Lara Jade Photography

My trip home..

2009-04-02T18:05:00.000-07:00

So the last few days I've been back home in the Midlands. I go home every month from where I live now (near Newcastle, UK) to see the family and usually for the odd client job or two or a test shoot, because it's closer to London.
Monday Luc did a studio shoot at the local studio in Tamworth. He has developed a style in which he creates 'colour' movement and he's been building on this for the past few months, the pictures look fab from what I can see! I helped out in the studio (we help each other out on shoots, taking it in turns to assist when needed - it's handy!)
Tuesday I missed an appointment in the morning but later in the day we went to see an exhibition at Keele University (near Stoke). A student at the university (Kate) had organised mine and Luc's work to be featured. After about half an hour of trying to find the exhibiting venue, we finally found it in the ballroom! I was impressed by how many images were being featured.
Here's a few snaps -

A few of mine -

One of Luc's -

I did have a few more on my phone which I'll probably updated in time! However, im a bit too lazy and tired right now from my trip so I'll updated in a few days.

Wednesday I had a test shoot in the studio, concentrating on high fashion with this seasons trends. I had a great team... and if I think about it possibly the biggest team I've worked with - 2 models, 2 hair stylists, 1 stylist with 2 assistants, 1 MUA, my friend Charlotte, and Luc assisting as well as ME - that's 11 people in one studio room! The shoot went very well, and I am looking forward to editing!

Right now I'm back in Morpeth, had to sort out a bunch of ebay things to be posted tomorrow, I have editing to do over Friday and Saturday then I'm off to London Sunday - Weds for a commerical shoot for a clothing brand!

Seriously I am lacking in imagery in this post, I promise to charge my little compact next time so I can get my blog looking fab again. Plus this blog design needs a little working on AND i need to get my ass into gear and start posting more here!!

BEFORE I went home, and in February I went to Focus On Imaging event in Birmingham. I met Miss Aniela (the flickr self portrait artist), she noticed me whilst doing a talk for microsoft and came over to say hello! She got someone to take a photo of us.. here we are! (me, aniela, luc)

Right now I need my sleep, but i WILL update soon!

xx

2009-03-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

I'm featured in Digital SLR Magazine this month (April issue), you can find it in all good supermarkets and book stores (WH Smiths, Borders, Waterstones etc). It's a great feature - 12 pages! and a great write up, it gives you an insight into how I work, what I've done so far and future plans etc.
I was also featured in the March edition of Practical Photography, which was another good article! This one should be out in the US and I *think* Europe now, as they are out a month later internationally. So all you international viewers, SLR magazine should be out for you next month!

There's also another good online article recently (if you can't wait to see the magazines ;) Colours Magazine did a feature on me a few weeks back. You can have a read of that here - http://www.coloursmag.com/?p=433
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I haven't had much chance to update all my online accounts and my website is completely old (to me, anyway). It hasn't been updated from around September last year, so all the work on there is very out-dated, especially since I've been doing a lot of new work and experimenting.
2009 has been a good year for me so far, as I mentioned before, it was a big change as I moved away from home to live with my boyfriend and starting business here has been a lot more difficult being even further from London.. but suprsingly it has all picked up and having an agent in Milan has been great getting my name out internationally and I've been testing this year to improve my portfolio, I've also had a very important test with a big client recently, that has been very challenging but also eye-opening to see how big photographers actually work (It isn't that easy for us photographs, you know?! ;) )
Me and Luc are hoping to move to London at the end of summer so we can pursue our photography careers but in the meantime, I will be carrying on -testing, emailing, pushing, experimenting! One thing for sure is I know where I want to be, and I won't stop until I get there.

My email I use from now on is larajadephotography@gmail.com and my website is larajade.co.uk rather than.com, I've been recieving a lot on lara@larajade.com but I no longer use this.

Take care for now!
I will promise to update more, I have so much to show!

