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Tasha Callis with dark wig natural blonde hair


Have been busy with two new shoots. A new model to art nude Tasha Callis and a favourite of mine Lottie who I have worked with once before. This weekend is going to be ground breaking for me as I am working with a model who is a fashion model and an MUA. It will be very experimental and I have high hopes of adding some radical fashion work to my portfolio.

IvoryFlame

Holly aka IvoryFlame has written the following words about the above picture on her blog which I'm very happy about and although they were unprompted by me describe the image beautifully.


I love this image by photographer Scott Chappell and model Red Dove; it strikes me as having so much story behind it, the falling hair seems to represent such a personal journey, holding onto years of change and growth, it looks alive as it swirls around the model, in some ways it feels like it's taking over, but her soft, peaceful pre-raphaelite face tells me it is about love, not battle. Maybe she was some kind of wild beast that has had a spell broken and is now turning into the beautiful woman she was underneath, rising sleepily from her enchantment to a new life. That's what I love about it, it gets my imagination going with different naratives, and that's always a sign of a great image for me.

New website

I have created a new website for art nude photographers which has taken all my spare time this week.

It has 67 members so far and will remain a small community which is easily manageable. New members and their work now have to be approved after I was contacted by some very dodgy characters asking about the site.

Models are welcome but the site is mainly for discussion between photographers who specialize in working in the art nude genre.

http://artnudephotography.ning.com

Times are quiet

Having a quiet couple of weeks away from photography sourcing new props for my next shoot with Raphaella on 7th September.

So far have bought enough stuff to clutter up the spare bedroom and got my eye on a beautiful glass table.

Camera dispatched

A courier collected the Canon today and it felt like saying goodbye to an old friend. Tomorrow I will take the Bowens to Robert White for an assessment on the damage. Finding it very hard to choose between the Red Dove pictures, I love them all and feel that they have helped me develop more as a photographer and improve my Photoshop skills which are still very limited.

Red Dove Project

Had my shoot with RD and all was going well until I fell off a stepladder and busted my trusty Canon 1Ds along with an expensive pair of vari-focal glasses and a studio light. Managed to finish the shoot with spare camera but feeling very sore and have a black eye and a shoulder and arm that feels like it has been through a mangle soI have literally suffered for my art. Oh well onwards and upwards I'm sat here waiting for the insurance office to open so I can bang in a claim. The shoot went well enough to get some good pictures (see above). Now I have 3 weeks before the next one to recover and hopefully get the camera repaired.

The Red Book

The book came back from Cewe today and got to say it's not bad. Some of the pictures are darker than I would have liked but they can be adjusted.