Cerys Jones

Had another fun photo shoot today, this time with the gorgeous Cerys Jones.









...and her shoes.

Miina

I had a lovely young girl to take portraits of today: Miina.









She was an absolutely great model.



I mean - how cute and pretty is SHE?!



There was only one problem - how to get rid of the puppy who just HAD to be there in front of the lights with her all the time! No matter how many times we tried to bribe him with treats to leave the spotlight for a minute or two!



No, he wouldn't budge - he wanted to be there in the middle of the action. Even when he got so tired he couldn't hold back the yawns.



Not to worry - Miina is a Super Girl with Super Powers, and she can take on anyone, right?



Perhaps... except the persistent, attention-seeking Mr. Zebedee, who knows just the moment to sneak into the frame when he's least expected.


(Miina knew by then that Mr. Zebedee was after her flowers, really, even when he pretended to engage himself in rope-chewing.)

Well, we managed to take a few more shots... while Zebedee waited behind a closed door in the hall!



Oh, and by the way - it was great to see Miina's parents for the first time in about 10 years! Perhaps next time we'll have time to take photos of the parents, too! :-)

This is what happens...

...when you get together with a creative photographer and a photogenic photographer and some studio lights. Amazing what a few props and poses can do to a (photographic) personality! Fellow Brighton and Hove Camera Club members Juliet and Mehrak - Juliet provided the fantastic props and creative ideas and Mehrak doubled as a fabulous model. :)

Santa's Little Helper

I can't decide which I like the best.












Can you help? Votes in the comments, please.

Maybe I should have him do something, rather than just pose? Any suggestions?

Tara and Lee

Had a great time with Tara and Lee yesterday. I took some photos of them before dinner... lot of fun to photograph, these two!






Today has been reserved for recovery.

Halloween!

So who's ready for trick or treating?



For the record, I never used to think for a second that I'd be one of those people who dress their pet up in costume. Oh, well.

Benson and Poppy

Two of Zebedee's friends came over for a photo shoot today. First the handsome Benson.






And in the afternoon it was Poppy's turn.



Wasn't easy to get these two in the same photo!



Next in the studio is probably going to be Bonnie.

Puppy School Graduation

Since Zebedee starts his Junior School tomorrow, I thought I'd take his Puppy School graduation photo first. So here it is. With the rosette and everything. ;-)



Oh, and BTW - today he lost both his upper canines while we were playing tug-of-war. I have no idea where they went. Probably down his throat! I did find one of his other teeth that fell off today, though. His upper adult canines were already coming through just in front of the milk ones.

Editing Laura's photos

I think I've finally managed to finish editing all the photos that Laura wanted to have from our photo shoots so that she can send them to model agencies in Madrid. This photo is my favourite at the moment:



Click on the photo to see larger version of it. Sorry about the watermark, but I don't want anyone to use Laura's photos without permission.

I quite like some of the ones with the dark background, too, although I think the lighting could be better.






Next on my editing list: Brighton Pride dog show photos for Mio Minn, and then my friend Chizu's children's photos.

Marvin The Springbatt

Marvin - Zebedee's classmate from puppy school - came over for a photo shoot today. Quite a challenge to take studio photos of a lively puppy! Especially when there is another even livelier puppy in the house. Most of the two hours that Marvin was here, Marvin and Zebedee were playing with each other; which means play fighting, really, in their case. It's all just play, even though it doesn't always look like 'just play' when you see some of the fleeting moments the camera has captured:



Marvin is an absolutely adorable mix of a Basset Hound and a Springer Spaniel, and apparently such a mixture is called a Springbatt. It does look like there is a bit of bat in him, too!



A couple more of the "posed" shots:

Second photo shoot with Laura

Had more time with Laura today, and a fun photo shoot! Here are a few quick edits from the day.







Went to a fantastic gig in the evening...



Medeski Martin & Wood with a special guest percussionist Airto Moreira. The gig lasted for about 2,5 hours (including interval) and was pure pleasure. Listening to these four fabulous musicians made my cheeks ache, as I found myself grinning all through the gig due to the fact that I was constantly, one moment after another, impressed by their inventiveness, pure talent and obvious joy of playing. Their music was very funky, and to be honest, I probably wouldn't have got THAT interested if I happened to hear the pieces they have on their MySpace web site, for example - but they were brilliant live. Check out some YouTube clips if you are interested in hearing top quality organ based funky jazz with a generous measure of avant-garde improvisation thrown in.

UPDATE: I received an e-mail from people of FudoMouth saying that they have used my photo of the MMW gig on their website. I was surprised to find that they had mp3s for the whole MMW Brighton gig on their web site, so I read on, and found out that MMW are a "trade friendly band", as explained in bt.etree.org Very cool! (Now I can listen to the gig again - and so can you!)