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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/
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
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 !!
Gulls (often informally seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, and skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until recently, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera.
They are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls. They have stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Gull species range in size from the Little Gull, at 120 g (4.2 oz) and 29 cm (11.5 inches), to the Great Black-backed Gull, at 1.75 kg (3.8 lbs) and 76 cm (30 inches).
Oh Dear, how boring is Wikipedia! boring boring boring. The story behind these photos is much fun. My Girlfriend, and 2 mates were headed to the beach We were in Breen (Somerset, South West England.) Breen was a pretty cool place overall. For me the best part of the whole trip was driving the car on the beach. We parked the car on the beach about 20 meters from the waters edge, and began eating our Fish and Chips. At this point the car was sourround by half a dozen big Seagulls. It might of been that we were throwing chips out at them, not to sure.
I got most of these shots while sitting on the rook with my feet hanging through the sunroof, while everyone else used there own dinner as bait. Thank you guys.
Model: Sam Fantom
Studio shoot: Elinchrom Lighting
Camera: NIKON D200
Shutter Speed: 1/320 second
F Number: F/4.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 250
There has been a bit of a delay getting this photo up, but i could not quite get the edit right. I am kind of happy with it now. But i think maybe a few tweeks here and there might take place.
Just a mini update on some editing work i am doing for Rogue Maidens,
The model is Eden Falls
(this is only my digital photoshop, edit work)
GraphiStudio Beta 9 Leonardo
The New GraphiStudio Editing software is here, well another beta version, I am just installing mine and will have a little somthing for you to read after i have had chance to have a play!
have you already got a version installed? whats it like?
