I love the lighting and detail in this one but I wish I had of included more of the circular window, there wasn't much room behind me! The colours look delicate and I think the pose is pretty.

Recently I have been trying out various camera angles for a different perspective. I stood right over her and compressed her whole figure in to the frame as she looked up at me. I really like this one.

This is one of my favourite portraits.. I like to use surrounding materials/objects to create interest in the shot. I asked my model Bekah to rest her head on her hand to frame her face. I've started applying bold colours, though make-up, hair and accessories to produce a stronger looking image. I have used Photoshop to tidy up any blemishes on her face and enhanced the colours slightly.

I wanted to have a go at a lighting technique called 'Edge' lighting, where the face is split into two halves. I wanted to create a sinister looking portrait. I used a wet glass pane to try and disguise him and when I took the photograph, I looked down as he stared up into the lens. I do like this image but I think more water on the glass would give off a stronger and much more sinister look. I will post another improved version very soon.

I love the lighting on this one. I used a flash gun to bring out her facial features as the light was behind her. I love the scarf and the delicate tones. I do think that she could have been framed better. Its a digitally captured image.

This is one of my favourites. The colours are warm and I like how she fills the frame. This is a small format image. I used my flash gun with homemade diffuser and a had my assistant hold a sheet of gold card to refect the sunlight back onto her face which was behind her.

This is one of my most recent pictures, as you can see my framing is much more thought-about... I like all the green tones in this one. The lighting looks good and I like how she fills the frame.

Small format film and flash gun, along with homemade diffuser and reflector panels. Location was my boyfriends allotment. I like a quality of the film negatives compared with digital but I do tend to compose the image slightly over-exposed. I only started using a film camera from September last year and I really enjoy it. I take my digital SLR with me aswell as the film camera as a backup though.

I liked the expression on this one. I used a flash gun and reflector panel and captured the image on my SLR 35mm camera. The location was Gawthorpe Hall, around the surrounding fields.

I took this one near Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham in Burnley. The weather wasn't all great but I like this image because she stands out against the white sky. The wind gave movement to her dress, which adds interest rather than being flat. Again reflector panel and flash gun were used.

I took this photograph for an college brief. I needed to capture several fashion shots on small format film. This was taken on 35mm film and lab processed. I picked a sunny day and used white polystyrene to help reflect the light up onto her face. I am pleased with the turn out. The shadows and skin tones look okay. I took the photograph at my boyfriends allotment.

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This is Tom's allotment, its brilliant, its about the size of a football pitch! This is where we go in our spare time and clean up, build, make fires and cook! Its such an inspiring place and its high up so you can see most of Burnley. I will be taking more photographs up here of a different model soon.

This was taken at my partners' alotment, a great place for photo's, very inspiring! I liked this one because of the shapes and colours and her shadow. I managed to get an assistant to hold a reflector underneath to help shine abit of light onto her face aswell as my flash gun.

Over summer this year I am going to take a few rolls of film and photographs models on location using my own homemade reflector boards and my flash gun. I actually took this image using myu digital camera because it came out better than the similar version on 35mm film. The model is my cousin who did very well, we had alot of fun and the weather was fantastic. This photograph was taken in Towneley Park, Burnley.

I took this one day last week during sunset. I didn't quite have enough time to get out of the house and somewhere interesting! I hung out of the bedroom window to capture this image. I am pleased with it, I like the chimneys and the strong texture and tone to the sky.

I took this photograph using studio lighting, specifically daylight flash and a honeycomb just behind him to illuminate his outline. The way in which the honeycomb was placed directly behind him created a star effect and so the image looks like it was taken outside at night, rather than in a room! I was very pleased with the outcome. I got my model, Tom to hold up a piece of gold card to reflect the light back onto his face to light him up from the front.