Photography
A bit night photography of the aurora
Jan 23rd
I saw a bit of a buzz on twitter that the aurora was visible from the coast, so headed straight out there after grabbing @NicholasGray87. We were going to head down to Whitley Bay, but it didn’t look to be too clear down there, and the lights from Blyth were causing problems, so we headed a bit further north to Newbiggin. I’m pleased we did, managed to see the aurora and snap a few shots.
Here’s one, and should be more to follow soon.
~Shepy
Urbex: Loundon Castle Theme Park
Jan 17th
It’s been an absolute age since I did an urbex post, so I thought I would rectify that with one I did in late 2011.
The castle
A grand castellated mansion which now forms a substantial and atmospheric ruin amongst parkland overlooking the River Irvine, Loudoun Castle was built 1804-11 incorporating portions of a 15th or 16th century keep (of which four storeys remain) to the design of architecht Archibald Elliot and is now a listed building. Known at the time as the ‘Windsor Of Scotland’ it comprised some 90 rooms and boasted a library containing over 10,000 volumes. As is the case of so many of these older buildings, there is rumour of a ley tunnel running from the castle, under the River Irvine to Cessnock Castle over a mile away. During the second world war the castle was used to house Belgian troops, till a fire starting in the library in 1941 gutted the building. A Yew tree in the grounds is reputed to be over 800 years old.
The theme park
The theme park on the site opened in 1995 and became a 4 star visitor attraction stretching over 600 acres, including 25 rides, live shows and an educational farm. The theme park however was short lived, closing as soon as 2010, which the owner put down to a number of reasons such as the increased VAT rate, and nearby publicly funded attractions such as the Burns Centre and Transport Museum in Glasgow, which were free for the public to visit. The closing of the park resulted in the loss of 11 permanent positions, and 160 seasonal jobs. The owners are still in discussions for future uses of the site, but as yet nothing has been decided.
The Pictures
~Shepy
Sneak preview of a shoot with Dee La Beau
Jan 8th
When you get a message the day before a photoshoot with Dee La Beau, which reads: “I am going to rub fruit into my titties if that’s ok?” then you know it’s going to be a fun one (though they always are!)
I was shooting today with Dee wearing some of her new latex from Catalsyt Latex, an awesome company, ran by great people with some great designs, if you like latex check them out immediately. Here is a sneak preview of the images we shot. Lots more to come from today’s shoot, and I still need to blog the last lot we shot together, so will likely roll both of them into one update. As always, you can click to enlarge.
~Shepy
More photo sales for book cover goodness
Nov 17th
You can see a preview of the cover on the right there, and the book can be found on Amazon at:
~Shepy
My photo used on a billboard at Newcastle Central Station
Sep 22nd
Great feeling to have one of my pics be the first thing seen as you walk off the train at Newcastle, my home town. Would love it to have been one of my model shoots or an urbex picture, but I’ll get there eventually! For now I’m just really happy that the client loved the pics, and hopefully there will be more from the rest of the campaign going up in various locations.
~Shepy
Another book cover and a billboard
Sep 20th
| A good day for my photography, another image sold to be used on a book cover, this time to be used by the author S J Bolton. A preview of the image can be found on the right there. The book will be available soon from http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Scared-S-J-Bolton/dp/0593064151 – This brings the total of book covers with my images to 7, and hopefully more in the pipeline to come soon. This particular image is from a derelict seminary, in one of the corridors.
I’m also waiting on the imminent posting of one of my images used in an advertising campaign taken on a shoot for a corporate client, that should be posted on a billboard in Newcastle Central Station any day now. ~Shepy |
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Sneak preview of latex shoot
Sep 19th
I did a latex shoot at the weekend with some great dresses from the awesome http://www.catalystlatex.com/, got some shots that I’m happy with and the model loves, here is a sneak preview of some of them. Another latex shoot with Dee La Beau coming soon too.
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~Shepy
Vintage beach shoot with Elle O’Buoys
Aug 12th
After my last vintage themed beach shoot I was contacted by Elle O’Buoys, a girl who I had shot at some local burlesque performances so was more than happy to arrange a shoot with. Off we went to a beach, and typically it was a little bit cloudy and covercast (until about an hour after the shoot, annoyingly!)
We still managed to get some great shots though, of which a selection are below. You can click images to zoom.
You can get in touch with Elle O’Buoys via her Purestorm Account
~Shepy
DNR Zero, a zombie movie, some behind the scenes photography
Aug 1st
Some friends of mine are making a movie called DNR Zero, a zombie flick. They were shooting some of the extras scenes today, so I went along to get some photographs of the whole thing.
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The rest of the photos if you want to view them can be seen here
If you want to find out a bit more about the movie, their Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/DNRZERO and if you live in the North East of England and want to be one of the extras in the movie, either give me a shout or like the Facebook page and come along to the next one.
~Shepy
Sold another two photographs for book covers
Jul 18th
More good news, just had another two photographs picked up to be used for book covers. This is my second for Quintin Jardine as well, which is good to see an author coming back to use my images again :)
~Shepy