Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Egypt Working Hoilday
We recently went to Egypt with the Kerri Parker Academy as the main photographers on their Modal Tutortials in the Sun trip.
We were originally given the impression that we would be doing both Fashion and Glamour, which I was happy about as I enjoy shooting fashion.
Unfortunately, I only shot the girls once because once there it was clear they did not want to shoot fashion at all and were only interested in shooting glamour - which was a shame because I was getting some great images and I really wanted to build up my portfolio with more fashion.
However, all was not lost because for the rest of the week I got to shoot behind the scenes, which I've always enjoyed, because I love capturing moments just as they happen.
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Thursday, 4 November 2010
The Official Sky's Angels Magazine Launch Party!
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Two Babes and a Dude!
We also contacted another model who did nudes, which was something lacking from our portfolio. The lovely model was Emma Alicia Robinson, who also had some make-up training.
Day of the Shoot
When we arrived at the studio we received a warm welcome from Jenny and I must say she is just as pretty in the flesh as in her pictures. Not only that, but shes one very sweet person. We started the shoot with some simple head shots and later moved onto doing some glamour poses.
To see more of Emma’s modeling work go to her website
Monday, 14 June 2010
Studio Shoot - our last TFCD of 2010
For our last TFCD for the year, we thought it would be nice to do it as a group shoot with both girls and boys.
We decided to book a studio for a whole day and make the shoot an SAS shoot (Share A Studio). Basically a TFCD, but we all share the cost of the studio ... so the more people the better.
To make it cost effective we needed at least 5 people to come on board.
We had 4 girls, 1 boy and a MUA all interest in coming along.
Well 3 people confirmed straight away. Unfortunately, the MUA dropped out and after several weeks of umming and ahhing 1 of the girls and the guy dropped out.
Even though it wasn’t really cost affective for us, it was far too late to cancel the shoot and we would still have had to pay the studio. Still £35 each wasn't so bad for 8hrs in a 3000sqft studio with over a dozen sets.
Then on the morning of the shoot one of the remaing 3 models cancelled on us because she was having a few personal issues. I thought this was a little unprofessional, but these things happen. It was shame really because it was someone we have worked with a few times and liked working with.
Despite these problems we continued with the shoot. Our 2 lovely hunnies were the lovely Lisa Murray that we'd worked with before and Samantha Coe - one of the girls that was originally going to be on our Urban Shoot, but she had a blowout on the M11.
We got some stunning shots of our lovely hunnies. Both Samantha and Lisa were very easy to work with, took direction really well and know how to have a laugh.
Below is just a small selection of pictures taken on the day.
This was our last TFCD for this year, but we are currently running a special offer on a portfolio shoots, just go to http://www.campbellphotographic.co.uk/modspecials.html for more details.
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London Fashion Shoot
For this particular shoot I was going to be main photographer and we wanted 2 female models.
They even said they’d buy some outfits for the shoot, which was nice of them :). We said we’d buy any other outfits; well it was our shoot after all.
But before we could buy any outfits we needed to find 2 models. As always Ross put a casting calling call out on Sky's Angels, Model Mayhem, Purestorm and Net Portfolio.
We had a massive response, so cutting down the applicants was a job in itself. Eventually we found the 2 models we wanted, Alicia and Ruta. They both had very strong looks, which was just what we wanted.
We also managed to get MUA Monkia Vasiliauskaite, after our original MUA pulled out.
So, we’d got our models and MUA, now we just needed to buy them some outfits. But what sort of outfits did we want?
For the 1st outfit we bought some vest tops with some lace looking detail on them - ne pink and one blue - which I thought would suit the girls colouring. We would pair the tops of with the models own jeans, plus some hats provided by us.
The 2nd outfit would be shorts with some summer tops which were mine, one black and the other beige.
So, that’s the outfits and models sorted - or so we thought! As you'll see from the photos, there are three(!) models.
Well, unfortunatley, the lovely Ruta had to pull out a few days before,the shoot. Ross put another call out and straight away 2 lovely models got back to us; Aisling and Dani.
We decided to us both girls because they both had great looks. However this did mean we were an outfit short.
So the day before the shoot was spent running around looking for extra shorts and tops. We had actually already done a lot of running around to find the first lot of outfits. We ended up going to Primark and Asda , which seem to sell good quality clothes for very low prices.
The Shoot
Date: June 3rd. Time: Very Early!!
