Showing posts with label burlesque. Show all posts
Showing posts with label burlesque. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Variations on a Theme...



This is Annie, a fantastic burlesque model from our last #CurryClub shoot just before Christmas... is it that long ago already?! Time flies! Anyway, we had a great time and Annie was a great sport, and a very experienced model.

So, while January is the time for new year resolutions, I needed to come up with a new project; Variations on a theme was born! The goal is simple; I am going to take one shot a month and apply as much creativity to it as possible and see what variations I come up with. I am hoping to stretch my new NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) membership as far as it will go and be on the look out for inspiration where ever I can find it.






Part of the inspiration for this idea came from my good friend Glyn Dewis, you can check out his blog here. In a recent post he talked about reading book, practising techniques and setting shooting goals. Well, that's what I am going to do, I am going to take a shoot or series of shots and work on variations on a theme. Well see how it goes, stay tuned!



What are your photographic goals for the new year? Do you set yourself any challenges? Drop me a line, I'd love to hear what sort of ambitions you have this year. For me I am hoping, and shall be working towards making the #CurryClub an even bigger success this year, both the social and photographic side of it.



Saturday, 14 January 2012

#Curryclub goes Burlesque...

well, almost! The latest meet of the #curryclub was back in December, the 19th, in Gareth Davies Studios, in Wokingham, UK. We had three great models, Bethany, Annie and Elan. The photographers were Brian, Gareth, Dave, John and myself. A few of our members could not make it so close to Christmas and were missed during the day! 

Caught!

What I love about these days is that you can experiment; let your imagination run wild. So I tried to let it do just that. My quote of the day would have to have been when setting up the Caught shot above, when I had to ask Annie if she could open her legs a bit more... The whole studio erupted in laughter and we had to set the shot up again. I didn't do it on purpose, honest.

Bethany

Annie

Tension
Annie + Elan

 A great day was had by all, and I enjoyed a curry with Gareth and Dave afterwards. A big thanks to John and Brian for inviting Annie and Bethany, to Elan, always a pleasure to shoot, to Gareth for the provision of the best studio in this spiral arm of the galaxy and to fellow #curryclub members! Here's to the next shoot!

And finally... photography may be always about pushing the boundaries and looking for the next great shot... but its important to always have a good laugh...