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Media Madness
We had a great Saturday afternoon doing a fashion shoot three levels underground below Manchester. The shoot was for Manchester designer Fatz K who came to me and enthused about her ‘Media Madness’ concept a couple of weeks previously and asked me if I’d be interested in doing the job. Absolutely yes!
There were two phases to the shoot; the first was themed by the obsession with media, headlines and ‘celebrity-ism’, whilst the models and Fatz' outstanding designs were detached or elevated from all that – in it but not part of it. Hence Fatz constructed a whole set with newspaper – walls, furniture, everything. It looked fabulous. We used one direct flash to give a hard ‘pap’ feel to it.
For the second phase we used purely candlelight and long exposure. It gave a gorgeous warm glow and our underground set became much more den-like and, at times, very spooky. Both styles, while totally different, looked great.
The team: Dan, Ruby, Fatz, Sophie.
The team:
Designer: FatzK www.fatzk.com
Design assistant: Steph Cooper
Models: Ruby Slate Balthazer & Sophie Robinson
Makeup: Laura Cotterill
Hats & headdress: Jen, H' Atelier, www.hatelier.co.uk
Thanks to ‘The Circle’ club in St Annes Square for allowing us to use their sub-basement.
Manchester - Our Great City
I know I keep saying it, but I love Manchester. There are photo opportunities at every turn.
Naturally we were delighted when we were recently commissioned by CSR Sustain to photograph architecture and cityscapes around Manchester. In particular they wanted to feature buildings they had Ben involved with for their portfolio and web-site. 
CSR Sustain offer a portfolio of services designed to take the headache out of energy legislation compliance and increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions in the work place. They provide a dedicated energy assessment solution to commercial landlords, local authorities, commercial letting agents and business owners across the UK.
Here is a handful of images of our great city...
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