After driving through the night, Dave and Tracy arrived at ours nice and early (6:30am!), which was a good thing considering we were going to
We left at 8am (ish) and strangely the roads we quite good. We actually got to
We had a quick tea & coffee and then it was time to go to the allocated meeting place - which was Tower Bridge. We weren’t waiting there for long before our lovely models and MUA arrived.
Tracy
We got our models into their outfits, which was jeans, vest top and hats. While Aisling was having her make-up done, me and Tracy took Dani & Alicia away for a couple of quick shots.
We had only managed to get a few shots before some official bloke told us weren’t allowed to photograph there(!), which was strange because every other person was doing just that. Turns out because we had a MUA and pro kit they decided it was a full professional shoot and we had to get permission and pay £500! Didn't seem to bother him that it was a TFCD shoot.
To keep the peace we did as we were told - so annoying though that we had to stop. This sort of thing happened most of the day, but despite that we did all get some amazing shots.
While Alicia and Danni got thier make-up done, me, Ross and Tracy took Aisling off to do some shots. Tracy had found a way down to the riverside/beach earlier in the day, so that’s where we took her.
Thankfully there was no one there to stop us from photographing(!). We all got some fantastic shots of Aisling.
Back at the cafe, once all the girls were finished with being made up, Ross got a few quick shots while Mr Guard wasn't looking and then we made our way back to the beach.
It was very windy and one of the hats went into the water. Luckily Ross rescued it (didn't know he could move that fast!). He would have been very upset if had gone ... it was the hat he wore at our wedding!
After taking some great shots we got the girls to change into the shorts and summer tops. The makeup didn’t need changing because Monika had done a great job and the look she'd gone for was very versatile.
Once we'd got what we wanted to get at the beach, we moved on to several different locations. Because there were little Hitler's telling us to move on every 5 secs we had to be quick. Grab the shots we wanted and move on to the next location.
The last outfits of the day were 3 lovely maxi dresses that
I had gotten all the shots I wanted to get with the other 2 outfits, so I let Ross do rest of the shoot.
Ross and Dave got some great shots of all 3 girls, then Aisling had to go. We decided that would be a good time to break for lunch.
After coffee and bacon sandwiches (mmmm) we moved further down the river, grabbing shots and dodging Hitlers.
Once Ross & Dave had got what they wanted we called it a day. It was actually now early evening., so it was a good time to stop - especially with trying to get out of
It had been a long day but worth it because Ross and I got to work with Dave and Tracy , some great girls, a fantastic MUA .... and we got some fantastic shots.
I would like to take this opportunity to say to Tracy and Dave it was a pleasure meeting you both. Also thank you for all the encouragement you have given me and Ross.
You can find both Dave (
You can also find both Dani and Alicia on Sky's Angels.
If you would like to see the complete albums from this shoot go to either our facebook fan page, Flickr page or myspace fan page
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Trash The Dress- The shoot
Instead we decided to use a couple of models, we could also then get some raunchy shots as well :).
We asked the lovely Layla if she’d be interested in doing the Trash The Dress and she said yes straight away.
So we’d got the models, location, date set, time and of course a wedding dress (which we bought from the YMCA charity shop in Harlow - £15!).
The Shoot
The date: 19th May
I had to help with make-up and hair, because our MUA pulled out. I think me and Layla did a good job really considering neither of us have training. I needed the practice anyway. It’s a good skill to have, especially as finding a good MUA and Hairstylist is very difficult.
We started the shoot with doing the raunchy couple shots. For these shots we put our models in various outfits, jeans and t-shirt and later got them into swimwear.
Once we got all the raunchy shots under our belt, we then got our models changed into some bridal wear. Again I helped Layla with hair and make-up.
We were now ready to do the Trash the Dress bit of the shoot.
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Thursday, 27 May 2010
TFCD in Cambridge
We arrived at Alexie's at 10:30 and spent an hour or so discussing and choosing outfits for the shoot.
Once our lovely model was ready we were ready to go to the first location ... which was the garden area at the back of her flat! :)
We then all jumped into our car and went to the next location .... which was just around the corner! A foot and cycle bridge over the railway tracks and me and Ross both got some shots here.
Jess had brought along a gorgeous ball gown, so we got Alexie to wear it and pose on a punt.
We'd been at this all day and by this time it was early evening. But there was one more location we wanted to visit - an old graveyard!
Ross and I would like to say thank you to Jess for all her assistance on the day and obviously a big thanks to Alexie, our beautiful model.
Also if you are an aspiring model and would like to book us for a portfolio shoot, check out our website.
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