A great Lonely old find

Don't you just love it when you have to go through old stuff and suddenly you come across a little gem you'd completely forgotten about?!

Well its that taxing time of year again, and look what I happened across...

This is a newspaper cutting that appeared in the Middy (an East Sussex local newspaper) about 4 years ago.  At this time I was working with my good friend Tim Hunt on our first little film, 'The Lonely Walk'.  Its a simple idea that caught the imagination and proved quite a hit!  Check it out on my website here if you fancy dipping into our peculiar world.

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Slaves To Vanity Photo Shoot Video

Check out the behind the scenes video from my recent shoot with 'Slaves To Vanity'.

I didn't even know it was being filmed!!

New Model - Danielle

These are the results of my most recent fashion/portrait shoot.  This was the first time Danielle had stepped in front of the camera for something like this and I think she did a great job.  However, Danielle is an Opera singer, so I think she'd better start getting used to the idea!

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2009

Make-Up by Fiona Shaw

Inspiration from Litza Bixler

I don't want this blog to be all about my own work, so when I come across somebody whose work really wows and inspires me, I want to get it up here to show everybody else.  This time its the work of Dance Choreographer Litza Bixler.  Check out her showreel below and get ready to be impressed!

Swimwear in Sydney

Wow, its been a while!  Over a month since my last post...but I'm back!!

The main reason for this is I travelled over to Australia and New Zealand for the whole of December, mainly to visit family and enjoy the sun, but I also managed to get in a couple of shoots in the warmer climes during that time and here are some of the results, starting with a contemporary swimwear shoot at Bondi Beach...

Followed by a more fashion based story in Sydney...

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Model: Rebecca Frith

Make Up by Danielle

City Wardrobe Stylist: Samantha Smith

C.A.L.M. Advent Calendar

Its Christmas...and its time for pressies!!

Below you will find the CALM Christmas Advent Calendar, where you can check out and download some great music for FREE!

'CALM' stands for the 'Campaign Against Living Miserably'.  It is a fantastic organisation, who are trying to help young men in particular who are not happy with life.  The stats for suicide rates amongst this section of the population are seriously scary, it is the second biggest killer of men aged 15-35 in the UK.  Anything that can be done to help the situation should be done.

So come back every day to get yourself something new and help support this great cause, by visiting their website, The Calm Zone.

Andy Turner - Olympian!!

Andy Turner, Commonwealth medalist and Olympic Track Athlete for the 110m Hurdles.

Fresh from the Beijing Olympics, I was fortunate enough to meet and photograph Andy recently as part of the promo shoot I did for 'Slaves To Vanity'.

He's a really nice guy, and here are the images we got together in a very cold old factory in Birmingham in November.

Thanks Andy for being such a good sport!!!  (Sorry!)

All Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Slaves To Vanity Photo Shoot

In my last post I said I had just had a month of working with guys for a change, and that the work that I was going to show couldn't be much more different from each other...well, here is the contrast!!

I met up with the boys from 'Slaves To Vanity' in Birmingham to shoot a promo for their new website.

Somebody had the great idea to shoot this in November in the UK, which meant we spent the day trying to avoid getting a soaking and jumping around to keep warm.  Actually, the jumping around wasn't so much myself, as I could keep my clothes on...the models however, could not!!

They say a model's life is glamourous?  Not so much on this day...

Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008

Make-Up: Deborah Lawson

Models: Garry Turner, Daniel MacNeill, Leon Knight, Andy Turner, Antonio Balsamo, Dan Eccleston