Summer Closet

Summer Closet

Way back in July I had another shoot for for Clothing Clothing, this time we were in London again and with a slightly different team. I've finally gotten round to putting the images together for the blog, better late than never right? :P Here are some of the final images! :)

And a couple of behind the scenes :)

Model: Emily Towner @ Leni's Model Management
Make-up: Jenni Davis
Styling: Bryony Friend
Assistants: Gabriella Hodgson, Davinia Hammond
Designer/brand: Closet Clothing
Photography: Thomas Cole Simmonds

Tiny Trees Project - Part 3

Tiny Trees Project - Part 3

Here are the next set of images in the continuation of my Tiny Trees project! You can see the whole set so far on my website at www.tomsimmonds.com/tinytrees. As with the previous images there is a little behind the scenes post you can view here. :)

Camden Girl

Camden Girl

A few weeks back on the first day of November I made my way to London once again for another test shoot! This time with the lovely Kate Heaton. We were blessed with beautiful weather on the day and after meeting up we made our way to Camden Lock which was - as you can imagine impossibly busy on a rare hot day! This made picking out the locations we had in mind a little more difficult but annoying tourists are an evil that must be defeated! So we soldiered on and got to shooting where we could! Below are some of the final images from the day! :)

You can see the full shoot on my website at www.tomsimmonds.com/camdengirl and be sure to follow Kate on instagram as well! :)

A Long Weekend

A Long Weekend

Way back in May I had the pleasure of shooting the spring campaign for Clothing Clothing. You can see the behind the scenes post for the shoot here! This week the images were published the the fantastic Whim Magazine! You can see us on pages 172-193 and you can view the issue by clicking here or the image below!

The following are some of the final images from the shoot! You can also view them on my website at www.tomsimmonds.com/alongweekend

Model: Irina @ Nevs
Make-up: Hannah Serjeant (Instagram)
Styling: Ruth Elliot and Bryony Friend
Assistant: Gabriella Hodgson
Designer/brand: Closet Clothing
Photography: Thomas Cole Simmonds

A Rainy Day with Paige

A Rainy Day with Paige

Last week I made my way to London on a drizzly Wednesday to spend the afternoon taking photos with the beautiful and talented Paige Crowson! We met at Victoria station and made our way to Battersea Park to take the first set of the day! It was eerily quiet there due to the weather (and the fact that normal people have jobs at that time haha) and the whole place seemed like an abandoned communist plaza, if only every location was like that! Tourists are the bane of photoshoots from my experience. :P

After the first set we dried off in a little cafe close by and then we made our way to one of my favourite places in London, the Italian Gardens. I've shot there several times but despite it's small size I've been able to get fresh looking images each visit! The light was beginning to fade by then and the photos we took changed from a fresh and autumnal to more melancholy and dark which gave us a nice distinction between the two looks of the day! 

Below are some of the final images, you can also see them on my site at www.tomsimmonds.com/arainyday

Be sure to follow Paige on instagram! :)

Claudia

Claudia

The other week I met up with the lovely Claudia for a little test shoot in Brighton on what in retrospect seems like might have been the last sunny day of the year! We met up at the Brighton Marina and got to shooting! Below are a few of the final images! :)

Be sure to follow Claudia on Instagram and twitter! :)

Tiny Trees Project - Part 2

Tiny Trees Project - Part 2

Continuing the Tiny Trees project, here are the next two images for this week! as with the previous images there is a little behind the scenes post you can view here. :)

You can see all the images in the project I have published so far over on my website at www.tomsimmonds.com/tinytrees :)

Camera Finds: The Canon AE-1 Program

Camera Finds: The Canon AE-1 Program

For this post I will be looking at the Canon AE-1 Program, this is pretty much the workhorse of my analogue photography as it's the one that I have used most often. And there is a reason for that, it's fantastic! Not only does it look great but it's durable reliable and produces excellent photos. I have a few variants of this camera but this is by far my favourite.

When I'm on a photoshoot this is the camera I'll usually use to get a different perspective. I shoot primarily with an 85mm on my main camera and the AE-1 paired with the 50mm 1.8 gives a wider view on things as well as images with a distinct feel to them.

Below are a few photos taken with the AE-1 Program: