Studio experimentation

I've decided to start studying again, and today I was trying out some simple things in the studio. So here are my explorations of soft studio light, the male for and black and white photography.

Art of Darkness

Illamasqua have released a new collection this winter called Art of Darkness. They bring to you the colours of creatures from the night and from your nightmares. With beetle shell like liquid metals, and alchemic precision ink this is an inspiring collection, made to tempt out your darker alter ego.
The illamasqua website has an array of amazing new pictures some featured below.
Be sure to check out the video too, all on http://www.illamasqua.com/
Gavin Pickle was doing a make-up demonstration at Selfridges Birmingham last week, so I went do to film his dark arts. Check it out.

Incoming

Today I went shopping for some props as my shoot is quickly approaching. It's time for me to pull my finger out and hope that it all comes together! There is a lot let to do so it's going to be a tough week. Its time to get this belt and hat customised!

If you go down to the woods...

A few weeks ago I headed down to the woods with photographer Josh Sallon to do an underwear shoot. He'd been able to get his hands on a selection of underwear from the website www.Banglads.com and when he told me I knew I wanted to get involved. I'd never done an underwear shoot before so it was definately something I was interested in. We scouted together models Ricky Gallagher, Sam Iwaniak and Adam Collins. They were great guys who pulled through modeling in underwear through rain, brisk winds and an onslaught of ground covering prickly bits!
Here's a few of the ones that Josh shot too -