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Just add oil - couples shoot

A little baby oil goes a long way - well actually quite a lot of baby oil. The trick is not to rub it in, but splash it over.

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Levitating Girl - Experimental Stop Motion

Experimenting with stop motion and levitating a girl

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Stop Motion with Leah Axl-Experimental

I know, you are all probably getting bored with my stop motion stuff - I've been enjoying the experimentation, but realise I've still got a lot more work to do developing my technique if I'm going to make these look really good.

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Experimental Shoots: Cinematographs

Working with Mary Addison from "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" we've been building some cinematographs.

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Experimental Shoots: Backlighting

This is a simple setup, a rectangular softbox behind the model. I decided to go for a see-through top as I thought that would be more interesting than straight nude.

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Artemis Photoshoot

Some images from a very enjoyable day I spent working with Artemis Fauna. We started out working in front of this gorgeous white window light.

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Experimental Shoots: Graffiti Body Paint

Using the figure as a body painting canvas is great fun and can leads you into all sorts of places. This particular set featured LouLou as the model and the painting done by Sam Day.

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PhotoShoot: Niki-Marie - Don't try this at home

Warning: The images from this photo shoot are much stronger sexually than my usual material. I shall be posting images from this shoot over several different posts.

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Experimental Shoots: Hipstamatic, Instagram,Iphones,Retro and Niki-Marie

This whole vintage / retro / cross processed look is all the rage this year. Principally because of the Iphone app Hipstamatic.

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Julie Waterhouse - Dancer - The White Set

An experimental session for me exploring Julie's absolutely brilliant dance skills. The simple blocks create a minimalist setting and space for Julie to work around.

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