Shoot with Louisa-Marie in England

Here is a shot from a shoot I had with a lovely girl named Louisa-Marie a few years back when I was shooting in England. Taken at a beautiful holiday home in Wiltshire, it was a very memorable three days shooting models left, right and center.

Been a long time since I have been shooting in England now, and I feel it is time I return for a series of shoots again soon.

But until that time, here is Louisa-Marie in her fantastic bikini in the garden.

Enjoy

Shooting swimwear with Twinkle

One thing I always have been fond of is to shoot swimwear. And that also makes it so much cooler when you find a model who was made to model it as well. Twinkle Dela Cruz was one of those models. She would fit into any swimwear or lingerie and wear it like it was made for her, and thereby going to a place like Kawasan Falls in Southern Cebu made it so much more worth it.

Here is the complete shoot from that time we went there. I only edited and finished seven images from that shoot, but they are all good in my eyes. But as always, its about preference.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

About me as a photographer

To tell a little bit about myself as a photographer, I can start by saying that I started doing pictures in 2007, and I have loved every second of every shoot I ever did. Below is a few points that describes me pretty fairly, as well as what I stand for as a photographer:

1. You will either love or hate my pictures. If you hate them, complain somewhere people might care. Nobody here will care.
2. All models are above 18 years old. I never shoot models under 18 for both ethical and practical reasons. For anyone who might think some of the models pictured are below this age, I have ID copies and documents to prove they are not. A lot of my models are from Asia, where women looks far younger sometimes than they usually are, but I can assure everyone they are all of adult age. I have spent a lot of time in the Philippines, so many of my pictures are taken there.
3. Have a donut and respect my pictures for what they are. All response other than constructive criticism or supportive will be deleted and the person banned, so no point in even trying to come up with trolling comments.
4. All shoots I post images from is paid shoots, with the appropriate releases.
5. I love a good debate around photography, and my own pictures. I have taken a lot of strange pictures as well which will be posted here over time, so if you wanna start a discussion I am open to most things. See point 3 for further info.
6. I have never claimed to be a professional photographer. Much more a man with an obsession for photography, therein beautiful women in as little clothing as possible. Most of the models I have worked with these last few years are still my friends today. So far, this hobby of mine has accomplished two things for me: robbed me blind and made me a whole lot of good friends. I am not sure if thats a good trade.. haha. 

As for how I conduct a shoot, here is a few pointers of what to expect:

1. All my shoots are paid, and payment is always agreed upon in writing prior to a shoot (via Skype, Facebook, Twitter, etc). Renegotiating during a shoot won't work with me, and it never did. Keep to the deals you make.
2. All shoots are done with makeup artist and assistant present. I will never spend any time alone with a model. This is for the security of both myself and the model.
3. Professional conduct is a given from both sides.
4. Punctuality is key. Never be late for a shoot. Always turn up BEFORE the agreed time instead of being late. I never rebook models which is late for a shoot unless they have a DAMNED GOOD reason for it (no, traffic ain't one of them).
5. Always bring what is agreed before the shoot (shoes, outfits, accessories, etc)
6. You will always know the concept PRIOR to the shoot. Nothing will change during it. If you agree to a nude shoot, thats what you will do. If you agree to a portrait shoot, thats what you will do. No pressure is ever laid on any model to stretch limits. You set them and we adhere to them. Easy as that.
7. If in doubt, always ask. There is no such thing as asking too many questions.

Shiela water portrait

I wanna start out this blog with a shot of one of my favorite models when doing shoots like this one. She is a girl I call a "gray mouse" in real life, but once you put some makeup on her, she is transformed into a princess. 

I did a number of shoots with this girl, and this one is from the last one we did. I will post some more pictures from this shoot soon, but as for now, here is one of my decidedly favorites from all the shoots we did.

Hope you all enjoy.