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Mud

THINKING: I set out to create some statues but along the way I discovered that I liked the effect of human eyes locked in the stone form so pursued that aspect further.

Movement

THINKING: Shooting in studio with flash means that often too much is frozen in mid-movement leading to very static action shots.

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Floor

THINKING: I love the 1960's retro feel to this image. The original colour image has too much information in it - as you can see the background is very busy.

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Montage

THINKING: I had worked in this abandoned office space before and knew I wanted to create this shot with Freya.

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Leading Lines

THINKING: As photographers, we are always naturally inclined to position a subject in front of a background and shoot square on to the background.

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Homage to Willy Ronis

THINKING: My father was a photographer before me and that fact alone has clearly influenced my own photographic career.

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Dust Storm

THINKING: Shooting with flour can be a random process, but that should not stop you going in with pre-visualised photographs in mind.

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Homage to the Last Supper

THINKING: There is a saying amongst creatives, "if you're going to steal, steal from the best"! I suppose Leonardo's Last Supper must be one of the most well known paintings in the world.

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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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