Here’s a quick shoot with burlesque performer and professional body-piercer, Lou-Leigh Blue. The shoot took place at her studio at Purple Rose Tattoo, Bristol where she’s really gone to town on the cool and quirky decor. Lou-Leigh modelled harnesses by Blu83, a small fashion label run by fellow burlesque performer, Daisy Cutter. Daisy Cutter’s has […]
Copper Feel Cabaret at Tattoo Kulture 2015, Weston Super Mare
Down by the seaside at Weston-super-Mare, I took some shots of the Copper Feel Cabaret’s show, which formed part of the entertainment at the Tattoo Kulture 2015 convention.
Pinup photography with a Spanish twist
Here are some images shot with Wiltshire-based alt-model and burlesque performer, Luna Rocket, styled with the help of hair/makeup artist, Gemma Sheree. Our idea with to add a spanish, flamenco-esque twist to the pinup format inspired a little by the passing of iberian movie siren Sara Montiel, who died on the same day as Margaret […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hokey burlesque fun with Tuesday Laveau
Here are a few images of burlesque star, Tuesday Laveau. Taking trailer park kitsch and Anna Nicole Smith as our sylistic inspiration, this is what we created. Find out more about Tuesday and her performances at http://tuesdaylaveau.wordpress.com/ Musician? Dancer? Performer? For tailor-made promo packages, get in touch today. [contact-form 1 “Contact form 1”]
‘Where’s Wally?’ – Performer promo shoot
Here are some snaps from a recent promo photo shoot with Bristol-based performer, Boo, who goes by the stage name, Lou Leigh Blue. Lou focuses on fun, story-led burlesque routines, often with a satirical edge. This shoot was to provide promotional images for a brand new act based on popular children’s book, Where’s Wally? Lighting […]
Boudoir burlesque with Ally
Between admin, tidying, and preparing for some big shoots next week, starting with a Sunday wedding, was time for a little bit of boudoir-style photography with local burlesque performer, Ally Katte. Ally, who bagged Second Place Best New UK Solo at London Burlesque Week in 2011 and has starred in cabaret shows across the country, […]
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 […]