiful large format prints.

Quick update

Well I suppose after a few months off its time to get back into this.

I've just completed the second year of my course at uni - results coming soon! I'm pretty confident about it, I put a lot of hard work into the main projects at least (not so sure about the written assignment!) and I'm hoping to to get over 60 so fingers crossed!

My plans for the summer are pretty vague at this point but my main target is my written assignment for next year. I'd like to get most of the leg work done now so there's more time for reflections and refinement in sep/dec. The rough topic of investigation so far is mostly about photojournalism and manipulation but I'd like to get some hands on research and insight to guide and become a platform for me so I'm currently in contact with a journalist for the MEN to do some shadowing. Again fingers crossed for this.

Not much planned for the summer in terms of paid assignments - I've got one wedding in August, some nude shooting next week and I've got a cafe wall to fill which should be interesting!

So thats basically it for quick updates (I know exciting right..) but it's nice just to get my thoughts together on here so I can look back on etc. for anybody interested the blog for my last project can be found HERE
(the exhibition project)
Laters!