Thanks to Cassie I have just shot my first nude (excluding self) and it has been another learning curve. At the start I had some kind of idea of what I was trying to achieve, no really I did! and the room we were working in is east facing and has nice light in the morning/lunch-time. I must say though that when I did some self-portraits it was mid-summer, very early in the morning and the light was gorgeous, casting an amazing shadow across the bed which would have been good to catch again. Alas that was one of our last decent days of summer.

So as you can probably tell I wasn't after sharp focus, lots of detail, I like the blur and slight movement caught with a longer exposure.

Once again there are a few more images from the day on my Flickr page.

Jonny Be Good

Shoot from last week, Jon my neighbour agreed for me to photograph him as I have been asked by a male friend to take some portfolio shots for him. I used Jon to try and get some ideas.

Taken at home (I don't get out much!!) so had use of lights, we rearranged the furniture, well piled it up in a corner, and used my longest wall in the room for the background. This caused less problems than when I shot Nina in front of the curtains, more width to play with. Also this time had Taff at home who acted as assistant which made life much easier. Once he got the hang of moving a light a tad and not three feet it was plain sailing. Having that extra pair of hands to hold a reflector instead of me utilizing my toes made a world of difference.