New book!

So, it's Christmas...kind of. Well, not anymore, but the January sales are on so I've been treating myself, perhaps a little too much, to some new goodies!
Including this great book by one of my favourite artists, Slinkachu.

I bought Global Model Village: The International Street Art of Slinkachu here after wanting another of his books ever since I got the last one!

Global Model Village: The International Street Art of Slinkachu, front cover, Boxtree 2012.

As always, Slinkachu uses the world around him to place tiny model people into human-sized situations. The book, cleverly, shows close ups of the set-ups, as you can see below, but also shows a wider angled shot, showing the background and settings and where, often you have to really squint to see the models.

 Hanging On: Slinkachu

All Star Nobody: Slinkachu

Ground Zero: Slinkachu

I love Slinkachu's work, not just for the cute quirkiness and huge skill involved but for the situations he portrays; things that every day people go through, problems that the world and its societies face and in this book, Slinkachu goes around the world, giving a more diverse range of worldly problems with interesting political and natural backdrops.

It seems the little people know how we feel! 

Last Weekend's Wedding

Hi guys!

Last Saturday I embarked on shooting my first ever wedding! I was quite nervous that morning but knew that once I'd got going and had met up with my assistant, I would be fine.

I left my boyfriend's at 7:15 am and met with my assistant, Helen at 8:30. We headed to the bride's house for 10am, where she and her wedding party were to get ready and we got straight in to the action! After setting up cameras (and deciding my flash was only going to work when IT wanted to!) we started following the bride, capturing images of her and her bridesmaids, parents and the flower girl as they prepared for the big day.
A fair amount of the morning was spent waiting for things to happen; flowers to turn up, people to get dressed etc but we were given champagne to help celebrate so the waiting was not a problem!

We soon whizzed off to the church to shoot the bride as she arrived as well as the groom's nervous waiting! The ceremony was lovely and we got some great pictures!

After the church we headed to Silverstone Golf Club for the reception where we shot the remainder of the family/group shots and got some shots of the reception venues.
As the wedding party sat down to eat, we headed home, knackered - and I had a massive headache!

The day was brilliant, we really felt like part of the day and I learned a lot for any future weddings! I can't wait to shoot more! I'd like to say a massive thank you to the bride and groom for allowing me to be a part of your special day and also to my assistant, Helen, for all the help (and chauffeuring) throughout the day!

Here's a behind-the-scenes shot of Helen preparing the bride for a shot. I'm still working on the photographs but can't wait to share some with you when they're ready!

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Wedding test shoots!

Ok guys, I need your help!

I'm planning a couple of wedding test shoots over the next 3 or 4 months - hopefully with one being next month! - And I need models!

I'm looking to hire a wedding dress - or if anyone's got one I could borrow, any style, that would be brilliant!

So I also need models to fit said dress. Ideally the female model would be size 8-10 and at least 5 ft 5 inches tall. I'm also looking for a guy of medium build and at least 5 ft 9 inches tall. If you are one of these people - or know anyone who would be interested, please let them know or drop me an e-mail on facebook or my website with their name, details and preferably a picture so I can start booking people!
The shoot will be unpaid but any model is free to use their images for their portfolio.

The first shoot planned will be in Sussex, near or in Brighton. I'm thinking of taking the shoot to a forest to get some high-art, glossy 'trash-the-dress' style images and also hopefully to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
The second shoot location is yet to be decided.

Ideally this shoot will be completed by the end of March so please do let me know if you or anyone you know is interested soon!

Can't wait to hear from you! This shoot should be great fun!

Lauren. x