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Homage to Parkinson

THINKING: Norman Parkinson CBE (1913-1990) was a well known fashion photographer producing images for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and many other magazines.

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Homage to Icons

THINKING: This is a game of "Spot the Icon". The premise was to combine a series of well-known iconic nude photographs and paintings like a collection.

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Homage to Howard Schatz

THINKING: Howard Schatz was the photographer that most inspired me when I was starting out. He is most well known for his amazing underwater photography of dancers and athletes.

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Homage to Helmut Newton

THINKING: Helmut Newton is probably the most well known, and most copied, photographer in the art nude genre.

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Homage to Flaming June

THINKING: I am a huge fan of the pre-Raphaelite painters and their immediate successors in the latter half of the 1800's.

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Homage to David Hockney

THINKING: David Hockney developed his "joiner" technique as a way of exploring the idea of cubism in photography.

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Homage to Bob Carlos Clarke

THINKING: Bob Carlos-Clarke (1950-2006) is well known for his very strong, sexually charged images of women.

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Homage to Bill Brandt

THINKING: Bill Brandt is one of my all-time heroes. Why? Because he developed the whole process of fish-eye, ultra wide-angle photography.

Height

THINKING: When working with a model both of you have to pay attention to safety. When Freya was sitting on the ladder in this shot I felt comfortable.

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Grids in images

THINKING: When shooting against a strongly defined background like a grid you need to decide how it will feature in your image.

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