Dawn

Dawn
Originally uploaded by Emma Brabrook

I decided I'd do a little something today, just to take a photo. As I said on twitter last night, I felt like I was spending too much time waiting to be inspired and not enough time taking photos.

I wanted to do something with a sheet, a window and the little spare room we have. So I cleared the room out, grabbed a sheet, caught the golden hour and I ended up with this. I quite like it :)

Tron

This was an idea that came to mind one evening, just for a bit of fun and something different. It morphed a bit from the original idea, which was to have the eye with the pattern peeping out between some hair. I messed my hair up to give the image more texture, and decided I liked it better this way :) View it larger over at Flickr!

Planning page is here -

Behold, my rushed handwriting.

So, as you can see, quite different! Natural lighting also morphed into studio lighting using just one light. I used my favourite modifier - the huge beauty dish. It gives a wonderful quality of light. It was positioned about 30 - 45º from me, almost right next to the camera. I played around with the settings until I got a brightness I liked (I forgot the exact settings, sorry!).

The pattern that I used in the eye can be found here and is by Patrick Hoesly.

The Jabberwocky

The Jabberwocky
Originally uploaded by Emma Brabrook
Stylist: Matthew Walker
Model: Lauren Elizabeth
Photography and Post Production: Me

Here's Matt's final piece for his project, which he said took inspiration from alice in wonderland. I'd love to shoot an even crazier version of this on location at some point :D

Behind the scenes from this post is coming soon, stay tuned :)