Mother Madness and SÝN Magazine Issue III

Yesterday the wonderful SÝN Magazine released it's third issue and I was lucky enough to get a few of my photos in it! The photos are from my shoot with Katie Eleanor back in February. Here is a screen capture of one of the pages but you can see the magazine in it's entirety here and I highly recommend you so, it is packed with amazing work from a whole pile of brilliant people. :D

My photos are on pages 20-23. :)


Here are a few more images from the shoot that don't appear in the magazine:

And again here is the video from this shoot if you missed it! :)

The Skeleton Project - Week 14

Hi there! This weeks Skeleton Project photo gives me a headache... hur hur hur. Anyway, the skeleton is having an idea, or a headache or something.

Week 14:

You can see all the photos from this project to far here.

The Skeleton Project - Week 13

Last week I saw a link that was posted by The Nonsense Society, as everything they link to is in general a wonderful thing I of course clicked! It led me to a website that had an archive of anthropology books. A lot of the images are drawings of body parts for medical research etc, the image that was linked was of particular interest to me as it was perfect inspiration for my project.

This work of art comes from a book called The Anatomy of the Bones by William Cheselden. If you have seen previous photos from my project, or even read the title of this blog entry you will see why I was inspired to recreate this image.


Here is my version:

I also did a bit more of my stop motion for this project, it is still a long way from being complete but the frame count is now up to about 730 so there is something at least!


Also, I have had a couple of features in the past few weeks. You can have a look by clicking the images below! You should check out the websites too. 


Seven By Five:

Ballad Of: 

The Skeleton Project - Week 12

Hello! This weeks Skeleton Project photo throws away the body and focuses on that old skull and it's on a doily no less. Cool and manly.

Anyway here it is, week 12:

You can see all the photos from this project to far here.

The Skeleton Project Week 11

Week 11 of The Skeleton Project! Over one quarter of the way there. This weeks photo was taken on my medium format camera.

Week 11:

Stuff + The Skeleton Project - Weeks 09 and 10

Hi there everyone!


I missed posting a skeleton project photo last week so this post includes two photos! The first is a black and white from the animation I am working on (but not actually working on at the moment, other things to do lol) and the other is another shot from my 'Hanging' series.


Week 09:

Week 10:

In other semi-related news I am having a tour of the photography department of the University I am applying to next week so that should be interesting! The MA course I applied for isn't available, I am going for a BA instead so fingers crossed! :D

Also if you missed it here is a little video I put together from my shoot with the wonderful Katie Eleanor. Photos from that shoot soon too! You can see my other videos here: www.tomsimmonds.com/film

I should have something new to post soonish, got some more shoots coming up so keep your eye on my Facebook page as I update it most regularly. Hope you enjoyed this and last weeks photos, see you next time! :)

Flowers in her hair + Week 8 of The Skeleton Project!

On Thursday I met up with model Alexandra Leigh Eyears, hairstylist Emma Hellier and make-up artist Rebecca Rojas for a little 'flower child' inspired shoot at Highgate wood in London. It was a bit on the cold side as you would expect for the time of year but thankfully it didn't rain!


Here is a preview:

And here are some behind the scenes photos:

And now for week 8 of the Skeleton Project! This weeks photo has a skull in a jar, naturally! :D

Week 08:

Meeting the wonderful mind of Katie Eleanor!

I have been following the work of Katie Eleanor for a long time now, her imagination and creativity along with her immense talent as well as her obvious pleasant nature had her straight on the list in my head of people I would love to work with some time.


Back around the middle of January I got in touch with Katie in the hopes of setting up a little shoot in the coming months. We threw a few ideas around and settled on a bit of a theme and a location in central London to meet up. Here is a quick sketch I did before the shoot of the sort of thing I was aiming to get, I think we pretty much got it too! :)

As usual with a lot shoots I arrange rain seemed to be involved and it decided to tag along with us almost all the time we were shooting. But we didn't let water spoil things so we pitched the tent made of sheets, hoisted the bunting, lit the candles (which blew out immediately) and pulled the creepy doll out of the bag!

I am still working on the photos and waiting for the film to be developed but here is a bit of a preview of what we managed to get before having to give in to the rain, cold and dark. :P

After we were done shooting we went to dry out and warm up in a nearby cafe and while enjoying a beer I got to talk to Katie about all things photography! What could be better? :D It was pleasure to work with her, and I hope we can collaborate in some way again in the future!


