Massive weekend of shooting

So I have recently finished editing photos for a weekend of shooting I did at the start of April. It was actually two separate days of test shoots, both with the hair and makeup team of Wade Ambler and Karl Fjeseth.

The Saturday saw an editorial shoot, on location, in the stinking hot sun. Everyone was sweating, the model was in pain, Wade and Karl rarely ventured out of the shade and I felt like I was going to pass out. But we got the shots. I have titled the set "Under the Blistering Sun" because that is not only how it felt, but that is actually how I wanted the shots to feel. I wanted a high contrast, earthy toned shoot with lots of browns and blacks. I am very happy with the way these turned out.

"Under the Blistering Sun"

Photographer and Post Production: Me
Model: Liz Westworth

Hair: Wade Ambler

Makeup: Karl Fjeseth

Stylist: Danii Nicole

Photographer's Assistant: Elisha Wynne

The second day of shooting was a studio shoot. I don't actually own a studio or have regular access to one, but Wade and Karl have space enough in their studio for me to set up mine. We worked with three models on the Sunday, and it was extremely busy. Everyone was doing something, and we ended up getting some amazing shots. The shoot took most of the day, with Wade and Karl constantly doing and adjusting hair and makeup, while I was almost constantly shooting. I really enjoy the simplicity of studio beauty shoots. Beautiful hair and makeup on model with shots cropped in close so you can see every detail. 
Photographer and post production: Me
Models: Ally, Annie and Jaysee
Hair: Wade Ambler
Makeup: Karl Fjeseth
Photographer's Assistant: Elisha Wynne

Getting back in the swing of things.

So it has been a while since I've posted. I kind of procrastinate a lot when it comes to writing about shoots, and lately I've bounced from one shoot to the next and next and next without much time to stop and compile my thoughts.


I took a break again after shooting the catalogue for Kalb & Etiw, until I was approached by the lovely Stacey for another shoot. She had some ideas in mind and was quite keen to add something "sexy" to her portfolio. So we set a date and started planning for a studio shoot.


Hair and makeup was done by the very talented Lulu from GT Hair & Makeup. Here are some shots from the shoot:

Kalb & Etiw shoot

So it turns out I needed a break. After having some 12 shoots in 2 months I decided I needed some time off, and didn't end up shooting again after the Schanae shoot until late November.

I was approached about a month ago by Sebastian, the designer for Kalb & Etiw who needed someone to shoot his summer collection. We discussed the collection and ideas over coffee and discovered we had similar ideas for how the shoot should be done.

We ended up shooting the collection over two weekends, the advertising shots one weekend and the catalogue another. Seb organised Benn Moncelet as the model, and did the hair and makeup himself. Here are some of the shots:

Last shoot (for a while)

Once again I am so busy I can barely keep track. I've got so much photoshop to catch up on I couldn't even think of booking another shoot until it's all done. So on the weekend I had my last shoot for a while. This will let me complete the editing for the 9 unfinished shoots I've done in the last 6 weeks. 

The way I've been doing them is to get a small sample of 5 images done so the model and MUA can see a little bit of their work, then go back and do a couple of images at a time until it is done. 

My shoot on the weekend was with the lovely model Schanae and the amazing make up artist Chrissie. I've worked with Chrissie before on the bandages shoot, she's a fantastic MUA and I was really happy to have her "do something crazy" as she called it for this shoot.

We shot at my super hush-hush, secret location that I shot at before with Daz for the Config|Sys promo shots. This place is amazing. For such a small location there are so many different walls, slabs, gardens, stairs etc to use as a backdrop. I've worked there twice now and could easily shoot there a third time and still find plenty of new spaces to shoot in. I love it.

Here's a few shots from the shoot with Schanae and Chrissie. My girlfriend took a few behind-the-scenes photos for each of these shots so I'll post them too:

And the behind the scenes of this photo (check out my ugly-arsed vivitar flash):

This tree thing is amazing.

And that's it. There's another couple of shots on my flickr page plus the other things I'm working on at the moment.
 

Not enough hours in the day.

I really want to try and keep updating my blog, but lately I seem to spend every free moment I have editing photos. I'm still trying to catch up on my photo editing, after having 10 shoots in the last 6 weeks. It has been insane. I waaaay over booked myself, and now I'm paying for it. 

So tonight I  was working on some photos I did with Lizzie. This shoot was amazing. It's possibly my favourite shoot so far, and I'm really happy with the results. We went for the theme of "bandages and wool" inspired by a shoot I saw in Noi.se magazine. The end result was completely different to my inspiration, but I still think we managed to capture a great high fashion set. Here's a sample:

There are still more photos for me to edit from this set. I just wish I had more time to do it. 

Lastly, here's a photo my girlfriend took behind the scenes. 





Mitchell.

First Post.

I haven't had a blog since my moody teens when I had a livejournal, and have not really felt I've had enough to say since then to warrant starting one.

Nowdays I take a lot of photos, generally of fashion in one form or another, and thought I might be able to share some of those experiences, and even some ideas on how I got the images I got. 

None of this is going to happen in this first post, as I've had 8 shoots in the last month and I'm still trying to catch up on my post processing work. Head over to my Flickr page to have a look at some of my work as I publish it.

Mitchell.