Shoot: Hasselblad

WOW.... Ok.... So where do I start.

My good friend David Hall has just purchased something that could change lives...
The New Hasselblad H4D 31+ with 80mm lens.

After a long hard 6 weeks of waiting it finally arrived and boy did it deliver. We had the pleasure of testing it out on 2 amazing models. (Hope Rosemary and Amy Kirkpatrick)

The attention to detail the camera gives is out of this world, from skin tones to crisp details, it really makes our images stand out from the crowd.

The images were shot for The Hanging Rail Market which is on today in Birmingham, check out the link on Facebook for more info...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189135291111036

Check out a few shots from the day.

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BEFORE AND AFTER

Hasselblad / Nikon D700

Studio Decor...

We decided to add some more frames to the studio. Although the walls are like 10,000 years old and crumble if you even touch them.. we decided to go ahead anyway.

It's great to show our clients some of our high end work and although the website is great for this, you can never go wrong with a high quality print in a nice gallery style frame.

See what you think.

British Hair Awards 2010

Beverly Knight

British Hair Awards 2011

Fearne Cotton

Gok Wan

Shoot: Jes Anarchi

WOW.... what an Awesome shoot with Jes Anarchi.

Jes hasn't modelled for over 6 months, yet she rocked the shoot like she'd been front cover of NME the day before.

I have been wanting to shoot Jes ever since I began in the photography world. Even though she has a crazy busy Rock N Roll lifestyle, the day finally came.

She reminded me of a cross between Avril Lavigne, The Olsen Twins and Jennifer Aniston.... so you know that can only be a good thing.

Check out some pics from the day.

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Shoot: Marilyn Monroe

Last week Alex Styles Photography shot a series of hair shots for a Francesco Group colour competition.

Each of the girls got to cut and colour their own style and the theme was 50's.

None of the girls were professional models, however they all worked really well in front of the camera.

We shot this one girl (Emily) who's mood board was mainly made up of Monroe pics, I don't think the outcome is too far off reality.

Alex
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Publication: Your Hair

Alex Styles Photography has been published in Your Hair Magazine.

The series of work was shot for celebrity hairdressers Royston Blythe and the images look fab. This is one of our first major magazine spreads.

Take a sneak peak at the images below.

Rankin

As many of you already know over Christmas I got the chance to assist the great fashion photographer Rankin.

As Rankin is one of my all time photography idols it was such a great opportunity to see how he works.

The shoot was for Swatch watches and was shot in a large warehouse in west london. The shoot took place over 3 days. We shot all the latest ad campaign stuff and also a tv commercial.

The budget for the shoot must of been massive as my first job was to go to the local Tesco and buy 7 Bins and 200 Coat Hangers which came to around £124.00. Also to finish each day we had as much pizza as you could eat.... yummy. (Images for proof)

Apart from making coffee for most of the day, I did get a chance to get right in the action and support the main lighting rigs and reflection etc.

On the day Rankin shot a range of top models and the images looked awesome. Everything was shot tethered to Capture One. The client could therefore see exactly how the images were looking as they were shot.

Here are a few iPhone snaps from the day.

Global Photo Awards 2010

Alex Styles Photography came 1st Place in the Fashion Awards.

It was the first award we have ever won and we can't wait to enter more.

Here is the winning image and link.

http://www.globalphotoawards.com/photo3286489.html