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Colleen and I got bored one morning, So we decided to have a photo shoot around the house, Enjoy.
All these were shot at 50mm f1.4. i just love the super soft depth of field that this little gem of a lens gives you.
All natural light with a very minor filter effect added using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Hot off the press Couture fashion designer, Joe Challita who wow’d us all with the butterfly inspired yellow dress worn by Myleene Klass at the Brit Awards, collaborated with London based models ( Jessica Forth, Bethany – http://www.vibeinternational.com) and Birmingham based Colleen Deary, for an exclusive photo shoot before he jetted back to Australia. Be expecting BIG things from Joe in the very near future 
Make Up- OscarAlexander
Models- Colleen Deary, Jessica Forth & Bethany
Locations- Renaissance London & The Doors Club
Jewelry Designer – Peter Lang
Designer - http://www.joechallita.com/
BEE KAY – LONDON – ENGLAND
Born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, The pull of popular culture led BeeKay to push against it. He completed his degree at UCCA while spending three seasons working under Aminaka Wilmont. These exoeriencs inspired him to develop a fierce curiosity into how far he could push leather, jersey latex paints, cuts and more.
Now based in London, BeeKay has shown his first collection at ON/OFF at London Fashion week and will be at Rendez-Vouz in Paris.
This Spread was shot for and published in FASHION LABB magazine
One a random cold night , we grabbed the camera and headed up to the woods !
Enjoy !!
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Nkwo Onwuka is ‘AFRO-BOHEMIAN CHIC’.
Winner of the Phoenix Award at Kulture2Couture 2007,in association with the Mayor of London’s office and the V&A.
The Nkwo collection features volume created with layers of tulle, silk and the softness and fluidity of chiffon in earthly warm colours. The vibrant print fabrics come alive, with bubble hems, frill details on the necklines, tulip skirts and dresses.
The ‘print’ embroidery on her pieces is proof of her distinctive craftsmanship as a designer. It is also an exquisite complement to the fabrics as it stimulates interest in the burst, neckline and waist line of her pieces. Her collection comes off as organic; reflective of the beauty of the African soil!
Photography Dave Piper
Models- Emma Kate Dawson & Lucy Nibblet
Designer – Nkwo Onwuka
Styling – GTE Styling
Miss Cooling…
THE ALICE SHOOT -
What to say.. but any girl who when asked about her fav films gives “Labrinth all the way….followed by layer cake, lock stock” is fine in my book. Nicole is an great model, creative holds makeup very well and a joy to work with
Nicole also runs the SuperFly Group shoots which, I have to say are fantastic events. contact them here
Contact Nicole Via
http://www.purestorm.com/PaigeRyan
” I started modeling in 2006 so have quite alot of experience from Fashion shoots right upto art… I’m hardworking, reliable and full of ideas… I’m happy to work with Amateurs, intermediate or professional photographers! I personally think i have a fantastic wardrobe so will always have lots to bring with me to shoots. I have my own studio and Lights that you can use free of charge if you book me and you can view my studio at- www.purestorm.com/2kingstreet “
Working on LABB has its perks, one of these is being able to work with the up and coming photographers and fashion photographers, Hannah-Beth fits firmly into the Fashion category. Sure to be a little Gem in the fahion world, I kinda invited my self along on a HBT shoot to see what all the fuss was about.
shoot credits – photo – HBT | Model Emma Howl | Dress Katie Urban & Philip Lord | MuaBecky Hunthing | Art Directed by ME !!
A super sneak preview of Hannah-Beths new website
“Hannah Beth ? 21 year old fashion/editorial photographer from birmingham. big plans, lots of ideas and looking forward to the future. the hills, the city, 90210, and tea/bubble tea addict.”
Contact Hannah-Beth via -
* twitter: www.twitter.com/hannahbethx
* tumblr: www.hannahbethx.tumblr.com
* model mayhem: www.modelmayhem.com/hannahbeth
TEXTURE LABB – ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 2
Fashion | Art | Photography - Texture
Labb magazine is a fashion, luxury, art , photography and conceptual bookzine
Things are set for Labbs return, Polished and looking stunning as ever. Featuring fantastic work by Karl Baxter (Cover), Tom Jackson, Spiros Halaris, Craig Flemming, Natalie J Watts, Erik Erxon, Hannah-Beth Todd, Bob Packert and many many more !! Here at Labb HQ, we have not shown our cards yet, BUT, please stand sure that we have have some big things in the line for you all.
