Portraits

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I've slowly been getting back into a bit of photography after a very quiet winter, and have been doing more people work - these are three sets of portraits I've done over the last month or so with Hannah, Rose and April respectively. I'm particularly pleased with the third set - I had an idea based on a shot by photographer Polly Penrose so turned up with a couple of lampshades (as you do) and I'm really pleased with the results - a bit quirky! I also wanted to try some portraits in the high-key style you might associate with Dazed and Confused or ID magazine (in my mind anyway), and these went really well too....
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More Tattoos (NSFW)

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Last week I had the opportunity to take photos of another friends' tattoo - a really exquisite cherry blossom. From a technical point of view, I still have some work to do on lighting - although there is only so much you can do with a couple of flashguns. The black backdrop works well with pale skin, while the washed out backdrop gives a good high-key effect. I was particularly pleased with a couple of the photos - the lighting was just about right and the poses were excellent (considering this was her first time doing anything like this, the poses were elegant and natural-looking). Contains some mild nudity....
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