Four years of photographing Chelsea Colledge

I first met Chelsea Colledge when she was a baby at her aunties wedding, her auntie being one of the models I have used and had a great deal of success with. You must photograph Chelsea her Auntie would say and of course the day came when indeed Chelsea came for her first shoot.

There must be something in the family because they produce without exception very attractive offspring, and Chelsea was no exception. It was a tentative shoot because she was very young when she first came to have her photograph taken , but from the onset I knew she had something different, about her and I remember telling Wendy her mum that was the case.

I have now taken Chelseas photographs for over four years. Together we won a international Competition for contemporary portraiture from 16,500 entries over 53 countries and I had the privilege of going to London in January to collect the prize and to my surprise I also collected a prize for a portrait of her auntie Salley-Anne.

Chelsea is a great model to work with she has all the traits that I can see now in Alannah (the next blog).

She is a treat to work with and as I said to another photographer she is when it comes to images of her she is my strongest critique, and so beware any photographer that tries to photograph her and fails she will give him or her short shrift. Judge for yourselves.

So if you or a loved one or someone you know is looking for a portfolio to send to an agency or just to have the pleasure of being a magazine star for a while, contact me its not as expensive as you may think and they would love you for it.

Second folio shoot For Alannah Hartley

Alannah is a young lady that has come to me for images for a portfolio.

She is sixteen years old and is chaperoned by her mother because of her age.

She had a test shoot to start with, it went very well considering it was her first time in a studio, and she had never met me before. The results were good, but I did say that she would need to concentrate on her expressions before we shot any more.

The second sitting was a revelation, she was a different person producing images that were far in excess of her years. I think that with her unique hair, her enthusiasm, and determination, she has quite a lot of potential . Judge for yourselves the diversity she was able to produce, taking into account her age.

Hello Dolly!

Had the privilege of being asked to do the programme and photographic coverage for the TOADS production of Hello Dolly! it was very entertaining and as always of the top quality that one expects from a TOADS production.
One of the highlights for me, was at the presentation to the cast of the images, we had a slight technical hitch to start with, but when we finally got going, the cast sang along with the photographs, to hear such gifted singers accompany the images was a very memorable occasion.