The website has had a little face lift, Links the blog/ facebook/twitter are all there !! get in touch !!
The Labb Team have not shown our cards yet, BUT, please stand sure that we have have some big things in the line .
Its been a while since my last Photoshop blog, so i wanted to create something fun for everyone !! Because I am nice like that.. I thought summer style Party Promo Club might be just the thing to bring summer here ! Lets make a HEDKANDI STYLE PHOTO !!
So then STEP ONE !!
Find a model, my lovely model was Nicola Stevens, My photo was taken f4.8 @ 135mm, A little light from either side and a blue gel from the back. A fan was used to lift the hair. The photo was kept darker to enusre no detail was lost . I knew there was going to be loads of post pro , so i was not too worried about make up. It was more of a snap than a proper Photo Shoot…..
Once you have your photograph, Pop into into photoshop direct. Edit up the skin, Make up , body shapes, and all the stuff that you want to do. I use a few ticks using lens blur layers after a good going over with the stamp tool Blur sharpen, repeat… If you do wanna know more about this, section… fire me an e-mail or get a make-up artist !!
STEP TWO !!
Create 2 new layers -
Make some funky over lays and pretty patterns. This is very random and hit or miss. I kept very simple and created two quick elements that sit into my comp.
These elemets very very simple and created using the Brush tool and some very simple layer styles, a simple inner glow and outer glow, A flip into screen colour mode and your done.
Lets work on the lighting cord. (Pen tool> creat wiggle>remove sections behind arm>add layer style) I used a custom shape brush and a Wacom Tablet set on the airbrush mode to let me fade in and out, a nice soft brush does work well here.
Here I again made a custom brush for my fake Bokeh effect. (create brush shape>edit brush settings>paint>done !!) Once you have your settings for the brush its half the battle. You dont have to make your own brush.. but i think its cool. The settings… F5 will make your brush manager pop if you have not got it open. play around with some stuff in there like size and shizzle.. I dont really want to say what i used.. just play and see. Its a very very Powerful tool.
After you have made your layer, add about 3 or 4 more layers.. paint some whacky colours on there (one colour per layer) , Pop them into colour mode (blending layer) and see your Bokeh colour up !! This should start to colour your background photo now too..
STEP THREE !!
Colour up your photo and merge it all !!
You should almost have your comp done.. A few more colour layers set to Colour blend mode and some more whacky colours should start to build up the over all photo..
Dont be worried if your photo looks like this !! its cool.. Build it up duplicate the layer, add some Lens Blur, Screen mode , sharpen this.. add that and add back in your elements you make and Bingp Bango
Watch it all come together..
STEP FOUR !!
Opps.. ok .. so only 3 steps.. Erm.. ADD MORE LAYERS , work some cool layer styles and build build build !! Dont be worried about trying things ! I have about 20 odd layers in mine.. some pure blue layers, some blurred up layers. Lots of screen mode layers. God Bless the Alpha Channel !!
Thank you !! send me your versions !!
The first time I had heard of the The All Time Low was an album called Punk go Crunk, They did cool cover of Umbrella by R&B singer Rihanna. I am big fan of Punked up covers so I kinda thought I would be a fan of band live. Turns out the best thing about this band was how they party after the show. Which is not leave you in any doubt about how good they are live. Amazing, does come close to there stage presence. But the Double Jack that I was bought after.. well .. Thank you.
These photos are from the Birmingham leg of the Kerrang! Relentless Tour 2010 With The Blackout, My Passion and Young Guns.
All Time Low Hail from from Baltimore, Maryland, they formed back in 2003
So far they have 3 releases
These boys are ones to watch for sure. American Pop Rock for the Win. But when a band formed to play Blink songs and named them after a New Found Glory Lyric, It was never going to bad.
The band was eventually selected as Alternative Press Magazine’s Band of the Year for 2008
