Fashion and Beauty Photography- Don’t look back in Anger

Fashion and Beauty Photography. Not a phrase you would expect to find associated with a Press and PR Photographer and certainly not with a Sports Photographer, but in the dark and distant past it was something I did a lot of!

Fashion and Beauty Photography
I was lucky to work with many very talented individuals which included models, MUA’s, Hairstylists, Designers and Stylists. I’m always pretty amazed to hear about the heights they have all risen to!

It kind of all started by mistake when the PR of a designer named Pierre Garroudi called me and asked if I’d like to shoot some of his cloths! I just seized the opportunity and kind of made it up as I went along!

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Pierre Garroudi collection shot at The Drop Redoubt on Dover’s Western Heights

From then on I just tried to make the shoot ideas more creative, challenging myself and the people I was working with what would (and wouldn’t) work. So over a period of time I tried to drown, smoke and bury models!

I was also lucky enough to work at some awesome locations, I think my one of my favorite ones was St Augustines Priory in Kent. Where I wanted to shoot a ‘Beauty in Decay’ themed shoot. Featuring Couture Italian Wedding Dresses and a whole hoard of pigeons who were not enamoured with the idea of us using their penthouse!

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Another great location I shot in more then once is the little known Dover Transport Museum

Fashion and Beauty Photography

More Retro

There are too many great shoot I did to mention them all, so here are a few of my favorites pulled from the archives.

I even shot at the mad circus that is London Fashion Week a couple of times.

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Pam Hogg. London Fashion Week AW13/14

So why all this misty eyed reminiscing? Well I’m thinking of starting to do some beauty work again. So if we have worked together before or not get in touch, like, share or comment. I have a few ideas I’d like to explore creatively, but I am more than welcome to collaborate on ideas that you may have. I think I’d like to do something with explosions……erm maybe not! but then again…….

London Fashion Week – Devil in the detail

A busy month this month. But an obvious winner. Was the razamataz that is London Fashion Week.

Occasionally my Press Photography takes me to London. So London Fashion Week, for me at least, consisted of three days and 14 shows. Some good, some fantastic. Here’s a quick retrospective from this seasons extravaganza! No apologies for the massive post.

There was the usual sideline of celebrity appearances and media crushes. Fortunately I didn’t have to do battle this year.

Zoe Jordan opened the week with her catwalk show at Somerset House and set the standard for the week.

Bora Aksu showing that the devil really is in the detail with intricate head pieces.

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KTZ – extravagant and imaginative. Definitely one of the highlights of the week for me.

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Felder Felder were next and even though my marked up area was in a shocking position way off to the side managed to get this.

London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week

Jean-Pierre Braganza

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PPQ

London Fashion Week

Saturday was an unearthly early start but that was soon forgotten as the days show are traditionally the most extravagant. The 09:00 show was DAKS.

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The Jasper Conran show was erm very red!

London Fashion Week

John Rocha as always didn’t disappoint. Sometimes you get lucky when someone else pops a flash just at the right time to make your frame that much better.

London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week

Todd Lynn. I’m still trying to work out about the nose rings that all the models were wearing. If anyone knows I’d love to know why!

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The remainder of the day I changed venue to Free Masons Hall for Fashion Scout and quite by chance caught Bernard Chandran’s show and glad I did.

I was actually there to see Ashley Isham. Long flowing fabrics are obviously dangerous to wear take note kids!

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One of the shows I always go out of my way to see is Pam Hoggs this season she managed to out Hogg even herself with the normal display of less is more. It was a stunning show drawing heavily on Japanese influences.

London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week

The last presentation I covered was the Pringle of Scotland presentation at the Bankside Gallery.

London Fashion Week

Any comments as usually are welcomed.