This was shot yesterday at our Cornmill Studios. Modelled by Laura Whitehurst, Styled by George Eko and hair and make up by my ever present right hand girl Rachael Davies. Pieces were provided by Damian Marquez, customised basics by George Eko and footwear by Nike and stylist's own.

I wanted to see if I could combine the ultra life ethic with a solid piece based fashion editorial - bringing portraiture and fashion together to show the subject and the pieces strongly. The lighting was intended to be brash, ballsy but without "shooting ugly". A lot of the ultra out there, to me at least, sacrifices beauty for the sake of style - hopefully this empowered view of the model and the treatment of her look come across as much as a priority as the clothing was.

Shoot currently available for placement, below is a quick sample spread. Contact me for details.

This is an out take from an editorial spread shot this weekend at Cornmill Studios. The spread itself probably won't see the light of day for quite some time yet, but this piece while lovely in its own right won't spoil the story. Team was Jemma Saare on modelling, Rachael Davies on hair and make up, and me on the clicks and pops.

The control freak that I am means that i don't often test with a new team all at once... I like to change component by component.. new lights means old team, new model.. regular hair and make up artists.. new stylist or magazine? as much else as constant as possible. I'm not one for stepping into the void.. so here we are, new studio, new model, new make up artist and the stylist? well that's me, i suppose, except i didn't bring the wardrobe, or have a scooby what it would be, until it and the model arrived.

Introducing Abi Painting, Shan and my first shoot with female talent in the new studio...The rest of the editorial will be posted here shortly

abi painting - at cornmill studios

abi in portrait

Last Tuesday I shot an editorial with Ricky Gallagher of Adage / Urban Management Milano as a kind of christening party for the new studio. The shoot "rocking the retros" featured classics from calvin klein, ralph lauren and hugo boss and was shot to miror the inky colours of the day.The shoot was styled by George at GTE and make up provided by the fabulous Ami Streets.

I'm really excited that this shoot has legs and has been picked up by Labb magazine for the next issue. There's a further editorial that came from the shoot "I am not the American dream" that has a taster shot in my fashion and editorial gallery, that will hopefully be placed in the next week or two. This weekend I'm shooting a spead with Symmy from Oxygen for submission to Mirage. Sneek peeks will follow shortly.

I'm also looking for the right team for a 125 magazine shoot before then end of may - theme "art" as per 125's submission guidelines, so if you're interested in shooting something 3rd week of may, then please get in touch.

urban milano

Well, some new, some redux from shoots over the last few months. I've been experimenting with treating girls post production how I might treat the boys. I've been leaning towards harder light recently, and to retro colours / monochromes. Last night I had an hour and put a few bits and pieces together. I'm super pleased with what's come out the other end of this. Gritty colour, I've been doing a while, but this is the first black and white series I've been really happy with.

Hannah Cates @ Alan Sharman

Sammie Cartwright @ RMGjemma Saare @ Adage