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Daisy’s first session at my Bentwaters studio was split in two: a comp card, headshots and portfolio looks, then a dark Halloween set with corsetry, candlelight and a ceramic skull. Here’s how we planned it, how I lit it and what other models can take from it.
Heidi and Vaiva came to the studio with a car full of matching and complementary outfits for a joint model portfolio shoot. They did their own hair and makeup, and we worked through citrus prints, pinstripes and a newspaper set, with some individual images for each of them and a party-hat finish for Heidi’s 30th.
A Pre-Raphaelite themed session at my Rendlesham studio, returning to Rossetti’s Lady Lilith with model Leona, this time shaped around softbox lighting, restrained styling, and years of trust built between artist and model.
Mariana came back to the studio for another portfolio session, and this time we brought red tulle into the mix. Here is how the shoot came together, from the Pinterest board that started it to the gelled lighting that shaped each of the five looks.
Justyna and Karolina came into the Rendlesham studio on 10 August and we worked through eight looks each in under three hours. This post covers how the session was planned around a shared Pinterest board, where their themes overlapped and where they split, and why I ask every model to bring a chaperone.
Rose came back to the studio at Bentwaters for a second session, and we worked through eight looks in a morning, including a full red on red sequence. This post covers how the shoot came together, and why the model always chooses the looks on a portfolio shoot with me.
Karolina came into the studio in July for a portfolio session and we worked through eight looks in a single morning. Four backdrops, one set built around real candles, and a run of images that covered everything from clean commercial styling to something far more theatrical. She arrived with the whole thing planned out, which…
A polka dot model portfolio shoot with Shelby, her third session at my Rendlesham studio in Suffolk. A theme she brought herself, a clear Pinterest board, several looks across three backdrops, and a shoot built entirely around what she wanted to create. Here is how the day came together.
Kate came back to my Rendlesham studio for her second model portfolio shoot. Alongside the story of the session, this post covers what a portfolio shoot really involves, why a strong set of images beats a big one, and the model safety points every new model should know before booking anyone.
An early morning in Halesworth with model Sophia and stylist Susan Hardy for our Elegant Exposures project. Two contrasting looks, one bridal and one fuchsia pink, all shot and wrapped before half past nine.
A Studio Collaboration: Morrigan and Carla Carla had been thinking about the flowers and cling film long before she arrived at the studio. It was an idea she and Morrigan had discussed with me beforehand, and when we actually shot it, against a bold red background, the preparation showed. That kind of image does not…
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