BIG UPDATE

2009-01-31T07:55:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!
I apologise for such a late post here, I have had so much on and to be totally honest the days I've had free I haven't even felt like working or being on the internet. Instead of jumping straight into work I've been discovering more about my health, which was quite poor last year and has left me feeling very exhausted and not being able to handle stress very well.

2009 has been a good start for me, it's very refreshing to start a new year with a positive. I went straight into it with a project called 'Lax Project' which is a combined photography project with my boyfriend Luc Coiffait (you can see his work at www.flickr.com/lcoiffait). The theme is basically 'fashion in abandoned places' and we travelled around the UK (Wales, Scotland, Newcastle & Birmingham) to get to some of the most interesting abandoned locations.
I have a backlog of a few thousand photos to go through and the beginning of the project can be seen on our flickr page - www.flickr.com/photos/laxproject. I have been quite busy with everything so therefore haven't been editing the work. On the other hand Mr Luc has been busy editing and his can be seen so far on the flickr page above.

I have just returned from a week trip to London where I stayed with my friend Anna (you may know her as a model from some of my work). Her and her husband Nat were kind enough to let me stay with them.
We did two shoots for Lifescape Magazine (fantastic eco-friendly health magazine) where I shot two editorials and two covers for the upcoming months.
The first shoot was in Hartwell House just outside of London, the location is a stunning mansion that has also been transformed partly into a spa. Anna was the cover girl and model for this shoot, Sandra Bermingham was the fantastic MUA and we borrowed clothes from a beautiful vintage boutique.
We got to stay in the luxury 'Lee' suite whilst we were preparing for the shoot and we had room service for our breakfast! The staff all made us feel very welcome and all of us involved can say it was one of the best shoots we've been on.

The second shoot was in Radlett, London. We had Vershana modelling, Sandra doing make-up and we had a designer 'Baruch' (upcoming designer that has some fantastic clothes). We shot around the train station and surrounding areas, playing with the natural light that was pouring through the tress. It was a perfect set up for a summer editorial!

London was a good experience for me, I managed to meet a few good contacts on the way too. We went to dinner with Roberto Aguilar (www.photoaguilar.com) at Eight Over Eight, a beautiful Asian restuarant in Chelsea. (highly recommended by the way!)
Lifescape magazine brought a few good contacts my way - watch this space!!

I am testing for Lavazza coffee over the next few weeks so I'll be very busy but please keep an eye on my blog and my flickr for new updates very soon!

Lara.

Actions/Texture Sale, Limited Time Only!

2008-10-11T08:22:00.000-07:00

Im having a limited actions/texture sale for a very limited time. The prices won't be this low again!

Paypal address - larajadephotography@googlemail.com
You will recieve actions via email
You recieve textures via post (please pass me your address when sending money)

Lara.

Life

2008-09-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

Is going incredibly well..
Started back at university today, we are specialising in the subjects we want to - I have taken fashion photography and moving image, as I've always had a dream to get into filming and taking my vision that one step further. It will take a while but I am determined to learn and give it a go, as with everything!
My business is going well and I am living in my little house and supporting myself..
I have a new love in my life who is incredibly supportive and lovely, he's basically a male version of me, haha. (see our pic below) :)

So yeah, updates soon with behind the scenes, have LOTS to catch up on. Can't wait to show you new shoots!

in case you were wondering..

2008-08-28T06:17:00.000-07:00

No activity much online due to a few things. Me & Ant split up after a 4 year relationship, quite hard at first but now Im more focused and I feel it's going to benefit everything in the future. There's no point being with someone when you are total opposities, and although it seemed a 'happy' relationship, it wasn't, it never was. Just thought I'd clear that up. Had to move to my mums for a while but moving back to my place and supporting myself there for the next two years.
Have big plans for the future and feel like my head is a bit clearer now, I feel incredibly free and have so much to show here (when the time is right).

Take care everyone! x

Busy busy busy!

