Nobody Ever Likes the Right Person

I worked with stylist Sophie Clark on this test shoot, which was inspired by the early work of Bret Easton Ellis. 

The images show the character of a central protagonist exploring his budding sexuality, and his frustration facing the difficult transitional period of youth.

I haven't shot anything fashion based for so long I admittedly got a little overexcited and shot a ridiculously huge amount of film:

(Including 35mm, 120 Polaroid, Out of date Polaroid, and Fuji-instax.)

Here are a couple of formats:

Fuji Instax:

And 35mm:

Styling: Sophie Clark

(sophie-clark.tumblr.com)

Assistant: Suzannah Laloe-Punchard

(suzannahpunchard.tumblr.com)

Models: Laura Hayes and Matthew and Teo at Premiere.

Creative Manifesto.

Lately I have been feeling less than inspired, and have been neglecting my creativity.

I've been told this is a naturally phenomenon that comes after graduating from three years of hard study. But I feel it needs to stop, so I have taken steps to rectify this lack of creative drive.

 

 And I have written a new Creative Manifesto for my new life as a freelance creative

(and a waitress):

 That pictures a little hard to read so here's a clearer one:

So hopefully this means you will be seeing a lot more creative work from me in the near future. 

xx

It was the Nightingale, and Not the Lark, That Pierced the Fearful Hollow of Thine Ear.

So I figure it's pretty self-indulgent to post photos of myself and my trendy East London friends having a wicked time, and even worse to title it with a tenuously linked Shakespeare quote to reference day and night. But I think there's something to be appreciated from the photography of the everyday, and what's the point of always carrying a camera if you can't show anyone your pictures?

So for the last few months this is how I've been spending my days...

And my nights...

x

Film as Dream, Film as Music. No Art Passes Our Conscience in the Way Film Does.

I'm really happy because I got a new camera:

It's a Lomokino, and it shoots stop motion films onto 35mm film. I haven't had the chance to test it out properly yet, but I did make this little film of a boat yard while visiting some family friends recently. 

I'm super happy with the filmy quality, even though the weather was a little overcast, and can't wait to try it out to develop a movie with a more narrative structure. The thing I love most about photography is creating a story and I hope that this new camera will be a new tool to help me explore story telling in a different way. 

Also while visiting the boat yard I took this snap of family friend Alan picking field mushrooms, which I think is too good not to share:

Feeling excited and inspired to make some more moving image work.

Everybody's Pickin' Up on that Feline Beat.

When my best friend (and incidentally super-talented fashion designer) Suzie Punchard moved in to my flat a couple of months ago she not only bought the sunshineyness of her own character but also a new muse for my photography: Sophie-the-Cat.

Sophie is really pretty but really mean, and I can't stop taking pictures of her, she's just too cute!