Portrait painting

The past week has been spent practicing my photoshop skills and painting one portrait everynight for the week. With every portrait I think i noticed an improvement in my technique but there are a few mistakes here and there that i'd fix up if I were to finish these images up but I'm happy with them currently as a working experiment.

..ground control to Major Tom...

*Click* I'm stealing your flash *Click*

So the shoot is over and the hand-in of the first few shots is iminent.(As of this moment)

The shoot itself was tremendous fun and the Constellation guys were a very patient and entertaining bunch to have as models. Due to poor weather we decided that "studio" shots were likely to be the best bet to start the day and after a short set-up period we were storming through the shots.

Having seen the shots now it's easy to see where the "studio"(Setup in my lounge) could've been prepared a little better. Certainly the muslin sheet that formed a background wasn't the perfect material and the lighting in some shots wasn't setup quite right, however when it was setup right the lights performed well, which is reassuring.

Anyway, as soon as the studio shots were more or less done and hunger pains were getting the best of us all, the weather seemed to clear up a bit, so we all decided to give some external photos a quick go with the remaining daylight and time we had left. So we legged it down to Throop Mill.

... And I keep time inside of my head...

I've just started a part-photographic part-digital project with an up-and-coming indie band called Constallation. The Goat and I have been out scouting for good locations for a photo shoot.

In the meantime I have played around a little on my computer and created some related band name banners... In retrospect they're a bit too "electro" for the band in my mind, would rather add a dash more "indie" to the mix... also the font could be a bit better.

Click either image to go to the band's current myspace page and check out their music.