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I had a collaboration with Maja Stina recently. The shoot was a little experimental in that we had an idea of what we were creating, but the concept was a little rough around the edges. I sometimes like shoots like that.  It keep you on your toes having to create something new to you on the spot. The shoot was always going to have a strong beauty element, and I knew exactly what lighting I wanted, but I didn’t really know what fashion and accessories would be brought. In the end, we worked mostly on implied and partially nude beauty shots like the above images.

The last 6 months or so I have done virtually no photographic work at all. I could go into reasons why, but instead I shall just say that I have a lot planned for 2012. I have already started creating concepts for shoots in January and February, and I am so excited to get back into a creative spirit again. Expect a lot more on the blog, with a lot more behind the scenes posts.

500px is a website dedicated to showcasing your work amongst other professionals. It was recommended to me recently, and after some persuasion, I was convinced to open an account. I was dubious at first, mainly because I already use Flickr. I think it is great to showcase your work on many platforms and sites, but I am wary of doing this too much. It is better to focus more time on fewer projects than to spend less time on many individual projects.

I really like the cleaner style of the website, and the ability to showcase portfolios in a larger and cleaner format. So here is my 500px site. If you are already part of the community, follow me if you want, and if you don’t have an account, take it into consideration.

So last month, I was pleasantly surprised to find an incredibly talented graphic artist by the name of Mario Arturo wanted to use one of my images for the above book cover. The design was created using an image that I did before I was even interested in fashion imagery. I never thought it would ever be used for anything, let alone for the cover of a book written by Trevanian (aka Rodney William Whitaker), who is a pretty famous novelist. So, needless to say, I am quite happy about this!

“Oblivion, friends, I’ll welcome it, because it won’t be nothing, we’ll be alive again in a thousand blades of grass, and a million leaves, we’ll be falling in the raindrops and blowing in the fresh breeze, we’ll be glittering in the dew under the stars and the moon out there in the physical world which is our true home and always was.” – Philip Pullman – The Amber Spyglass