Girls on film (got your picture)...

Every artist needs a muse or a guinea pig, whichever you prefer! Someone you can trust to bring an equal passion and creativity to any idea that's currently in your head! Someone you trust and someone who shares your enthusiasm and it helps if they're also a good friend.

Now one of us loves portrait photography (big clue its not Chris!) and having tried the usual routes of weddings, families and even cake smashes (won't be doing them ever again!) I didn't really find any satisfaction in what I was achieving. I was looking for something more creative, more arty so time to go and find inspiration!

I love shadows and creative uses of light and my favourite portraits are by photographers who achieve emotion and drama in their portraits, bringing out the personality of the subject.

Thankfully I have within my circle of friends the perfect person to try and achieve these aims. A sports person who is the master of 'posing' and, having worked together on a wide variety of creative projects and events, we can intuitively work together towards the same goal.

Studio or outside, gel light filters, creative lighting we've tried them all. We are both pleased with all the results, but I know I have much more to learn and explore and there are more than a few portrait photographers on insta who I will learn from, but in the meantime what do you think?

And these two? Well they are AI Photoshop experiments - frighteningly quick to do and scarily realistic. Just need to watch for odd hands!

So big thanks to my muse/guinea pig for all her time and support - oh and sometimes the dogs come too!