A review of the past

So I haven't blogged in a while and a bit has gone on so it's about time that I did an update. I have a website that I'm pretty proud of, it's taken a while but now I have somewhere to showcase my work. It was made by Justin Focus, who is a cool website designer and followed my specification very closely. You can find it at www.flashyourjak.com alternatively if you search 'flash your jak' in www.google.com google will ask 'Did you mean: Flash your Rack?'. I've tried to keep the website pretty sharp and simple. It's very red and white, them being my favorite colour combination, and everything is pretty concise. Take a look let me know what you think :)

Howl's Moving Castle Shoot

I may have directed some of you here so you can learn a bit more about the shoot that I'm putting together. It's a TF shoot taking place on the 9th of Novemeber in Birmingham, in one of the country's finest Jacobean Mansions. It's based on the story of Howl's moving castle, but changed into a fashion fantasy photoshoot. Below are a couple of pictures from the location.I am looking to cast 3 main male models and 2 main female models and 6 secondary Models. For more information on the roles and specific looks of the models contact me via email or MM. The six secondary models that I require will be dressed in black hoods with white masks and hats. They shall also have the top half of their bodies painted black similar to the illustration below.My Email is jakflash@rocketmail.com so message me there for enquiries. I look forwards to hearing from you.

The couple

Onya

Crossing the River

Below is part of the series I previously did on the story of the Gingerbread Man for a university project. It was a fun and hectic shoot, lasting all day and was my first go at set construction. In my mind I had this idea of really false and obvious sets, relating to children's story books. However the project theme of this shoot was sexuality and desire so I thought it was a nice juxtaposition. The models are James Parsley as the Gingerbread Man and Craig Palmer as the Fox.

Exhibitions

Recently I've been to a few exhibitions including 'Obama's people' shot by Nadav Kander at Birmingham Art Gallery. It was a nice series of large prints. I had varried feels about what I felt about the people on face value, which was a good feeling because the shots were so documentational.

I also went to London to see the Simon Foxton exhibition in the photographer's gallery. I'd previously seen his work on the front of Homme so it was cool to see a collective range. I was quite inspired by his scrap books and have gone on to start my own. It's a nice source of inspiration.

Who's tat boy?

I got the chance to work with Paul who's one sexy load of guy. He's got it all. He's a well  built, funny, free jumping, skater covered in anime tattoos. What more could you want?

Negative space and studio shoots

It's been a long time coming for this blog but I'm finally ready to put up some of the shots from shoots I did recently. Before uni came to an end I organised some shoots with a couple of guys called Xander Bliss and Liam Wild and I made this shoot based around negative space. Below are a couple of my favorite images from the shoot.
On that same day I did another studio shoot with them because they brought a suitcase full of the best clothes so how could I resist?Then later on that week there was Romeo Draven and here's a shot from that shoot too.

Lucky Boxer shorts

This evening I have thrown out my lucky boxers because I believe them to be unlucky. I have not worn them for sometime due to this factor of bad luck and have now decided it is time to part with them rather than endure another internal battle of whether to wear them or not every time I open my underwear draw.
This came about because I have decided to change, just in time for my 3rd year at university. This change comes every now and then, when I feel reflective and chaotic inside. I think to some degree everyone feels this level of tumult. I'm just beginning to realise that this is part of who I am and that I should act upon it. So, new me? No, just real me closer to the surface.

Proud to Party

Copacabana, the final fontier

Jak Flash
I saw Star Trek on Wednesday, pretty good. I give it a 7/10. Some amusing parts, but it made me wonder, do trekkies not find people attractive? Why was Chekhov the only fitty?
On another note I also did a Copacabana themed photoshoot with Poppy in the afternoon. We'd been approached by a stylist at university to shoot her clothes for her project. Above is one of the images from the shoot, pretty cool, shot in a very sandy studio! The model is Hilde Kvivik Kavli and the Stylist was Christina Skarpari. There was a nice range of clothes, shot in this 1940s modern nostalgia sense.
On Friday I also managed to speak to a really cool photographer from Brighton/London called Mario. He gave me a lot of advice about industry and stuff so I'm excited about the future. Gunna keep trying and see what comes about :)

Magic at the museum and other ventures

This was me on Saturday night at the Gale when
I was taking pictures for 3sixty magazine.

At university today I started getting some inspiration for a shoot I plan to do next week with Xander Bliss, which should be fun. Another chance for me to use the studio before it closes for summer. I also went to the museum today because I have been meaning to go since the day Sir Edward Burne-Jones had more work brought to the museum. He's my favorite artist and his work continued to amaze me. I recommend going if you like art. He was a very talented man. Tickles my pickle anyway. Also in the museum right now is that portrait gallery of Obama's people. That too was good. Nice large portraits shot with 2 umbrella flashes creating nice flat images. It's the little details that are amusing though, like how all the black people just seem to be Obama's mates.
Finally there was the stroll in the park with Poppy, that weird one who lives beneath me. The park has come into bloom and is rather beautiful. Midges everywhere! But blue, pink and white bluebells where everywhere. Nice!