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November 1, 2013

Miss Jessica Holly seaside shoot

Here’s some sun-kissed images from back in the summer with Bristol pinup icon, Miss Jessica Holly, who you may remember from some of my previous blog posts. We made some good use of the natural golden light streaming across the beach as Weston-Super-Mare, as Jessica modelled a range of retro outfits and accessories. See more […]

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December 11, 2012

Promo shoot with artist Jennie Gyllblad

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of producing some beautiful promotional photography for a Bath-based Swedish artist, Jennie Gyllblad who is forging a growing reputation as a comic book artist and freelance illustrator. Jennie, who has a degree in Illustration, loves creating stories and characters using traditional media such as watercolour, gouache, ink […]

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December 7, 2012

Halloween and Christmas with Voodoo Queen Tuesday Laveau

Due to a flurry of commercial and PR freelance shoots in recent weeks there hasn’t been much time for blogging but while archiving some images I thought a couple of a local burlesque star should be brought to your attention. I’ve worked with burlesque and gogo performer Tuesday Lavaeu on numerous occasions over the past […]

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August 30, 2012

Cave Girl pinup shoot with Marianne Cheesecake

London-based Canadian burlesque star Marianne Cheescake has been dazzling international audiences with her fun-packed routines and it was my great pleasure to shoot with her when she was in Bristol. We’d been in touch via email discussing two different ideas and made use of Pinterest to organise our thoughts visually. The first act Marianne had […]

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August 1, 2012

Behind the scenes burlesque and boudoir photo shoot

Regular blog readers may have notice the link to my recently created YouTube channel. So far it contains a few photo sildeshows and now my first stab at a ‘behind the scenes’ video. I set up the YouTube channel as it gives me another ‘hook’ into the internet. Online video marketing is on the rise […]

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June 20, 2012

Sun-kissed retro fashion shoot with Jess

Here are some more images of actress and model Jessica Elizabeth Swanson for you to enjoy. Here we were looking to create a sun-kissed, retro pinup fashion vibe. Hair was by Doug Hobbs at Hobbs Hairdressing, Bristol, and we used the garden at the back of his salon for much of the shoot. A brightly-painted […]

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June 11, 2012

Events photography at the Speigeltent, Bath Fringe Festival

Sunday saw me take part in the Exposition of Cabaret, Vintage Fashion in Burlesque. After quite a bust few weeks mostly concerned with commercial photography work it was fun to do something a bit different on a Sunday. As regular readers of my blog will know I’m quite actively involved in the burlesque and vintage […]

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June 3, 2012

Bowling alley fashion, The Lanes, Bristol

Recently, I enjoyed a great test shoot with amazing model and actress Jessica Elizabeth Swason, part of which included some retro fashion pinup-influences shots at The Lanes, Bristol. Hair styling was done by Doug Hobbs at Hobbs Hairdressing, Bristol, organiser of the immensly popular Hobbs Shows with makeup work done by Jasmine Rogers, a talented […]

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May 27, 2012

Burlesque photo shoot with Heresy Clothing

Here’s another set of photos of Bath-based burlesque performer, Gemma Sheree for you to enjoy. Gemma models a steel-boned corset from Heresy Clothing Heresy-Emma offers a made to measure service and has been creating designs for over 15 years. She trained as a theatrical costumier, which is reflected in many designs. Check out the website […]

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May 17, 2012

Burlesque images in Milkcow Magazine this month

A couple of my photographs appeared in the latest Milkcow Magazine this month as part of a feature on Bath-based burlesque star, Miss Gemma Sheree. Milkcow is a full-colour lifestyle magazine covered the 1940s and 1950s subcultures – everything from rock’n’roll, music, big cars, vintage fashion, pin ups, Burlesque and more. I have taken many […]

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