Undercliff

I had the pleasure of working with the lovely M again on the 2nd for another shoot! This was also my first time doing a photoshoot with the help of a make up artists, the amazing Rebecca Rojas!

I have been wanted to do a photoshoot at the The Undercliff Walk in Brighton for quite a while and I am glad I didn't use such a great location on another shoot, it was perfect! 

Rebecca spent quite a while working her magic before the shoot, here are a few shots of that:

And a few more behind the scenes from Rebecca:

Here is a preview of a photo I am currently editing:

And a few photos from my last shoot with Marta:

Be sure to have a look at Rebecca's website: http://www.rebeccarojas.com/

The print giveaway is over now and the winners have been picked! I will be doing another one later on so keep an eye out! :)

And as usual I have updated my website http://www.tomsimmonds.com/

And be sure to like my Facebook page for regular updates and Flickr for new photos every couple of days.

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Paper to Pixel

I was doodling photoshoot ideas in my notebook the other day and as usual the drawing involved origami birds. I found a small candle holder in my house that looked a little bit like a bird cage so I incorporated that into the drawing.

I though instead of just showing you the photo I would show the steps from putting the idea down on paper to setting it up and taking the final photo. :)

While setting up this photo I also made a headband for my next photoshoot using more of these origami peace birds.

Here is the final image.

Oh and be sure to have a look at my website www.tomsimmonds.com, it has recently been updated with some new photos! And be sure to check my flickr and facebook page for more stuff! :)

And if you would like to enter my print giveaway be sure to comment on this photo, I will be picking the winners soon!

Print Giveaway

I have decided to do a print giveaway! The details can be found at the following link. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomsimmonds/5906447693/

Little Book Of Shoot Ideas

Since I really started to get into photography I have been writing my ideas and visions of photoshoots down on scraps of paper, as most people probably do.

But they are easily lost, and most of the ideas are beyond my capabilities, or if I did try them now I would probably want to redo them if I ever got studio space, better props, equipment etc.

So I got myself a nice little book from a dealer on eBay and I started copying the ideas over along with the illustrations and a few other bits too. And because most of these ideas are slightly too ambitious to do anything with at the moment I though I would turn the book into a project itself.

Here are a few photos of some of the pages I have done, and a couple of photos in which I used the book.

Oh and I have had a big update on my website so if you would like to have a look please follow this link. :)

www.tomsimmonds.com

Lace Ears

Here is a shot from my latest shoot with model Dannie Aston. We used lace ears, of course!

Dannie Aston - Canon 5D Mark II

Make sure to keep and eye on my Facebook page for more updates!

Last Two Shoots

I recently did a photoshoot with actress Lucy Drive, here are a few examples of what we got as we walked around Brighton. :)

Lucy Drive - Pentax Kx

Lucy Drive - Nikon EM

Lucy Drive - Nikon EM

Lucy Drive - Nikon EM

And a couple of animations...

Gif animation of Lucy Drive

Gif animation of Lucy Drive

I also got myself a new camera last week, at 5D Mark II! Very exciting, I don't have a great quality lens for it at the moment though, have to wait a couple of weeks for that. But I used it on a photoshoot the other day and it was lovely to use. Here is a little preview of my shoot with Esme Proffitt...

Gif animation made with a little video clip - Esme Proffitt

Preview in RAW - Esme Proffitt

Back of camera preview - Esme Proffitt

I have also updated my website with over 30 new photos to make sure to have a look there. And also keep and eye on my Flickr and Facebook pages for more regular updates. :)

Months Ago

Turns out that it is almost exactly one year ago that I got my first DSLR camera (pentax kx), and about eleven months since my first photoshoot! Not sure if it seems longer than that or not hehe. Anyway here are 12 photos I have taken to represent each month of having this camera!  Hopefully there is some kind of visible progression lol. Be sure to have a look at my websites for more photos. :) 

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