Frolicking Fashion...

Front cover of a Pan-European (what does that mean?!) Fashion, Lifestyle and generally all round awesome magazine.

Thank you to the models, stylist, make up and hair, my Mum (who helped out loads!) and Alice at Running in Heels. Big snogs.

See it HERE

Casting Call.....

Planning a portfolio shoot for completion before end of Jan 2010, dates open and will work around everyone involved. Keen to get a good team together to create something punchy and suitable for magazine submission.

If you are interested please visit my casting call for Models HERE and other cast and crew HERE.

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Wee wee madam....

Very excited to have come back from a lovely weekend in Wales and see my pics (beauty shoot E.A.T) in the awesome French Fashion mag, FASHIZBLACK......check it out!

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Press, press, News, News....

Check out my site to see the NEWS page and PRESS and take a look at my images in The Christmas Magazine out now. Pages 58 and 59 show some food photography commissioned by Impact Pr on behalf of Gold Top milk. Learn how to make yummy fudge and biscuits while there!

Also, look out for my beauty editorial in french fashion magazine FashizBlack. IF you are french or know french you can see what they are about here!! Basically however a cutting edge fashion magazine aimed at the French black lady. The editorial will be out in their November issue and I will keep you posted as soon as its available online here.....

What a lot of toddle........

Well its Sunday and I feel like I am ready for the weekend but hey, it is nice to be all busy and buzzy. I did a fashion beauty shoot for FASHIZblack magazine on Friday and the hair and make up artist were amazing, the model was also excellent and had an amazing athletic figure. I was the problem. Not as happy with the images as I would have like to be, maybe as I was so happy with the last lot but I got a couple of images I am kind of happy with. Editing them now so we will see. Hard to edit images your not happy with though.

I missed the fashion show which I really wanted to attend due to a fire or something on the M25 so that was a disappointment but had a far better time than expected yesterday evening at the Feast of Dorset that I photographed for friends that own Seamless Tents. Amazing tents (of course!) and music etc and we ate a legendary fish dinner (www.thefishclub.com) which went down a treat after the photography. Numm Nummm.

Right I'm off, nothing of real content to say and need to get these images edited plus would like to spend some time vegging out in front of the TV in my PJ's, eating crisps and Chocolate raisins.

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123....5

After an exhausting night being kept awake by a drunk sibling I have failed to do anything constructive today really however have managed to sit down and put some time in to researching submitting work to fashion magazines. It is a hard business and I can imagine literally thousands of photographers are doing the same thing everyday but if I don't start at least learning how to do it properly, then I don't stand the first chance.

Part of my 'big' plan is to shoot more and more fashion and put myself forward for more and more editorial ideas and to just get myself out there more.

As it has been a pretty mind bending process I thought I would record some of it here for you guys in case you found it useful should you, like me be trying to submit any work!

Btw - this is just info I have found from looking online and in books so there is probably plenty more and not all of it may be useful but its there. If you have any further suggestions or ideas - please feel free to leave comments!

- What are you shooting? What style do you have? What style does your photography fit into in terms of magazines or publications

- Research the magazine, buy the magazine, live the magazine you wish to submit to.

- Polish your online portfolio then polish it again.

- Get a printed portfolio so if you are called in or if you are going to send it off. (I am yet to do this however will have it done by Feb next year. Am budget planning now as want to get a few so I can send out to more than one client / magazine / editor at a time.

- What do you have to offer them?

- Do they accept submissions and if so, is there a particular theme they are running for the next issue so you can have something ready and waiting

- Do you have to submit words as well?

- What file formats / colour profile / size etc should submitted work be in?

- Editors / art directors name and contact details

- Email, Call and post. Get in touch. Don't stalk but be persistent.

Helpful sites:

www.125magazine.com

www.mastheads.org

www.google.com

Shola Ama, Giggs, Ghetts, Choc Blonde & more household animals....

So much to catch up on and I know you guys are still waiting for the 'regular' photo tip and also the interview with digital erotic artist - well they will be coming this week! Specific photo tips or photoshop tricks are going to have a bit more structure to them and are now going to be featured fortnightly on a Friday.

Right.....so Friday saw the Stand Up Honors and Award show held in East London. It was a really good event and very well produced. All images are now live on my web gallery if you wish to see them all....check them out here.

Sneak Preview above for your ref as well!

Oh and going on the animal theme and finding a one eared goat in my bedroom last week, today I found a little robin in my kitchen which had got in through a window. Very cute....

PS: OH VERY excited!! Guess who is doing a shoot with Chocolate Blonde!? We are getting together with Ady from the amazing Fat Talent and producing some awesome pics which will be featuring in the soon to come FT magazine, on Choc Blonde's promo material, facebook and so forth and possibly even feature in the documentary she is currently being filmed for. Oooo watch this space for further details cos its an open shoot and we already have an audience of Harley bikers, BBQ and all! If you have not heard Chocolate Blonde before you are seriously missing out, click here to see some of her stuff.

Laters x

All Glossy......

Feel like I should be writing some RIP piece about Jacko but there is so much around at the moment I decided it had probably all been said. Therefore in a bid to look for something else to write about I thought I would entertain myself with ambitions of fashion magazines that one day, I would like to feature in. Better start working on that and seriously - I am on a mission to get my shite sorted and actually start getting out there with my portfolio. Couple more fashion shoots to complete before August then POW - I am there baby!!