by Matt Christie Photo | Feb 24, 2012 | Favourites
I do love a good beauty shot, but it’s not an area I’ve done much work in. You need a certain type of face & really clear skin to pull it off, & with the focus being on the face it’s vital to get a great expression. I’m interested in...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Matt Christie Photo | Feb 21, 2012 | Photography
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...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Matt Christie Photo | Feb 16, 2012 | Couples Shoots, Erotica Shoots, Shoots
I shot this gorgeous couple last summer as a test. Things I learned… 1) It’s more than twice as difficult making two people look good at the same time. They can’t pose separately, & making it look like a natural pose generally means one of them...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Matt Christie Photo | Feb 14, 2012 | Photography
As a companion piece to my favourite beach shots the other day, I thought I’d share some things I’ve found about shooting on beaches. I was living in Gran Canaria when I took up photography & for the first three years pretty much every shoot involved a...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Matt Christie Photo | Feb 10, 2012 | Men, Shoots
Not too many guys come to me for shoots, so it makes an interesting change. The posing’s completely different, but tricky, it’s surprisingly hard to look like you’re not doing anything in a photo! I learned quite a bit about lighting from this shoot;...				
					
						 
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