Cover of Muse Mag August 2010!!

At the end of my Second year at uni at AUCB in bournemouth I participated in thier summer show (exhibition). The picture I displayed was the one chosen for the cover of the August 2010 issue of Muse magazine which is pretty cool im thinking. So thank you to Rodger for looking at my work and liking it and then getting in touch haha. I think the magazine is distributed all over the south coast its a free mag so if you see one pick it up. The project that muse has printed was my final major project for second year you can see the rest of the series somewhere else on this blog as well as on my flickr and Outburst. I hope you like them.

Burn The Fleet Photoshoot

Before I went to Newcastle to help Montana out with the American Dream shoot, I did a photo shoot with a band called Burn The Fleet and have just had the chance to have a gander at them. They are an up and coming band from Southampton! This was all a bit last minute so we just ended up shooting round the back of some buildings with some fairy lights hanging from the walls, very hardcore. I had my friend Alex Catt assisting me as test model and lighting holder!

















www.myspace.com/burnthefleetband

American Dream Shoot Finito

so, Friday was the last day of the shoot and we got to have some fun times with me being wind wafter, it was much fun. Montana had more freedom with the shots and the results are awesome!

Montana's work is amazing, and I look up to her all the time. Our styles are very different but I feel I learn so much from her and the way she works. I'm very lucky to be able to have the opportunity to be apart of her photoshoots.  Her images just get better and better and it won't be long until she reaches where she wants to be. That front cover of Vogue!

I've been filming throughout the week, so there will be a showreel appearing shortly which everyone should go look at. It's been a tiring week, but there are some great things to show from it.

Salon Business Magazine

One of YSalons images for British Hair Awards which Montana photographed. Featured on contents page and again on a full page further in the magazine.

American Dream Shoot

Montana was asked again to shoot for American Dream Hair Extensions and currently we are on the 4th day of a very long and busy week! There's been about 20 different people on set so far, including models, hairdressers, make up artist, marketing team, Montana photographing and me. Montana's been shooting long straight hair, curley hair, wavey hair, fringy hair and is now a pro at putting in micro ring extensions. We've been getting to the studio for 9am each morning but then had to wait a while for the make up and hair to be done. First day was mainly step by step shots for packaging, which is pretty standard and follows the same kind of routine. This has again been done this morning, but generally after each of these there is a finished look where Montana gets to then add in her own creativity to the shot, with the models pretty much mirror imaging her in her movements behind the camera. Right now, we are moving on to pony tails which Montana is in charge of putting in at the moment with Julie (make up artist) on hair grip duty. We've all had a chance to model our hands in the product shots, which was bad for me, I had dodgy nail varnish on and super short nails.


















The studio we are using is rather amazing. Its above and Italian restaurant which means we are getting tasty food every day! The only down side about this is that we can smell food all day which means we are constantly craving garlic bread! The studios got some of Montana's amazing photography on the walls, which you can also see on her flickr. I even had Montana putting a fringe in my hair, would never of guessed that it wasn't real huh!


















I'll post again on at the end of the last day with more updates from the shoot :)

It's Little G!

Here's a picture of the famous Little G that Montana took recently. I don't know if you've heard of Little G but she's an up and coming actress and one hell of a cake maker!

A Union Pacific

Did a shoot with A Union Pacific and here is a preview of one of the shots. We went to a harbour in Sandbanks with loads of boats behind, not that you can see it in the image I've decided to put up! First of all my brolly broke, then me and montana both nearly stood in dog poo and then I got biten by something and the side of my knee has swelled up so it now looks like I've got two knees on one leg. Anyway, Union Pacific are a new band so they don't have a myspace up or anything at the minute but I'll keep you posted when they do.