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These images are the result of a quick test shoot with this beautiful young woman.

In fact we didnt do anyting to prepare for the shoot, this is just how she turned up to the studio. No photography makup, no ridiculously expensive modelling clothes, and yet she still looks fantastic right 'out of the box'.

I wish all my clients looked this good when they walk in the door!

I am looking forward to getting a real shoot done with her sometime soon!

If your children are like mine, they would rather have teeth pulled than go to a studio for a photo shoot.

Thats why we took these images at a local beach.

The weather on the day was too perfect. The sky was so blue that my wife thought that I had faked these shots in the studio.
In fact it was so windy that we could only use four of the eight balloons that we had taken with us. And even those were hopelessly tangled by the time we got to the edge of the sea.

I was really impressed by the height that she jumped to in the image. It looks almost like the balloons are pulling her upwards.

These types of photo shoots are great fun and the children dont even realise that they are having to work!

This was part of an overall lifestyle shoot that included the whole family. We all went along to a local beach and I took over 250 images on that half day alone.

The young girl was playing on her own near the old wooden breakers, so I kept an eye open looking for an opportunity to catch her off guard.

She stood near this post for a while and I waited until she looked up before firing the shutter. 

The image was converted to black and white and I increased the contrast in the sky to create this moody image.

I like the fact that she looks completly natural and doesn't have a 'forced' smile.

This photo nearly killed us all - (well not quite)

It was shot in the bathroom (hence the water surrounding the model) and I was stood on the side of the bath looking directly down.

The number of times that I nearly fell in doesn't bear thinking about, but somehow we managed to finish the shoot without me standing on the model.

I love the way that the ripples in the water make the image beautifully abstract and send her hair flowing above her head.

Getting the right amout of specular highlights in the water was the trickiest part of the lighting, but we quickly worked out what to do and I really like the final image.

This image screamed out at me during the portrait session. This session wasn't in the studio, in fact it was in the home and the reflection was coming from a glass panel in the dining table.

I got the client to put on a dark polo necked top and used a black reflector behind her to create the dark moody image.

The front was lit with a large softbox to create the beautiful even soft light across her face.

As soon as I changed her pose to a lower angle the reflection appeared and I knew that I was onto a winner.

Results like this show that you don't have to be in the studio to get terrific images. This is one of the reasons that I love on location shoots.

This image is a homage to one of my favourite painters Jack Vettriano.

It was taken a while ago for a young woman that wanted a sensual portrait. The only problem was that she was very camera shy.

It didn't take long to organise this photo shoot. The pose was arranged to make it appear that she is day dreaming out of the window with the beautiful summer sun pouring in.

This is along the same lines as the "how to look good naked" scenario where women are often looking for a confidence boost but don't know how to pose or even if they dare!

I love the contrasting colours and the warm glow as the sun streams in through the open curtains. I posed her so that her shadow fell in the middle of the sunlight on the floor. Plus I reflected some of the sunlight back towards her to help light up her features from behind. This created the beautiful sheen on her stockings which really enhanced the shape of her legs.

Photo sessions like this make a fantastic present for a husband or wife.

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We couldn't reduce the number of images below 45, so it took her mum quite a while to choose her favourites.

During post-processing I rate my images with 1 to 5 stars. This session was so productive that it resulted in twenty images rated with a full 5 stars.