These are some of the best images from my weekend photoshoot in derby:

For this photo I used a Speedlight mounted on my camera and a secondary Speedlight at camara left to give a contrasting light to the side of the models face. The red highlights on the righthand side are from a old side street light giving out a very warm glow, to take advantage of that I used a fairly long exposure to give time for the ambient light to fill the photo.

Photo shoot - Saturday 12th Feb

Taking my own camera (canon 1000d) and two speedlights(580EXII and 430EXII), and all the other accessories; tripods and lenses. I'm going to try and get some shots of this male model

This shoot is going to be after nightfall and I'm going to use the speedlights to give some strong contrasting light like below:

Though this is a headshot it is only an example of the kind of lighting I want to achieve. I am planning to produce mainly 3/4 and full lengths shots with possibly a couple of headshots at most. 

Equipment

Camera:

My own camera the 1000d is the basic model of the canon DSLR range but still has the advantage of the SLR by having full manual control of ISO, shutter speed and aperture. It has 

Rankin

Though this is a studio photo, the clothes she is wearing is a good example of the kind of outfits I want to use. Though I have said I want to a lingerie theme, this is the level of "nudity" I want to include to keep it classy but still include a fair amount of skin, as to show the true form of the model not the clothes they are wearing.

More Inspiration

This picture is almost a perfect match to the ideas I have in my head. I would like to do a set of images based around lingerie but to try and show that it doesn't have to be in a "lads mag" style. 

Finding The Location

Obvious by name a good location is key in location photography. I have found this website to appear very helpful at first, http://www.locationpartnership.com/index.php, it contains a vast database of locations and allows searches for type of location making it very easy to find what you want. I haven't yet gone on any further to identify how much it will cost but that will be my next move.

New Start

This is my second time on the city and guilds course and I'm going to use the units I've already got to build up to the Level 3 Diploma in Photography and Photo Imaging. Having already completed unit 306 (studio photography) I'm going to use some of the skills gained during that unit, to assist me in unit 307 (location photography) I am really interested in this because of the combination of ambient lighting and fill flash.

(http://jasonchristopher.com/photography/fashion/2)