Why We Retouch

Much is made in the media about how models are retouched in magazines. This is an important subject & I’ll return to the Size Zero debate in a future post when I’ve collected my thoughts, but for today I just want to look at why we retouch at all. Why...

How to get a Free Shoot

It always surprises me a little when I read online profiles saying “Paid work only”. Obviously we’d all like to make as much money as possible from what we do, but most of us get started because of a passion for photography (or modelling, or make-up,...

Baby Bump Shoot

As I spend much of my life trying to make people look slimmer than they are through cunning use of lighting, angles, & occasionally photoshop, it’s an entirely different challenge to celebrate a baby bump. Rachael did help quite a bit by thoughtfully putting...