News

30.04.08
Due to popular demand, we have made some of our concept model photos available as 20"x30" premium quality posters.
With 18 to choose from there's something for everyone's wall. You can view the collection and buy your favourite image on the Posters page.

Downloads section is arriving soon. Something for both photographers and models, there will be cutting edge tips, techniques and inside industry know-how. Keep an eye out!

22.04.08
This summer is set to be an exciting time for us. Our concept model photography has gained quite a bit of media attention and will be featured in the following publications:

Practical Photography Magazine - "Cutting Edge" feature
EOS Magazine - "How was it shot" feature
Digital Arts Magazine - Showcase

Other recent publications include:
Salon Business Magazine front cover - February 2008
Alternative Magazine - March/April 2008

We've also recently been featured on the following websites:
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No Escape

The result of a 12 hour shoot, this image was both great fun and extremely intense to prepare. I wanted it to have a lively circus feel, combining vivid colours with superhero villain characters.

The image features Chris Cross, escape artist, as himself and Libby as his saucy captor keeping him under lock and key. Chris is known for getting out of tight spots so we had him meet his match, looking trapped for once.

Although we've seen him get out of much trickier situations - so what's Libby got that's really holding him then?

Digital Arts Magazine

"Space Age" and "Enchanted Garden" are showcased in June's edition of Digital Arts Magazine, my favourite creative industries mag.

Grab a copy at WHSmith, it's a known cure for creative block!

Crushed Nuts

The indulgence of ice cream, it's a sweet and sexy thing that I wanted to shine a bright light on. This had to be a quick shoot! We had people refilling melting cones between takes, wiping up ice cream as it dripped all over the set. Shortly after we got the final shot all the props had defrosted and the model was standing in a mushy puddle of ice cream, cake decorations and wafers.
Crushed nuts with that sir?

Deluded Diner

The stinkiest shoot we've ever done thanks to the raw and gutted rainbow trout as main prop. This was part of a three picture set, a story about a delusional begger girl taking her own food to a restaurant and then removing her clothes and her hat to beg for coins.
I had planned to have several small fish protruding from the models bra but due to popular demand decided to use tomatoes instead. To complete the look I brought in an extraordinary hat from Elizabeth Parker Hats.

Alternative Magazine

This picture, "Under command", was shot back in July '07. I wanted to illustrate subservience portrayed in an angel taking commands from above.

In March '08 Alternative Magazine used it to feature Missy Malone, a Scottish burlesque dancer.

Electron Girl

Inspired by the electronic genius of Tesla, this shot shows a fully charged, high voltage Electron Girl, complete with shocked up hair. I built a set to represent an electric fence with sparking jump leads. A lot of the parts came from digging around in the garage eg car ramps and metal brackets. The fence was hand made from over 50 meters of wire and 6 rolls of meshing.
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The whole thing is metal and gritty which contrasts against my other synthetic backgrounds which are generally softer and more delicate.

Candy Cakes

Ingredients:
6 bags industrial cotton wool
5 cans spray paint
4 packets cake decorations
1 cake with icing
8 bags hair extensions
1 golden arch
1 half naked model

Wall mount cotton wool, spread evenly and shape into clouds. Add a generous amount of spray paint, cover model in cake decorations. Add extensions to the hair, set cake into place and connect model to arch. Then leave for 30 minutes. Here's one we prepared earlier

Salon Business Magazine

Sometimes it all falls together as if by magic! "Candy Man" gained quite a bit of attention and we were of course delighted when Salon Business Magazine chose it for their February front cover. Torture Garden also used the image for the front of their Valentines flyer this year. "Dream of time" is the second shot featured inside Salon Business.

Enchanted Garden

The intensity and texture of this shot got a lot of people asking if it was computer generated, it wasn't.
In fact EOS Magazine are featuring the shot in their "How was it shot" section and my editorial explains the photo technique in detail.
The main challenge with the set was to make it appear convincing and detailed. It was a matter of representing the organic textures, vibrant greens and shady depths we find in the woods.
The finished picture involved little retouching. Aside from colour tweaking and adding 2 hovering dragonflies, all that remained was a gentle skin clean up and to blend away the line where the prosthetic ear connected to the models ear.

Space Age

I've always enjoyed quality science fiction, anything to do with other worlds will hold my attention. When I set about conceptualising this image I wanted to give it a distinct 40's feel, an old fashioned look at space adventure. And it had to be glossy, even reflective. Thanks to Ian O'Donnell at GirlArmour.com I had the outfit that would act as the centrepoint. Yana and I then searched the shelves of B&Q for pipes and gold spray paint to pull the set together.
The shoot was demanding on everyone involved but it finally came to fruition and was everything I had hoped for. We even received a congratulatory email from Chris Achilleos, the renowned illustrator for Star Trek and Dr. Who to name but a couple of his achievements.

Pantene Highlights

Aside from concept model photography I also retouch for some major cosmetics brands.
I designed the microsite, and retouched the model shots for Pantene's Highlights campaign.
The print media can be seen in international glossy magazines, billboards etc. The microsite can be seen at Pantene's website.
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Max Factor

Shortly after Pantene's campaign I worked for Max Factor. The project included retouching their new Lipfinity and Miracle Touch model shots, assigning new brand guidlines and designing their ad campaigns.