Stylized Rother Valley Portrait Photoshoot: Hollie

Newspaper Princess by Jon Howson Photography

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Portrait photoshoot of Newspaper Princess by Jon Howson Photography

Stylized Rother Valley Portrait Photoshoot Images

Hollie, a young model and a mutual friend of a musician I regularly perform with, recently contacted me via my Facebook Fan Page. This was to help her to come up with some creative images for her fledgling modelling career, and add to the photography projects that I am working on. We were very fortunate with the weather, luckily choosing a day with sunshine amongst a multitude of rainy days.

We prepared and constructed the newspaper dress for this portrait photoshoot on location shortly after Hollie and her mother arrived. The outcome of the dress remains a mystery until the entire black slip is covered with newspaper and matt gaffer tape. No design has yet to be replicated from one model to the next. A cummerbund type waist was added to the dress to prevent the weight of the newspaper dress dragging the entire outfit down off Hollie.

After the dress was completed, Hollie and I ventured around a small area of the park utilising different backdrops from brick work and walls through to natural foliage to add variety to the portrait photoshoot.

Some of my favourite images from the short two hours session were when we came up with the scenario of Hollie being a Cinderella type figure running away from the event.

Thank you Hollie for working with me on this project. It was a fun, relaxed and creative evening, and I wish you success in your applications for modelling agencies.

What to do next…

If you like any of the images from this portrait photoshoot with Hollie, please feel free to pin them to your Pinterest board(s).

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Jon

I am a portrait and boudoir photographer based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, shooting studio, home and location work. You can follow and Like me on Facebook at Jon Howson Facebook Photography Page.

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Musician Photoshoot – Flautist

Musician Photoshoot Images

Flute player by Jon Howson Photography

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Images from a recent musician photoshoot with South Yorkshire based flute player Fran, shot on location in Rotherham.

What to do next…

If you like any of the images, please feel free to pin them to your Pinterest board(s).

Please visit my contact page and pricing page if you would be interested in working with me.

Please visit and “Like” my Facebook Fan Page to be kept up to date with what I am doing.

Jon

I am a portrait and boudoir photographer based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, shooting studio, home and location work. You can follow and Like me on Facebook at Jon Howson Facebook Photography Page.

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Video of Elemental Photoshoots

Earth and Fire Elemental Photoshoots Video

Earth and Fire Elemental Photoshoots from Jon Howson on Vimeo.

The first two elements in a four-part series illustrating the elements in beauty and fashion photoshoots.

Photography: Jon Howson jonhowsonphotography.co.uk

Model: Kirsty Lou Kirsty Lou’s Model Mayhem Profile

MUA (Earth): Gemma Lawrence Gemma Lawrence’s Purestorm Profile

MUA (Fire): Sara Loughton

Music: Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

Jon

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Autumnal Eve in Sheffield

Featuring Sheffield’s own Laura Slater

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In the past week, I have had the pleasure of working with the Sheffield based model Laura Slater. I came across her through a casting that I hosted upon my Model Mayhem profile that she replied to. We quickly set up the shoot time and location and proceeded with the shoot. We decided to shoot in Sheffield’s Ecclesall Woods, a location close to both us. Preparation beforehand was mainly the collecting of leaves of a variety of colours from local woodland areas. Why I did not search the location I would be shooting at, I have no idea.

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On the day of the shoot it was colder than anticipated, but I admired Laura’s commitment to model. (You may notice the goosebumps in some of the images.) The idea to attach the leaves to Laura’s underwear via small safety pins was a simple and effective idea. However, given the weather conditions, it may have been better to prepare the “outfit” in a warmer environment before the photography took place.

The initial images were first taken with ambient light, and with only Laura’s top half prepared. Next came the addition of a small soft-box forty-five degrees to Laura. I dropped the ambient light to between one and two stops below a correctly exposed image should be. Finally, we completed Laura’s outfit and moved location slightly. The soft-box remained at roughly forty-five degrees to her.

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I have already had alternative ideas for shooting this theme again. A couple of the ideas are to possibly shoot this with an older woman in her “autumn” years, and possibly shooting this at sunset to suggest a time of closing.

If you were to photograph this theme, what things would you have done, both similarly and differently?

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I am a portrait and boudoir photographer based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, shooting studio, home and location work. You can follow and Like me on Facebook at Jon Howson Facebook Photography Page.

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