Be sure to follow, like and look at all the places Katie calls home on the internet: Website / Facebook / Twitter / Blog

Assisting on Lucia's shoot

Yesterday I had the pleasure of assisting photographer Lucia O'Connor-McCarthy on her photoshoot in Brighton for Ballad Of Magazine. The shoots theme was candy pop for their next issue so there was lots of colour and crazy clothes.

We met up around 9am and didn't finish until 6pm so it was a long day but it was great fun! I met a whole bunch of lovely people and from what I have seen on the back of the camera the photos are going to be fantastic! Be sure to keep an eye on Ballad Of's website for the issue.

Here are some behind the scenes photos from the day:

And on the walk back from the pier to the hotel there was a jolly good sunset to end the day!

The Skeleton Project - Week 07

Ok so for week 7 I thought I would have a go at a bit of photo-manipulation, it isn't really my thing but it's good to try new things...isn't it? :P Well you can decide on on the level of awful when scrolling down haha.


Week 07:

Thanks for looking! See you next week! :)

Daydream

So August last year I had a photoshoot with the wonderful Wioleta Michas, you can see the the blog entry for that shoot here. 

We managed to get lots of great photos, but I also filmed a little bit of the shoot too and only now have I gotten round to putting the clips together and trying to get them into something worth watching. Unfortunately the filming was a bit of an afterthought so there wasn't much footage to work with but I think what I got was pretty good!

Here is the video:

Test with Stephanie

Here is a quick update with a few of the finished photos from my test shoot with Stephanie the other week. :)

Stargazing

The past few days have been really clear so I though I would try to get a few photos of the nights sky, they aren't the best photos but not too bad either. :P I you plan on trying your hand at these I recommend waiting for warmer weather, it was bloody freezing taking these lol.

The Skeleton Project - Week 06

Week six is here! Struggling through haha, need an injection of ideas soon I think, but we will see how it goes. Here is the photo for this week, I hope you like it! Who knew you could make such a sturdy crucifix with garden canes.


Week 06:

Thanks for having a look! See you next week! :)

Black Lace And The Skeleton Project - Week 05

It had been about 10 weeks since I had last done a photoshoot, that being the Chattri shoot last year (saying it like that makes it sound longer haha). So I was extremely happy to arrange to meet up with a new model for an afternoon of shooting in central London.


On Thursday I met up with the beautiful Stephanie for a test shoot, the first of hopefully many more to come! We didn't have anything too particular planned, just an outfit and a few general location in mind. I had an idea to use strips of lace wrapped around the models neck and wrists to compliment then dress and add a little bit of something to the photos, here is a drawing from my sketch book that I did the night before:

Just as I was leaving for London it started hailing and it rained a couple of times when we were shooting but luckily we caught some rays of sun and managed to get some great photos, here are a few previews:

One of the photos was also accepted to be added on my PhotoVogue portfolio! :D You can see it here, any votes would be hugely appreciated! :)

I will be posting more stuff from this shoot once I have finished editing them, be sure to 'Like' my Facebook page for regular updates! :)


And now for week 5 of the Skeleton Project! this weeks photo is a bit strange but oh well. :D


Week 05:

Thanks for reading if you did! :P See you next week! :)

The Skeleton Project - Week 04

Hi everyone!


Already a month into the project, I think the chances of reaching the end are getting slightly higher hehe.


For this weeks photos I thought I would use the skeletons again! You might have seen them used in a few photos of mine before, like this one for example. This time instead of all standing around in a neat fashion they have been hired as dentists.




Week 04:

Thanks for looking again! See you next week! :)

The Skeleton Project - Week 03

Hello, hello, hi and hello!


Week three is upon us and it's time for a hangin'. Gather the townsfolk for this photo!


Week 03:

I took this weeks photo is the relative discomfort of not my own garden so inevitably I got lots of strange looks for performing a hanging in the local park. As you would expect, dog walkers and women with small children cant see the enjoyable side to hanging. Not to mention the ironic waste of time hanging an already dead person would be! They looked at me as though I had killed their very own children, bugger them in the face I say!


I took this photo using a Praktica TL 5B. First time I had used it too, so I was a bit nervous about whether it would even work. The film was also already in the camera when I got it, it looked like it was quite an old roll. But despite taking those two risks everything came out ok! I took quite a lot of different photos on this shoot so they might crop up in later weeks because I like quite most of them. :D


Thanks for looking! See you next week! :)