2008-08-10T15:04:00.001-07:00

This is probably been my busiest week yet with shoots, although I absolutely love doing photography I am soooooooooooooooooooo tired right now I could just fall to sleep anywhere and sleep for a week.

Last week I had two client shoots - Yinsey, a lovely bubbly girl from Canada who had come over to London for a few weeks, she was so fun to work with and confident even though in Hyde Park we got stared at! It's funny, you'd think people in London would be used to it, but in fact in my hometown in the Midlands, people don't even look!
On Saturday I had a shoot with Kharine, who travelled to me from County Durham, a 4 hour journey away! She was fun to work with and we travelled to the forest near my house, we also shot at the lake. She's a fantastic person to be around.

I ended up cancelling two of my shoots for tues/weds that week due to the fact I was so tired and the weather just wasn't working, although I re-arranged, im a bit dissapointed since I love shooting and I hate letting people down..

On weds (6th) Tom Powell (who you probably know from my gallery last July, a photographer from London) modelled for my book cover shoot. I am creating a book cover for a client (details will come soon) and the description fits him perfectly. It was so great to catch up with him, even if the shoot took an hour!
On the same day I met up with Jamie Lisa, a model/actress/singer from London, I envy these people with multi-talents!! Such a beautiful girl too! We shot in my town (Tamworth) around the castle area and into the park bit and again, even though there were people staring she was so confident in front of the camera, it makes my job so much easier!

On the 7th-8th I was in Swansea, Wales with Leah Mabe (MUA) to shoot in a boutique called Sac59, they have some wonderful bags in there and we were shooting their 'Littlearth' handbags, the new 'eco-fashion', they are all made out of recycled materials including american car numberplates! The model was Sam Gerrard (who was on series 2 of Britains Next Top Model), she was such a joy to work with and so easy at posing in front of the camera, not to mention down to earth.
I stayed over at Leah's house and we ended up being up till 4am chatting about ideas and eating jam on toast, I swear me and her have been seperated at birth, her mind thinks exactly the same as mine and she's such a fun creative to be around.
On the 8th we travelled into Swansea town and shopped (I am such a Primark lover and purchased some beautiful tops and scarfs! - so much for working!). We then travelled back to my house and got back around 8PM (the train takes around 3 and a half hours), we then had dinner and started editing the photos from the previous day and creating magazine prototypes for potentional submission.

On Saturday (9th) I met up with Analiese and her husband Nat, they recently got married and I asked if I could work with them to build my wedding portfolio and do a few fashion photos with Anna. I could not believe how lovely they were! The stayed at a hotel in the town centre and I shot them around Tamworth Castle and the surrounding areas, by the time we ended up outside the church it started raining (as usual!) so we had to call it a day.
In the morning we met up again and we shot some fashion photos over the lake near my house, Leah did some beautiful hair & make-up and combined with Anna's fantastic clothes, I think the shoot was a success.

So now I am editing the book cover shoot and I am looking forward to my lie in tomorrow. I (& thanks to Leah) have so many behind the scenes photographs to show you, I will show you when I get each set edited.

Take care for now!!

Laura Broad & Photoshoot

2008-08-05T16:48:00.000-07:00

23rd June 2008
Laura Broad Photoshoot

This is a post about Laura Broad's photoshoot on the 23rd June 2008, she booked me to take some promotional/portrait images.
A bit of a late post again but I felt like Laura was worth posting about, she's not only an incredibly talented singer but she has such a lovely bubbly personality and I loved shooting her, she was a real actress in front of the camera and made my job a lot easier! If you have time, please do check out her myspace at the following link, you'll be glad you did!

You can find it here -> http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=182041737

I don't have many behind the scenes from this shoot as I didn't have an assistant/friend on the day to help me out, this shoot was quite straightforward and didn't require any extra hands.

Behind Scene..

Here's the second location we used, it's a beautiful field just over the road from my parent's house and down the road from my house.. I use it quite often.

Here's a few finished images..

