Another remote shoot with Carla, hopefully soon I can get round to doing a 1 to 1 shoot in a nearby studio….time will tell. Adrian was there to adjust lights and the camera height, always handy and a welcome chat whilst Carla changes outfits.

A quick outfit change….

Another change…..

Another outfit change….

Yet another shoot that goes past too quickly, good fun though, and nice to see Carla and Adrian again. If you see Carla’s remote shoot’s on Facebook or PP then do yourself a favour and make a booking, highly recommended.

I saw a post of Facebook by Carla suggesting a Bardot inspired shoot, sounds good to me so I booked an hour. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect but I knew Carla would have it all sorted. She never fails with various outfits and themes…so let’s get started…

Fluffy stuff….

Dem stripes!

Flying the flag!….

More stripes..

Portraits in mono to finish with….

Another great remote shoot, thanks to Adrian for doing the behind the scenes stuff and setting up the set. Carla does regular remote shoots, check her Facebook or Purple Port account for the next remote shoot….do yourself a favour and get a booking!

Another remote shoot with Ivory Flame because it’s always fun and productive with fantastic images, also she described the idea to me and I loved the theme immediately. The set looked versatile, you can make it spooky or light, it’s open to adding textures and other elements (which I did). A lot of work went into this set….she has very creative skills.

Once armed with a cuppa tea…..we made a start.

The feathered collar….

A change of outfit….

And then some nude work with materials….

Ivory Flame is always a pleasure to work with and always creates some gorgeous sets like this one, if you haven’t worked with her before then try booking her next remote shoot. You’ll be amazed!

Just after the new year, Ivory Flame pinged me a message saying would I be interested in an underwater shoot at Tankspace, well this one a new one to me so I jumped at the chance. It was with Ashleigh and Ivory, individually and as a duo, Halo Haynes was on hand to help with direction and remote stuff, this was very helpful as when the model is underwater no directions are possible, Halo was able to convey the requirements, many thanks Halo.

As this was my first tankspace Halo suggested taking lots of images per ‘dunking’, in the end I don’t think I took enough per submersion. Next time I’ll be rattling that shutter speed off.

First off Ashleigh took to the tank with a lovely floaty dress….

And on to duo work with ivory Flame….

And for solo work with Ivory Flame…

And a change of coloured lights and outfit…

This was good fun and quite tricky, and I admit I was hampered by a migraine so my directions to Halo were not the most incoherent, but she manage to pull it all together. Many thanks to Ashleigh and Ivory for the innumerable dunkings and of course to Halo for the guidance.

As mention in previous posts I was due for cancer removal surgery and I had booked a remote shoot with Carla before my surgery date. As in turns out the shoot was three day after I got out of hospital but I was determine to carry on, however I must admit I struggled a bit with communication and concentration, as such I didn’t do as much direction as I usually do. Carla and Adrian did a great job with guiding the shoot through as I faltered a bit with ideas. I loved the gothic idea and always loved the gothic look in general so I was well chuffed with the results.

a slight costume change…..

And for a bigger change in looks and costume….

All we need now is a light snack from a warm blooded innocent victim ……

Thanks to Carla and Adrian for spooky fun shoot….Carla does regular remote shoots, look out for them, Carla and Adrian make remote shooting easy. Highly recommended.

Artemis in August on her usual yearly tour of Scotland, the weather was pretty poor so I took advantage of my parents old home to set up a make shift studio. The house had been sold and this was my last chance to use it. I do miss working in the studio as there are still a few lighting techniques I still need to master, one needs to keep up the skills, use ’em or lose ’em kinda thing. This would also be my last chance to shoot for a long time on a one on one basis, I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was due for surgery and a long recovery period. So for further shoots I would need to rely on remote shoots…..which is still good, I like remote shoots.

The next morning I picked up another photographer at Dundee and drove to meet Artemis at St Cyrus, the plan was to drop off the photographer then head out to do some wildlife shots, however I did manage to grab a few shots of Artemis on the rocky beach there.

Adding some material….

Then floor work…..

Then some natural light…

Some lingerie in natural light….

Then back to studio lighting for a costume change….

Then some images on the next day at St Cyrus…….

It’s always a great time shooting with Artemis and in this shoot I concentrated mostly on monochrome editing, especially using the studio lighting to create light and shadow area for body definition.

Anyway roll on next year for another shoot.

A remote shoot popped up on my radar, needless to say I snapped up the opportunity to shoot. The theme was peaches and curls with a luscious set with lots of materials and props that can be used.

Ivory Flame always puts a lot of creative work into her remote shoots, and its always an absolute delight

And a quick outfit change….

And another change of outfit…

…and a small colour change…

Time to move the camera and use a mirror for some more unusual shots….

It always seems that time runs out far too soon, especially when you are having fun. If you can grab a remote shoot with Ivory Flame then I suggest you snap it up as soon as you can. One of the top models in the UK and an all-round lovely person to work with.

Chiara Elisabetta had another remote shoot on offer, obviously I jumped at the chance. There was various sets available. Once we got set up we got to work quickly with tons of quality images. Every shot a stunner when you are working with a top model, lots of fun and banter throughout the shoot.

The sets were created by Smanda

The first garden/forest scene…..

Then a change of set…..a moonlit a scene…..

And another change of scene….

Another fabulous remote shoot with Chiara, lovely set up too…..

hopefully more in the future.

An email appear on Purple Port one day, from Everly Rose. Would I like to shoot with her, after an online discussion she said she liked my previous images from Glenturret. I thought well I haven’t been there for a while (years) so let’s go for it. It was warm June day, albeit cloudy….. adds to atmos I find. So I met her at a nearby hotel and off we toddled, chatting as we went, it’s an hours drive in the holiday season. The plan was to shoot on location then head to Glenturret distillery for lunch, then back for an hour in a mock up studio.

On location at Loch Turret….on the pier…

Further up the loch……

Then off to Glenturret distillery for a bite to eat, it used to be a fantastic restaurant, sadly it’s gone downhill a lot….poor fare, I got a very hard overcooked sausage roll however Everly got a lovely baguette. No longer an eatery I could recommend and return to. We headed into the whisky shop, cuz like ….why not ogle at £50,000 bottle of whisky, then stare at disbelief at the £70,000 bottle.

Heading of to studio land…..actually my parents old house which I made up into a studio.

Window lighting…..

And so another shoot comes to close, it was a lovely day out with lovely company. Everly Rose returns to Scotland on regular basis, if you fancy a shoot then give her a shout!.