Dog & Owner portrait
I am so glad I convinced my client to bring in her puppy Pablo! This is one of my favourites from the whole session. Natural light only. I used my Sony GM 85mm 1.4 lens…...
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Fitness Nude – SKIN
Part of a series of fitness nudes for a client. Shot with natural light in my studio. I used my Sony GM 85mm 1.4 lens and my A7riii. Retouching involved almost entirely frequency separation for…...
Simple Fashion Portrait
This was shot at my “The Fine Art of Portraiture” workshop in London in May. A straightforward fashion portrait, lit with a Godox ad600 camera left, feathered across and down the model, and an ad200…...
Bolero – Parts 1 & 2
This picture won me “Fashion Photographer of the Year” at SWPP 2019. Here is the retouch, start to finish. I didn’t know how the picture would end up when I started, so you can follow…...
Beatrice
When you realise 10 minutes into the retouch that the eyes are not tack sharp… bin it! Retouch of a portrait for a commercial shoot for a hairdresser’s advertising campaign, intended for large format. Cropping,…...
Maternity “Ringmaster” – part 1
An unusual maternity shoot… Raw conversion, shaping the body, colour grading, skin retouch and preparation for part 2, when I’ll add a circular skirt in photoshop…...
Dancer jump part 2
This shot was nearly perfect in-camera, but I wanted to do a face swap and add some wow for print competition. This is part 2....
Beauty retouch with difficult lighting
The client (commercial) chose a shot that has less than perfect lighting for what I was trying to achieve – however it was what she wanted for the purposes of the shoot. This is a…...