I’m mad busy at the moment, so I thought I’d just post a few of my favourite images from the last week or so. I’ve photographed a lot of ladies, from 18 months old to my 95-year-old grandmother on her birthday. Variation – it’s what I love about being a portrait photographer!
All the shots below were made using film, I’m shooting with an old Pentax SP1000 and a Nikon FM2, both of which have light leaks that I don’t want to fix because I really like the look!
Wow, being busy seems to be working for you – this is some of your very best work, really nice. Still on the Agfa Vista 200?
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Thanks! Yes, I’m still using Vista, but I’m nearly at the end of my stock, so I’m shooting Fuji Pro 400H…which is 5 times the price! 😦
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adore the last one especially, but all lovely. You’ve been a factor in me returning to film for more of my stuff, by constantly exposing me to its finer qualities….
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This is some of the best…have a wee notion, however, you aren’t done yet…
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Phil, I would kill to see you working, in action! You have a connection with people, but especially women that I have only ever seen in the work of the top portrait and fashion photographers. Beautiful images of beautiful women, every one of them.
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When I grow up I want to shoot like these 🙂 Amazing work. Hope you had some kind of workshop in my side of the world..
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Thanks! We’re are you based?
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Right now in Mexico, but might be moving to Europe next year, at least that’s the plan and can write you back to see if you have something going on.
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Hi Phil, as ever, stunning portraits. Are you still using VSCO on your scanned negs? Or are these raw scans of the film?They look incredible.
If so, what presets do you find you use the most often? The level of fade and desaturation in these is just perfect!
Thanks
Chris
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The film shots are all straight, high resolution scans. I use VSCO on some of the digital shots, normally Portra and Polaroid and then tweak. I always take out most of the orange and all the grain, then add grain in ASE5
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Amazing thanks for the reply. I tend to find I am also always removing the orange with VSCO presets!
Love your work
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Great shots, every single one of them… 🙂 You´ve got a feeling for the eyes & the looks!
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some beautiful images here
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This series really superb, as usual Phil!
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All stunning and dramatic.
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Wonderful series of portraits, but the second one (which includes the young child) is very special indeed.
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Beautiful portraits! I really love the light and poses.
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Very nice of your grandmother. Also, I love that red haired baby!
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Nice shots! I especially like the black and white one and all those containing the redheaded young woman, ESPECIALLY the one where she shows cleavage!
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Those are some incredible images. Of course, it helps that you have amazing models 🙂
All excellent, but my favorite might be the shot of the girl in the blue sheets. There is something comfortable and yet sexy about that scene. You clearly have great rapport with your models.
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your work is stunning, such a pleasure to go through your gallery!
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Thank you! 🙂
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how you use vsco without lowering the size of the photos?
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