Trash the Dress

We chose a great day to go and 'trash the dress' out in the New Forest and Ro looked great too. I wanted to get some shots in amongst the dappled shade of the trees but also to get some shots in water and fortunately I knew of a little place that had both locations within a couple of miles of each other. The location was also close to the one that I had used for the shoot with Rachael earlier in the year.

This really had a Maid Marion feel about it and was shot with natural light, although there was not a lot of it so it was shot on a tripod to avoid shake and blur.

I love shooting against walls and this one was particularly interesting with its speckly pattern and the dark red bricks. Ro's pose is great in this.

A lovely happy shot in the water and yes, the dress did get a little bit wet in the end! It survived though and only came back with a small mud stain on the train.

This photo was Ro's favourite from the shoot and apparently her dad loved it too. This is a very calm shot that pleases the bride, groom and family. If you have recently got married and would like to dig your dress out for a very special shoot of your own, contact me. Don't forget, you don't have to 'trash' your dress (unless you want to) as this type of shoot is about having fun with your wedding dress and obtaining some amazing pictures.

A Benny Benassi style shoot

The inspiration behind this shoot that I did back in August was Benny Benassi's 'Satisfaction' music video however because the model also had a lot of ideas of what she wanted to do (along with a lot of props), we soon went off on tangents from the initial idea. Here's one of the first shots we did in my yard - luckily there's a building site opposite at the moment.

Carrying on with the theme, we started messing about with more tools. Fortunately my other half has a well-stocked tool shed, which I'd already raided for drills, drill bits, sanders, an angle grinder and anything else that was electric so there was plenty to choose from.

Andreia loved the sander and she wouldn't put it down!

Another one of my toys that she liked was my motorbike and she couldn't resist posing all over it. Here's my favourite shot.

Andreia is Portuguese and she wanted some photos taken with her national flag so brought that along as a prop. We decided to shoot against the wall and into the light and this is what we came up with.

We then moved inside to the shop as it was closed for the day in order to take some photographs of Andreia's 'Gladiator' outfit, as she called it. It was a bronze colour with black and the walls of the shop are bright pink and orange so I preferred the photos in black and white to tone everything down.

At the end of the shoot, Andreia's confidence was running high and she decided that she wanted to be completely naked and used a black pashmina as a prop to do an implied nude. I really like this shot and Andreia looks smouldering.

I hope you've enjoyed looking at the photographs from Andreia's shoot and if you would also like a Boudoir shoot with a difference, let me know.

Work up-to-date = blog behind

I can't believe I didn't post anything in August and that I just went and lost the blog post I created - double frustration! I have been unwell recently which meant that I got really, really behind with editing the photos from my shoots in August. I'm pleased to say that I've caught up now but the blog has suffered as a result. I also have a huge to-do list that just isn't getting done at the moment - perhaps I should write it down rather than keeping it all in my head?

I'll have to do another blog/shoot catch up over the next few days again to show you what I've been up to during the last month. As the shoots were summery, hopefully it will remind you of that as we go into Autumn. I have to say that I'm really looking forward to the coming season, mostly because I love the dark so I'll be able to go and take some photos of Bournemouth at night without having to stay up too late, and I'm also developing some ideas for when the leaves start to drop.

Anyway, on to some pictures. You may remember Sammy from a previous blog post and she decided that she would like to have some more photos, but this time a beach bikini shoot. We chose the coldest, windiest day of the summer to shoot and I had my work cut out to try and make it look warm afterwards...

I'm not quite sure how Sammy managed to pose and not look freezing cold. I was cold and I had jeans and a jumper on. In fact I was so cold that I was struggling to work the camera. The wind that day was bitterly cold and I was amazed that she braved the water.

I love this next shot so much. I did love it in colour but Sammy likes black and white so I did a conversion for her and I was converted too! I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do.

The whole shoot was done in about half an hour and was all natural light, with the best photographs shown above. We had planned several outfit changes but sadly the weather just wasn't on our side that day for a bikini shoot. Sammy was very brave to attempt to shoot at all and I was pleased with what we achieved.

If you would also like to be a beach goddess, contact me.