Helping assist Richard Allen!

After i had shot the images for ceramics, +Annabelle Brown  asked me to come along with her and our tutor graham to help out with a shoot at Alex Telfer's studio in Byker. Unfortunately it wasn't with Alex, BUT it was absolutely amazing to go. The studio was in a converted church and was absolutely beautiful, the walls were filled with his photographs and the actual studio itself was huge!! There was a lighting umbrella the size of my bedroom, and the scoop was insane!

ANYWAY

We helped assist a photographer called Richard Allen, who is also an ex Newcastle College student.

http://www.richardallenphotography.co.uk/

He has shot the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow! And his other clients include, Fred Perry, Hugo Boss and a lot of famous footballers and sportsmen!

Todays shoot was with Sunderland football club's Andreas Dossena, not a big fan of football myself, but he was Italian and a very nice man. They were interviewing him and photographing him, but they key part of the shoot ( Richards main clients) were Mizuno, a japanese sportswear who are very big over there but upcoming in the UK. So he's photographing various footballers promoting the brand. 

I wish i could of taken better photographs but the camera on my phone is rubbish as i lost my iphone a couple of months back. But it was a great learning experience and really good to see how a professional photographer works with his clients and the set up was amazing! Il upload the photos taken by Richard when they have been uploaded and finalised.

Oh and managed to get a short video! enjoy! (again sorry about the quality)

Potting about

This morning I was asked to photograph bits and bobs from the ceramics department! I was nervous and not too sure about it as I've never really shot still life or anything like that before and to be honest, its not really my niche, but hey, you never really know until you try.
So anyway, i had a little help from my tutor Graham. But my set up was just 2 lights basically, one from the back and one gridded soft box over the front.
+Annabelle Brown  was helping me out also which was really nice of her and the 2 peoples who's work i was photographing were really lovely.
We also ended up getting a box of chocolates in the end! and if you know me you will know i appreciate that :)

so heres a few from this morning ..

Last weeks make up shoot

So as you all know, if you have been following my blog that is, i have been working alongside +Annabelle Brown and +Caroline J Scott  with the make up students and last week we were in the studio.
It was so hectic and crazy because all of the students were in the studio, but it was cool because they had a chance to be a little bit creative this time.
I learnt a few new lighting techniques with gels and stuff which was good! And in the end we got a few more shoots out of it in which it will be location and we have more control over it.
We are also photographing their final exam in January, where we will have a studio set up each, so i cant wait for that and to play with gels and stuff!

Here are a couple of favourite images from the set, i really loved these styles!

This bottom image was taken by +Caroline J Scott but i thought it was beautiful with the yellow gels, so I was playing with it a bit on photoshop, but i love the outcome, so any other beauty shots i do i will most likely be playing with coloured gels!