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Leanne James: Time Well Spent
Leanne James by David Rann One good thing about being snowed-in (probably the only thing, in fact) is that I have a little time to get around to editing or re-editing some images that have been...
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What’s The Real Alternative?
Mery SP at Fotofilia First there was comedy. Suit-wearing middle-aged men in working men’s clubs and on our most popular TV shows telling jokes about mothers-in-law. And then came “alternative” comedy....
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Bodyscapes: The Bare Essentials
Joel Hicks. Copyright David Rann 2012 Mention a nude photography shoot to some people and eyebrows may be raised, ribs may be nudged, and schoolboy giggles may arise. But the nude shoots we organise at...
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Right Studio, Wrong Photographer
I came back to the studio one day to find that the coloured paper background had been taken down from its usual position on the wall next to the white and black vinyl rolls and had been stashed away in...
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In With A Crash
Here are a few pictures from last week’s “Studio Lighting Crash Course“. They feature two models that haven’t appeared on public Fotofilia events before despite both having worked with myself for other...
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Flash Harry
There is a kind of unwritten, un-named natural law that seems to apply to photographic studios. A kind of “Techno Sod’s Law“. This law dictates that… If a piece of key equipment is going to fail, it...
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A Little Experience
I’m about to show you a few images from one of the recent “Model Shoot Experience” events that we ran at Groupon‘s suggestion. The idea was to offer an alternative deal to the amazingly successful 5...
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From The Floorboards Up (part 1)
We re-launched Fotofilia back in February but I’ve just got around to taking some pictures of the studio as it is now, with “Studio 2” up and running and available for hire. Here’s a few of the...
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From The Floorboards Up (part 2)
January was a very busy month for us at Fotofilia. We spent many hours redecorating the studio from top to bottom, threw away a LOT of stuff, and transformed our redundant former gallery room into a...
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Studio in The Street: Kat
Now here’s something we haven’t done in a while – take our two Bowens 400 heads and battery pack out onto the streets of Birmingham Jewellery Quarter on a Summer’s evening. The “Studio in the street”...
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Copycats
With another term of our 10 week “Advanced Photography” course due to start at Fotofilia in the next couple of weeks, I thought I’d share a few assignment submissions by last term’s victims students....
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What’s Special?
A few months ago, I announced a Studio Evening event at Fotofilia which was a little bit different to the ones we’ve been running for the best part of a decade. For this one, I booked only one model...
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Bodyscapes: Mark
The good thing about the Easter holidays is that it gives me a chance to go through my hard-drives and finally edit images that I might have taken many months ago as part of a Fotofilia workshop. In...
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Bodyscapes: Cally
A few more images from a “Bodyscapes” (art nude) workshop a year or so ago (that I’ve only just got around to editing). This time, the model was the lovely Cally. Editing these images has reminded me...
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The Male Portrait
Our successful recent workshop “The Male Portrait” included the opportunity to photograph two charismatic male subjects. One, Tom, is a professional model and no stranger to Fotofilia shoots… Our...
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A Special Evening With Kate
Amazing what you can achieve in just a couple of hours. Derby-based model Kate Anne Cooper modelled for the Fotofilia “Special Studio Evening” this week and during the two and a half hours she was...
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A Special Evening With Kate (part 2)
More images from my shoot with the lovely Kate Anne Cooper at Fotofilia this week. This little batch feature our much-used (by me anyway) aluminium-effect wall and a lorry wheel that Chrissy (of...
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A Special Evening With Kate (part 3)
More images from my shoot with the lovely Kate Anne Cooper at Fotofilia this week. So far we’ve had beauty headshots, grungey latex and lorry wheels. Now we’re getting back to basics – pure, clean,...
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A Special Evening With Kate (part 4)
A few final images from my shoot with the lovely Kate Anne Cooper at Fotofilia this week. After the various other sets, where better to end up than the cafe? Our cafe. Or rather the excellent Urban...
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Playing Man Ray At His Own Game
I wanted to share this image with you. It was taken by Katie Bulmer, a student on the Fotofilia ten week “Advanced Photography” course. It was taken for the first of two assignments on the course in...
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