I really do hope she makes it far, she deserves it!
You can see the whole set here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/larajade/sets/72157606304257283/

Studio Photoshoot with Holly & Leah (7th July)

2008-08-03T18:49:00.000-07:00

As I said before, I am so behind in blog posts, this is nearly a month old shoot.. but with problems with the PC (as usual) breaking on me and deleting my edited files from this I had to start all over again! They say that sometimes things work for the best, and I think it's a blessing my PC deleted them, because I was more creative this time around.
The set is far from finished but I haven't had time to edit everything from the shoot with having lots of client shoots this month that need editing within a small time frame.

This is the first time I've used a professional studio, it's actually right on my doorstep (when I say that I mean across a road, over a bridge and about a 5 minute walk to an industrial part, but it's a cool place, and cheap rental too!)
I used bowens lighting (yummy), need to get my hands on some of those soon.

Here's a few behind the scenes..

Leah and her funny faces. :]

Leah creating some magic with the cape..

and re-applying lipstick..

Here's a few finals..

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OTHER NEWS -

* Birthday (30th July)
It turned 19 on the 30th July, it wasn't an eventful day with everyone being on holiday or at work (that's the trouble with having a summer birthday!) but I got some nice gifts, mostly money which is what I wanted and I ended up spending it in Birmingham and going out with Ant the day after. This year has gone by so quickly, it honestly doesn't seem five minutes since I was turning eighteen!

* Shoots
I have quite a lot of shoots coming up in the next few weeks to range and better my portfolio. I also have a lot of client shoots I haven't posted here and lots to edit, so please keep checking back for new updates here and on my flickr!

Thanks for reading!
Lara.

I am..

2008-07-27T14:41:00.000-07:00

..physically exhuasted.
I have spent this week doing three client photoshoots, all in this horrid UK heat wave, as well as trying to edit photos that I lost when my PC broke on me the other week AND trying to organise test shoots over summer AND trying to organise the websites and the content.
I absolutely love what I do as a job but sometimes it really pushes me to the limit... but then again, I am happy when working, I feel lazy when Im sitting around.

Tomorrow I am on another client shoot and I'm travelling to Wales (Cardiff) with my friend Laura who is assisting and helping out. It takes around 2-3 hours on a train (i get so easily bored travelling LOL) Leah Mabe has been so kind to join us to do the make-up for the day.

Here's an old picture of me and & Laura from a while back. I think the blog needs it's visuals back!

I will update a bit later :)

Website (larajade.co.uk)

2008-07-26T20:00:00.001-07:00

The finally awaited Lara Jade online portfolio is here. Im really excited to show you! (please click the link below)

Highband users - www.larajade.co.uk/high
Lowband users - www.larajade.co.uk/low
Wedding Website - www.larajade.co.uk/weddings
Resources Website - Coming Soon!

It has been changed to my domain LaraJade.co.uk for now, due to a few
problems with the host on larajade.com, so please only visit this one for now, this will be updated
all the time and have the very latest works.

It took a very long time, especially with me being hard to please so
thank you to both Andrew and Milad for putting up with me with this!
Milad Sahafzadeh made the intro page and high band site and his website
can be found here - http://www.MiladSahafzadeh.com
Andrew Yeung made the low band site and my wedding website and his
website can be found here - jagscupid.deviantart.com

Please let me know your thoughts!

Wound Magazine & Kelli Ali

2008-07-26T01:38:00.000-07:00

Wound Magazine will be doing a feature about Kelli Ali (she used to be the singer in the Sneaker Pimps) for their August 2008 issue which comes out mid August. They will be using my photographs for the feature. These shots are from a shoot that I did with Kelli Ali in April 2008.

When the magazine is released, I will be writing about the shoot here in my blog and you can see some more of the photos from that day.

Kelli Ali will be releasing her ' Rocking Horse ' EP in September and the August issue of Wound magazine will include a free compilation CD, featuring one of the tracks from the EP called ' One Day At A Time '.

