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Classic Bikini Glamour

Oiled skin produces lovely photographic tones and also emphasises the form of the figure the its highlights.

Pinup Shoot Critique for Ed

Ed came in for a one-on-one mentoring session shooting pinups with Nikkia Sabblier - who runs her own fifties / retro clothing shop as well as modelling.

Critique for Rich

Rich is one of our regular studio users and we're just about to start some one-on-one tuition. As you will see below Rich has reach a reasonable level of competency and has some interesting ideas and puts some effort into settings this up, so...

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Down in the Dungeon

Looking down upon the figure gives the viewer a sense of power over a vulnerable figure. Lighting Diagram A fairly stark lighting is required here, with the main light being the narrow softbox.

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JoPaul - Water Shoot (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image. This discussion is around building a fake swimming pool and shooting with model JoPaul

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How to build a cove with Ashley

So while surfing the tinterweb for advice on cove building and different methods I came across this rather delightful video of how to build a full photographic infinity cove.

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