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Albums Categories: Storytelling Portraits

  • Medusa

    Medusa

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    Alan

    We’d been talking about this concept for a while and then decided to shoot very quickly. Amkmodel got in touch suggesting availability later the same week and that coincided with my own availability. One problem; we didn’t have everything ready. So I spent the evenings building and preparing the props, costume for the shoot. Fortunately,…

  • Tribal Theme

    Tribal Theme

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    Alan

    Melanya got in touch, suggesting a shoot on a tribal theme. We explored an area of the Peak District, just west of Sheffield and Chesterfield which provided many different settings for the theme.

  • Totoro to Otomo

    Totoro to Otomo

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    Alan

    A mouthful of a title, expressing the concepts from a shoot. Moving from the clean images of Studio Ghibli to something more violent as found in Akira. This was the first attempt at the shoot, which has left us with further ideas for a future shoot. There are also a few retrowave-inspired images in the…

  • Ellie and the Roses

    Ellie and the Roses

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    Alan

    This shoot takes the record for the most amount of images I’ve taken in a 2 hour period. Ellie was awesome as we shot 6 different themes.

  • Renaissance Rave

    Renaissance Rave

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    Alan

    Sasha approached me to help shoot her masters submission. After some discussion, she settled on a modern take of a Renaissance Party. This was a full-day shoot across multiple sets, fortunately all in one building. The aim was to portray a story and highlight the inequalities in renaissance output. Models: @luciedarroch @sophiem1a @kiesharfArt direction: @sasha.hampshireDesigner: @belladonis_by_o.e.kMake-up: @bydaisyelizabethHair: @elenassspatiPhotography and retouching: @silkhatstudio

  • Shooting at the Wash House

    Shooting at the Wash House

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    Alan

    Jessica proposed a duo shoot at the Wash House, a cocktail bar in Manchester. Ellie was the second model who joined for the duo.

  • Disco Darkness 2

    Disco Darkness 2

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    Alan

    I’d already booked Zavod Studio in Sheffield for two shoots, one person followed by another on the same theme. But heard a couple of days before that the second model had to isolate. So Annie stepped in with a day’s notice and got into the theme.

  • Disco Darkness 1

    Disco Darkness 1

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    Alan

    Emily proposed the theme of Disco Darkness after we’d discussed lighting, clothing and what we could do with the space available. Shot at Zavod Studio, Sheffield.

  • Forest Fairy

    Forest Fairy

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    Alan

    Shot around the edges of Chesterfield and the Peak District, with Xenia. This was the second half of a full day shoot. The first half had been on a couple of themes at the Boardroom, in Derby. This part was out in the hills and woodland to the West of Chesterfield.

  • Miss Havisham

    Miss Havisham

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    Alan

    Featuring Erica Mulkern, with Alona Dmytrenko as HMUA, assisted by Dave Clazy. This shoot was planned and executed within 2 weeks, including coordinating props, costumes, timing and logistics across a number of counties. All based on a theme of Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. All the props, costumes and accessories apart from the…