For more info about Wound Magazine : http://www.woundmagazine.com

For more info about Kelli Ali : http://www.kelliali.com

http://www.myspace.com/kelliali

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Why are PCs so complicated?

2008-07-21T16:26:00.000-07:00

Just the other day I was saying to myself how well my PC had been running. It's three years old now and my dad bought it for me as a birthday present when I first started taking photography seriously. It's great for what it is (compaq, 250gb hard drive, very fast and holds a lot of things).
Now today was a very different story.. I loaded it this morning before going out and when it got to the desktop, you couldn't click anything, everything had loaded in the system tray but you couldn't click on anything, the whole screen had FROZEN. So I thought, hey fair enough I'll reboot, so I did.. and same thing happened.. again and again and again, again..
I absolutely hate when computers go wrong, I often can handle it but it just annoys me, there was no reason for it to go wrong today, I hadn't done anything, there's hardly any date there since i moved it over to my external drive! So after a few hours of getting frustrtated, deleting recent programs in safe mode and trying to press f8 unsuccesfully around 100 times (even that stopped working) it wouldn't even load properly or get to the desktop without freezing. So I phoned PC world and get this, I pay £8.00 a month to insure the damn thing and all I get on the phone is some guy telling me it needs to be put back to factory settings.. I told him I had files on the desktop and being a photographer they were important, as well as my Adobe programs etc.. and he says there's nothing I can do. So I basically pay that much money a month.. and for what? for someone to tell me something so totally obvious!

So yeah, I gave in and factory restored. I lost my recent edited files from a shoot, but at least the unedited were still on my memory card. Just gives me extra work to do!

How I wish I was technically minded.

a few things!

2008-07-19T15:59:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted much here, I always get sidetracked with things. This is just a quite update and I may change it with photos later..

Next week is quite busy! I have three photoshoots (for my business rather than portfolio), it's my driving test on Thursday, I have to say I am pretty nervous as most people don't pass first time and I'm hoping I can - it will give me SO much more freedom, at the moment I have to rely on public transport and I can only be a passenger in my car when my boyfriend is there! I've been practicing with my dad's help for a while as well as lessons so I hope it's paid off!
It's my birthday on the 30th, I'll be 19! Gosh this year has gone so quick already and my first year of university has flew by, just to think i'll be in year 2 of 3 at the end of September.

take care for now!

Agency Test Shoot (June 14th 08)

2008-07-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

This is perhaps the most people I've worked with on a shoot to date, to some people it may sound like a small creative team but I've only just started working with other creatives, I used to do everything alone not realising you'd have the benefit of very talented people with more experience than me working instead of trying to do everything yourself.
Anyway.. this was quite fun. I am now (well nearly, still need to get my portfolio sorted) represented by a Milan agency - Sudest57 (very excited but it's still in the process :])
Basically, this shoot was so the art director from the agency could observe me and see how I work and meet me and chat about things.. it went quite well and we managed to fit in two different sets of pictures.

Models are Danielle & Nhuc Tran.
Hair & make-up by Leah Mabe & Tamsin Witts-Thomas
Skirts (first part) from Allie (thanks!) :)
Other clothes (first part) are models own
Accessories (shoes, belts etc) from second half are mine & styled by me

We didn't get a lot of time to focus on taking behind the scenes, as everyone was so focused on getting the photoshoot right and observing how everything was going.. but meet the team!

Behind The Scenes

(from L-R: Me, Tamsin, Nhuc, Danielle & Leah)

Practice the night before..

And now for some final images -not all, going to leave you waiting a while

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Fantasy Photoshoot with Danielle & Leah

2008-07-04T11:57:00.000-07:00

Photoshoot with Danielle & Leah on the 28th May 2008.
I am always excited about shooting with Danielle & Leah, we've worked together a number of times now on different things and not only is the day fun and relaxed but we always get a great outcome.
Leah could only stay for the morning (unfortunately!) so we had to continue doing the make-up once we got to the beach.
I get SO excited about beaches/sea because you have to understand I live in the centre of England and all my childhood we only go to go to the beach when we were on holiday.

