Monday, November 24, 2008

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




Sunday, November 23, 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


Saturday, November 22, 2008

Dale Y - A new face to watch!



Wow, its been a month since I last posted on here, and I've been itching to get some new stuff up.

This month I have been working with the boys for a change, and its been fun too.  The couple of shoots I'm going to show from it couldn't have been much more different really...but first up is Dale Y.

Dale is a face that is definitely worth watching in the future.  I think he's going to do really well. He has the sort of look that the fashion industry is loving right now, strong features, yet very slightly androgynous!

I only used one light for our first set of shots and made it all about the attitude and actions, he came out with some cracking poses too.  Then it was off to the park to try out something a bit different from what I usually do, inspired by The Sartorialist.  Then finally back to the studio to play around with colours.

...and my favourite...its got to be that James Dean look you see at the top.  Wow!

I hope you like what you see...






Photography © Christopher Perkins 2008
Model: Dale Y