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Victoria Lindsay Coutts @ Gingersnap
Make up by Rebecca Butterworth

Fluid Sculpture; Lucy Symons Collection

Fluid Sculpture; A Collection by Lucy Symons

Models; Victoria @ Gingersnap + Annabel @ Room 3 Agency

Make up by Brodie Kate & Scarlett Jones

Photo Assistant; Mike Sharpe

I had the pleasure of shooting for Lucy again on this fabulous collection which she designed + made herself, which completely astounded me with such gorgeous texture, colour and tailoring.

Lucy is a wonderful girl who completely lives and breathes fashion and is so talented, not to mention a total sweetheart. It was so lovely to collaborate with so many talented ladies and have such a lovely afternoon shooting with plenty of tea to hand!

A big thank you to the girls for being such fantastic models and to everyone involved on the day!

Lucy's Facebook Page

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Having a lens at; 50mm 1.4

I'm someone who tends to go through phases with things, my lenses especially.
Recently I've been using my 85mm the most after some thought and I hate having kit just sit in my bag, I really like to make the most of what I have - time to reacquaint myself with it!

I have the Canon 50mm 1.4 and previously had the Nikon 50mm 1.4G & before that, the Nikon 50mm 1.8. I will always say - if you can afford to, get the 1.4!
The price is SO good for such a fantastic performing lens and is light, nice & wide on a full frame camera and 1.4 which I adore. The difference in optics from the 1.8 to the 1.4 is astonishing, although I only can compare from the Nikon side of things I will imagine it's similar for Canon - let me know your thoughts!

Anyway, I took myself on a Photo Walk, with just my 50mm. The weather was pretty lovely and I've been so busy lately that I've barely had time to pick up my camera and I really have missed not taking any photos so it was glorious to just have time to take some summery photos below.



As you can see - it's a lovely lens! I adore the bokeh it creates and it's fairly wide for my preference of shooting especially for facial portraits, but I really love it as a walk around lens.
What do you shoot with your 50mm or are you someone who isn't fussed?

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Boutique 33 Spring Summer '12

A few months back along with a lovely creative team we shot the Spring Summer Lookbook for Boutique 33 - a boutique in Clifton, Bristol that's had a beautiful make over by owner Naomi.

I was incredibly inspired by Clifton Village where the Boutique is located and I really wanted the images to stick out that Clifton was where it was photographed - if you're a local, you'll certainly recognise landmarks!

Sarah S @ Mustard Models
Make up by Katy Pheiffer
Hair by Amy Harding

Boutique 33 Website

www.charlottestonephoto.com

www.facebook.com/charlottestonephoto

Charlie Baxter

To the more eagle eyed of you, you may recognise Charlie from the shoot I did with Last Night's Victory, who Charlie is also part of!

He contacted me to do his promo shots & cover for his EP "Bass, Beats & Broken Strings'

Charlie's music is excellent! It's not my normal cup of tea but I saw his set when I shot for Last Night's Victory live in Cheltenham.

His music just makes you smile, he has so much energy he makes you feel tired watching him and his entire set screams colour!

 This was our theme for Charlie's Promo images, bright, bold & completely in your face! I use my coloured gels for this first time and completely adore them!

For Charlie's more 'General' theme of Promo images we popped outside where nearby to my Studio there is some bright pink graffiti which served as a perfect background.

The Final Product! I'm super chuffed to have been the one to shoot Charlie's EP & Tom Kennedy did a great job on the Graphics!

 Check Charlie's music on the link below!

www.facebook.com/charliebaxtermusic

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Editorial; Midnight Colour

As we head towards Spring I thought I'd blog a bit of Colour!

I had a wonderful team for my Midnight Colour Editorial; Sarah S of Mustard Models (and Winner of Bristol's Next Top Model!) Make up by Elle Hitchens & Hair by Amy Harding.

We shot in the centre of Bristol getting quite a few looks and most people stopping to have a little nose, bless Sarah as it was utterly freezing but she did a sterling job!

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The Bath Magazine Publication, Dec 2011

A week before Christmas and what a lovely time to release some Christmas interior spreads!

I really enjoy working with the team over at The Bath Magazine, and this shoot was one of my favourite. We were invited into a £1.4million pound house to decorate for a lovely festive spread.

Johanne from Passion supplied the gorgeous flowers, where she had made up some fresh ideas for Christmas decorations than the traditional!

I adore the festive berry colours, the roses and the plums mixed with green, and the pine cone idea - wrapped in ribbon, so simple yet beautiful!

Wishing you all a lovely warm & Happy Christmas...

Room 3 Agency for Motel

On my previous post I blogged about shooting with Will from Room 3 - on the same day I shot with 3 more girls from Room 3 for a small shoot for Motel.

Models; Annabel, Gemita & Fran

Make-up & Hair by Louise Drew

 

A few other shots that didn't go into the series but I adore;

Gorgeous clothes available at Motel and images available to see on my Portfolio Site & Facebook Page