Model - Danielle
Make-Up (first half) - Leah
Make-up (second half) - Me & Danielle
Clothes (second half) - Allie
Props / Accessories - Me
Photography & Post Processing - Me

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Behind The Scenes

Leah doing her magic..

Me & Danielle before leaving :)

At the beach!

Before leaving for the train home..

Some favourites from the day (final images)..

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See all the set at http://www.flickr.com/photos/larajade/sets/72157605692724975/

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Lara Jade Texture Pack - Now On Sale!

2008-06-25T18:56:00.000-07:00

Due to the near release of my upcoming resources website (inc actions, brushes and textures and more!!) I have decided to offer a starter texture pack, containing 50 unique textures for the creative photographer.
I am so excited to release these as I have been shooting the content and planning it for a while now.
These are a GREAT way to add something creative to your photos and give any photo that painted/textured feel, making them stand out from the crowds.
I personally have used these actions for a while in various different ways - you are not limited to their use (they are adjustable by using various layer modes and filters).
Please note these are not actions, they are high res texture images and are used just like photographs.
In the package you will recieve 50 high res texture files AND a free instruction video as well as a document helping you out with loading them.

They are ONLY available for a limited time until my new website is up.
Please take up this offer while you can!

The packages have to be shipped to you on CD (due to the file size) so please follow instructions on the ad to pay via paypal (including your address with payment).

PLEASE NOTE THE EMAIL TO PAY IS NOW larajadephotography@googlemail.com

As some of you requested, here is an example of mixing a few textures on a black and white photograph, one of my favourite styles of processing -
Left (original, just b&w processed) Right - Edited

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Studio Shoot With Pru (8th May)

2008-06-25T05:32:00.000-07:00

Again, another shoot I wanted to show but haven't had time to sort out files for.
I still have quite a lot of photos to edit from this shoot but I wanted to show the behind scenes and a few of the finished results.
This was in my university studios, we had so much trouble trying to sort out our part of the studio, the rail to put the background paper on was too small to hold any of the rolls, so it was either a.) we balance it and risk it falling over when the model steps back or b.) we use the brick wall behind it (which was full of wires and bits and pieces i'd probably have to Photoshop out. In the end we went for plan a. and it worked , well the paper fell on the model TWICE and to our benefit the people in the good part of the studio left and let us use their area.
Absolute nightmare if you ask me.

Anyway, despite this we had quite a lot of fun getting ready and my friend Charlotte was there to help out because I was modelling for her project after.

Model - Pru
Make-Up & Hair - Me
Styling - Me
Assistance & behind scenes shooter! - Charlotte

BEHIND THE SCENES -

Light set up -

here's me doing some make-up :)

pru, charlotte, me (decided to get some snaps in the good part of the studio on timer)

FINISHED IMAGES (Will add more when completed)

Ill Defined (Band Shoot from May 3rd)

2008-06-25T05:09:00.000-07:00

I have so many things to show you and many photos to upload here and everytime I go and do it, something comes up and gets in the way.
I've been so busy lately, I've had three shoots over the past 5 or so days and I finally got all my uni work in two weeks ago and got my grades back recently - I got a 1st in fantasy photography!! I've left now until September so it gives me some time to relax and also work on some of my business plans..

So here's a few shoots (in the next few posts) I've left in the dust (not intentionally).

Photoshoot with Ill Defined (
a hip hop group from near London)
You can see their myspace page here -
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=47476205

Photoshoot on the 3rd May 2008.
This was a fun shoot, since it's something I've never done before. Men aren't usually my strong point in photography (sorry guys but women are so much easier and interesting to photograph).
My sister Adele assisted me on the shoot and she was the one taking the behind the scenes snaps.

and some finished shots (I had a lot of fun processing these)

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Photoshoot with Martina & Deborah Lawson

2008-06-19T14:06:00.000-07:00

Again, it's been incredibly long since my last post and I'm so behind, argh!
This is from a photoshoot last month on the 11th May.

