Ragdoll Magazine is Swindon’s newest music and fashion magazine.  After featuring a couple of the Industrial shots in their first issue they requested an autumnal sparkers fashion shoot for issue 2.  Using the amazing skills of stylist Emma Kimber, Swindon model Laura Davenport and Miss Swindon’s Sherie Smith we set about creating a colourful nighttime scene at Swindon’s prestigious Lydiard House.

UPDATED:Ragdoll liked the photos so much that they are even using one for the front cover.

Using the skills of OMG Hair and Beauty in Swindon, we transformed model/photographer and friend of mine Vicki Blatchley.

Working with 2 other photographers, 3 models, 2 MUA’s and a stylist across 5 locations around a building we put together a blue, white and silver inspired industrial shoot.  The behind the scenes photos were taken by Vicki and you can see them on her blog.

Borrowing a good friend Liz, a £1,000 dress from Harmony Brides and using the Bridal Suite of Stanton House Hotel, Gemma Sutton, a regular bridal makeup artist and hair stylist set to work on making up Liz to be a stunning bride.  I took inspiration from the Sex and The City Movie where Cary is doing her vogue shoot.

Gemma Sutton at work

Arranged for some Swindon College girls to be shot 60’s style in new nightclub Sin in Swindon.  Makeup and hair by OMG Hair and Beauty. The behind the scenes photos were taken by Vicki and you can see them on her blog.

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Trying to pull together 3 models, a snake, spider and bearded dragon and matching makeup was not all that easy, but Gemma and I came up with the shoot idea of ‘Fashion Phobia’.  The actual finished photos you can find on my flickr photostream.

Click below to see the final images:

Before and after:

Thought I’d also post a before and after so you can see some of the post processing involved:

I was approached by Amanda Thompson otherwise known as Cherry Vixon on MM or Magnolia on Myspace.  A very creative model who has a huge collection of looks, clothes, wigs and props. Together with the creative skills of Gemma Sutton on makeup we came up with a bird inspired look.  Click the image to see the full transformation.

I was asked to shoot some clothes by Charlotte Scaplehorn in Oxford in conjunction with fashion stylist Emma Kimber and Makeup Artist/model Gemma Sutton.  We arrived at 8pm so had to shoot quickly to get the 3 looks we were after.  I also had to do some punting down river to get the first shot.  For the record I am not good at punting.  Here’s the best 3 shots.

Behind the scenes shot:

Gemma Sutton (model), me and Emma Kimber (stylist) during the shoot

I’m really pleased to be working with a new professional makeup artist Gemma Sutton on some new shoot ideas.  She’s an ex model, but also a fantastically creative artist; one of the best I’ve worked with. You can see a few of the final shots from this shoot on my flickr stream.

We had a shoot idea to create a ‘doll’ look using some extreme makeup, a wig and fake lashes and using my lightring.  I took photos during the transformation of Vicki and was so staggered when I saw the result.  Here it is from start to finish, showing the progression of hair,makeup, lighting, and then finally a bit of post-production.  Any questions or comments just add below.

In a dark alley, originally uploaded by vins0n.

Kev’s shoot with Vicki that I helped out a bit on. This one’s my favourite.