Arty Studio Portraits

Had a great day in the week, spend the morning on a sunkissed beach on the east coast - yes, ok it's Scotland but it was still nice and warm. I was mainly there to shoot for my 'Driftwood' series but more on this later when I have worked on the images.
We finished the day with a play session in my studio with models Chrissie Red and her pal James Foreman aka Jaystar - what a great combination, both great models and such fun to be with. I had not worked with James before so it was good to finally meet up, tried a few times earlier in the year but circumstances (not least of all his car exhaust) just got in the way.
The session was just so much fun, we played with various lighting styles, firstly using 2 lights and then a single light and letting the background go dark, I love this style as the positioning is so critical which means a slight movement of the subject can create an effect that you may not be expecting - as they say, expect the unexpected !! - that way we can avoid following the safe path of formulaic photography.

Chrissie Red



James 'Jaystar' Foreman - now who does he look like ??

Later did some bodyscape work so watch this space for an update...