This was a fun shoot, at a local abandoned factory, I love shooting in abandoned places - as you probably noticed!

Model - Martina
Make-Up - Deborah Lawson
Styling & Wardrobe - Me
Part Wardrobe - Martina
Photography & Post Processing - Me

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Some from Deborah's camera phone (thanks deb!)

a few by deb on my trusty little cybershot..

behind the scenes of the crime scene photo (I was standing on the top of that window shooting these!)

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New Photoshoots.

2008-06-07T16:23:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the no posts, I keep on meaning to post here with new updates and I'm so behind again!

Photoshoot with Anais Wosnitza(model)& Diane Dakin(MUA)

This was a fun shoot and great to work with new faces. Diane Dakin the MUA does hair too and she did a wonderful job creating a unique make-up style & Anais was equally great to work with. It's great when everything comes together on a shoot, especially when the shoot turns out just the way you want!
I did the styling here too and used most of my wardrobe, I've been collecting some great dresses and props for a while now so it's so good to finally use them!

Here's one of Diane doing the make-up..

and another make up shot :)

Here's another one..

Changing hair style.

another..

Here's a few snaps of the old mill I'm always using, I love shooting here..

Here's a few examples of the shoot..

I will update with more soon!

You can see more here at my flickr set - http://flickr.com/photos/larajade/sets/72157605231650495/

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Sorry for the delay!

2008-05-25T17:33:00.000-07:00

I have been super busy with editing client photoshoots and my university work that I haven't been able to post on here, which I love doing as it documents my shoots etc and it's always nice to look back at and share with others. So bear with me as this will be a HUGE post!

So basically, where should I start..

Stylist Photoshoot
The photoshoot with the stylist last month went well, it was something different for me as I'm just stepping back into fashion photography. The model was easy to work with & Leah Mabe did some fantasic make-up which pushed it that bit further! Here's some behind the scenes from that..

Me shooting Claire-Beth

Monique helping Claire-Beth out!

Leah doing her handy work :)

Monique making some final touches..

Leah tut tut..

You can see the entire set of photographs we shot that day at my flickr (set) here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/larajade/sets/72157605044791447/

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Martina In The Woods Photoshoot

The photoshoot with Martina went well too - she's such a lovely person to work with - we nearly ended up sitting having our picnic & chatting rather than shoot - oops! We only managed to shoot for the morning as my lights stopped working, which means I need to invest in some more when I get the chance!
We didn't get any behind the scenes for this, but here's some finished pieces..

I will update more soon, for now I have more photographs from the latest photoshoots on my flickr page, you can see them here - www.flickr.com/photos/larajade

thank you!!

x

just to let you know..

2008-04-30T13:16:00.000-07:00

I haven't died (yet). just very busy! three clients shoots I've had to edit, 1 and a half complete - just trying to get everything in whilst also trying to rest a bit!

I have a new university module coming up (fantasy photography) which I get the brief for tomorrow, I am excited to do this project as obviously it's something I'm interested in. I'll keep you posted, I have SO many pictures and ideas I want to share!

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2008-04-23T14:49:00.000-07:00

Book Cover Features & tattoo!

2008-04-19T15:55:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted about my features in a long time, so I feel it's only fair to let you know now!

Headline Publishing licensed one of my photographs for the new Raffaella Barker book 'Poppyland'. It is released in June this year and will be available in all major book stores (it is available for pre-order on amazon now)

and a company in Germany purchased this image through Trigger Image -

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I was commissioned by Kelli Ali (http://www.kelliali.com/) to do a photoshoot - details cannot be mentioned now but all will come in good time!

In the mean time, here's a lovely new picture of my new tattoo. I've been planning one for ages and finally got it done by Matt (Modern Body Art in Birmingham). it's incredibly sore and did hurt but it was worth it!

that's it for now!

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