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Posted on February 3, 2021
by philipJvernon 
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Entering January in a national lockdown isn’t promising for any photography to come, but we’ll just have to wait and see how it goes.
For the first part of January I hadn’t used my cameras at all, but then later on in the month I took it along on a few walks. I did start off with a remote shoot, but as that didn’t involve me getting my camera out, it kind of doesn’t count.
The Photography Social has decided to start doing some remote shoots and they needed some people to test it out. Originally I was busy on the evening they were doing it, but things changed and I was able to male...
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Another short one as when the 4 week lockdown ended, we were right back into the tier system, and then another lockdown for the whole of England. I only used my camera on four occasions during December.
A local photography group had a sort of competition at the end of the year, with the broad theme of ‘2020’. I knew a lot of people would enter an image that was taken in 2020, but I wanted to take something specific, mainly as a reason to use my camera, so thought about what I could take and decided to use some disposable masks to create the image. A bit of experimentation, but it was good...
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This is going to be quite a short one as from early on in November the whole of England went back into a national lockdown and there wasn’t much I could do photography wise. However, I did manage to get out on a few occasions before that was put in place.
I worked with Jade on my headshot project, another one that I’d been wanting to get done for a while, it was just finding a time that we could do it. Staying pretty local to where Jade lives, we walked around to find a few different locations and despite the wind giving us a few issues on the day, we managed to get what we needed in quite...
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October actually had one live show that I could go along to which was towards the end of the month as Glitterbug had their Halloween show, and that has its own special post so go check that out. Other than that, it’s pretty normal for these months with local restrictions, a few solo shoots and some socially distanced group shoots.
We’ll start off with a couple of shoots that book-ended October, both working on my headshot project, with Nico and Tilly. Both of these had been planned for earlier on but with restrictions had to be postponed and rescheduled, and we finally managed to get them...
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What’s this then, a live burlesque show in 2020?
You read that right, we were allowed back out, for what turned out to be one night only, to have a live Glitterbug burlesque Halloween show at Firebug in Leicester.
This was obviously a very different show to previous Glitterbugs, but it was nice to see people back on that stage with a live audience, even if the Zoom shows have been well received and very entertaining.
Right up until the day before the show, I still didn’t know if I would be attending or not. When the show was first announced, there was obviously a lot of confusion...
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Unfortunately there are still no live events available to be photographed but I’m keeping busy with some solo shoots and some socially distanced events
I worked with Katie on a solo shoot, continuing with a few personal projects. We worked with sheer fabrics, coloured gels and everything in between to create some fantastic images. Awesome working with Katie and already thinking of what we could do on our next shoot.
Another solo shoot at PGD, this time working with one of my favorite burlesque performers, Lily Lustre.
One shoot with The Photography Social, working with Taylor on a wedding...
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Back to the more bullet point oriented posts for a bit, as things are starting to open up and I’m back out at a few more events, so time is limited.
I worked with Jadah on a shoot based around coloured gels. Building on a shoot I did last month, still experimenting on some setups and seeing what works and what I can change to improve things
A few shoots for my headshot project, working with Poppy, Taylor and Nathan. Same as previous shoots on this, working in a location close by and looking for around 3-4 different backdrops locally to work with. We even managed to get a couple of images...
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When I first started writing this blog it was kind of like an online diary, with me writing about all things photography that I participated in. More recently I got a bit behind with my writing and months would go by and I wouldn’t be up to date, then with me not wanting to write out of order, things would never get done. I decided to turn my blog posts into bullet points, so I could mention everything I did in the month, include some photos, and get the posts out regularly. With the global pandemic giving me a bit more time, I decided to go back to writing more, but once again as things...
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June has been a bit more normal in regards to shooting, in certain aspects. While the country is still in Lockdown, sticking to the guidelines provided, I’ve managed to continue with one more shoot for my headshot project, as well as going along to a few group shoots that have started back up again. Obviously there have been no gigs to go along to, and I can’t see there being any for quite a while yet, but at least I have had a reason to take my camera out of it’s bag on a few more occasions this month.
Continuing on with my headshot project, I arranged a shoot with Claudia, who I’ve...
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Another strange month, but at least there was a bit of normality for me towards the end as I did manage to get out and do some kind of mini shoots, but we’ll come onto that.
I’ll start with something where I didn’t get my camera out, but I did see someone post an editing technique which produces a kind of glitchy effect that looked kind of cool. Not being able to go out and shoot some new images to try this effect on, I looked back in the archives for a few photos that I thought would work well and gave it a go. Some came out better than others, and it’s not an editing technique I’ll...
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It has been a strange month for everyone, and for the first time in years I went for a few weeks without even touching my camera. Wanting to do something with my camera, I looked out one evening when it was starting to get dark and saw that there were very few clouds in the sky, so it would be great to take some photos of the stars. Not living in the best place to take photos of the night sky due to light pollution, and but not being able to travel anywhere, I did the best I could. It wasn’t really about the quality of photos, more just something to get the camera out of its bag.
After using...
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My first shoot in March was with a model I’ve worked with many times before, and got some fantastic images to show from our shoots, Nico Dee. However, it wasn’t just Nico this time as Bane (her dog) was also in the studio for the shoot. Another wonderful shoot with great images of Nico, Bane and both of them together.
Up next was an event with Meadows Camera Club, and our model for the evening was Amy. No specific theme, but we went for a darker look to the images and ended up getting the smoke machine out for the final setup.
Two ‘Creative Photography Events’ up next with the first...
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I had a photoshoot with one of my favourite burlesque performers, Lux DeLioux, and we created some awesome images
Creative Photography Events had an event titled ‘Shadows and Light’, mainly using items placed in front of lights to create some interesting shadows either on the model or background.
With the nights staying lighter for longer, I wanted to go out and do some wire wool spinning, so went out with a few other photographers with the plan of scouting some locations to use on some events in the next few weeks
Another photoshoot working with a burlesque performer, this time...
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I attended the first Meadows Camera Club event of 2020, with Nicola as our model for the evening
Working with Chloe Julia on a shoot based around coloured gels
Creative Photography Events had their first event and it had a Film Noir theme
Finally got round to working with Keelie Kaos, who I’ve wanted to work with for ages
The Photography Social had an event using fabrics
Creative Photography Events had a flour throwing shoot planned, and with a lot of interest it was split into three sessions. I attended all three to do a time lapse video, but also was taking photos on the third...
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At Meadows Camera Club we had Alisha as the model
The Attic held their Christmas event
Click Group Shoots had a Sugar Skull themed event
Sumo Cyco finished off their current UK tour with a gig at The Soundhouse in Leicester
Soeur headlined at Firebug
I had a shoot with Jadah, another one with an overall coloured gel theme, but also trying out a few without all the colours
Click Group Shoots had their final event, pantomime themed with the title ‘Oh no it isn’t’
The Photography Social’s Christmas event was called ‘Santa Baby’
I worked with Liss on a solo shoot...
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