Mature Couple Stock Photography Lifestyle Photoshoot.

A little bit about the shoot.

Mature Couple in an English country estate Lifestyle Stock photographs. — Available exclusively at Istockphoto.com.

This Photoshoot was part of an event hosted by gettyimages.com in London, November 2013. It was a three-day event in Shoreditch.
I loved it.
On the third day, I was one of a group of photographers and videographers who had been chosen to attend an event at a country estate outside of London.
Each Photographer was assigned a group of models and had a 40-minute slot to shoot the models assisted by an Art director from Getty Images.
The atmosphere at the house was great, a real buzz of creatives all working on their project.
The tension mounted as my 40-minute slot was due, but my models were late due to a travel issue.
It was great fun and the 40 minutes went by in no time.
I have developed a fast style when working with models and can get quite a lot of content from a short shoot. However, the editing, retouching and colour toning takes me weeks, wish I could get faster at that : )

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Surf Lifestyle Stock Photography Photoshoot.

A little bit about the shoot.

Surfing Lifestyle Photographs. — Available for licence exclusively at Istockphoto.com.

Surfer Lifestyle Stock Photography photo shoot.

Late September early evening, no wetsuit for the photographer : )

We shot a few images with a surfboard around the cliffs above Fistral Beach, Newquay with the Nikon D850 + 24-70 f2.8, then switched to the Fuji X-T2 with Meikon underwater housing for the sea part of the shoot.

There wasn’t a big gap between waves, and it was difficult shooting in these conditions. Shooting mirrorless with face detection certainly helps in blind shooting situations like this. I made the mistake of only putting one UHS-II card in the camera, missing many shots because the buffer in the camera hadnt cleared and it wasn’t ready to shoot.

If you are looking at a Fuji X-T2 and want to shoot rapid movement, lifestyle etc., I recommend using UHS-II cards over UHS-I. However 64gb Sandisk UHS-I 90mb’s 17 pounds, UHS-II 300 Mb’s 99 pounds.

Costley.

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Want to hire the model, check his Instagram.

Plastic Pollution Stock Photographs.

Plastic Pollution in the Oceans Stock Photographs.

I shot various Plastic bottles, plastic bags etc. in the sea, under the surface and on the sand for use in stories highlighting the worldwide Plastic Pollution problem.

No pollution caused during the taking of these photographs : ) though a few times as the waves hit I did lose the plastic bottles for a while.

For the photography shoots I used A Fuji X-T2 with the 18-55 lens in a Meikon underwater housing.

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Couple Beach Lifestyle Stock Photography Photoshoot.

A little bit about the Photoshoot.

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This couples lifestyle shoot took place at Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall on a late September afternoon.

My second time working with more than one model, the first time was with gettyimages, and they arranged the models, wardrobe, locations, art directors etc.

On this photo shoot, that was all my job. Production is a job in itself.

I’d worked with the male model two days previous on a surf-themed photo shoot, but neither of us had worked with the female model.

I was a little worried the models would feel uncomfortable pretending to be a couple. However, they both were relaxed and nailed it.

If you would like to work with either, their Instagrams are Male Model, Female Model.

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Gear used; Nikon D850 + 24-70 f2.8.

Get rich quick with Stock Photography : )

Stock Photography earnings. — Stock Photography in Use.

The sad state of stock photography.

I remember when I saw this image on the advertisement for flights to Newquay, quite excited to see a picture in use. I emailed the model a copy, and he’s already seen it at Newquay airport.

So then the next question is, how much did I earn from my image in a national ad campaign? drum roll . . . . .
$0.78, so about 50 pence.

Stock Photography, get rich quick : )

Beach Yoga Stock photography Lifestyle Photoshoot.

A little bit about this photoshoot.

Beach yoga Lifestyle Photoshoot. — Available to licence exclusively at Istockphoto.com.

Yoga Lifestyle Stock Photography Shoot.

I had one week in June to create stock images. Unfortunately, I’d chosen a week with 40+ MPH winds and four seasons in 15-minute intervals.
I had to make the best of a bad situation.
I had two Photoshoots with this model; he’s versatile, a surfer, lifeguard, yoga instructor.
I decided to use a new camera, the Fuji X-T2. My trusty Nikon D800 had excellent image quality, but it’s wasn’t good at quick lifestyle photoshoots. Poor side focus hit rates, slow FPS meant a lot of missed shots.

When we arrived at the beach, torrential rain, so we waited, 15 minutes later, blazing early evening summer sunshine.

The Fuji X-T2 didn’t perform as well as hoped. It struggled to focus on the backlit model, and at the end of the shoot, it crashed.

The little Fuji is a good camera, but I did hit a few weaknesses with it on this shoot. Small buffer, struggles to focus in heavily backlit situations, prone to crashing (now fixed with firmware updates).

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Beach Holiday Lifestyle Stock Photography shoot.

A little bit about my most successful lifestyle shoot.

Stock Photography Beach holiday Lifestyle. — Stock beach holiday lifestyle photoshoot, licence exclusively at Istockphoto.com.

This shoot was late September in Cornwall. I had one week, my stock income was in free fall, I’d just got a tax refund and decided to blow it on hiring two models for coastal lifestyle shoots.

Things always go wrong : ) The forecast was terrible, wind and rain. I cancelled the shoot initially, but the model wanted the shoot as she had invested time and money in preparation.
So we went ahead, we started shooting walking along the cliffs around Porthcurno, it was overcast and on/off light rain. When we got to the beach, well we got fortunate, the sun came out. Beach holiday lifestyle shots in the rain don’t work : )
The model was brilliant giving happy, carefree looks with ease. She even was happy to play in the sea, and it was freezing : )

This photo shoot turned out to be my most successful model shoot to date.

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Gear used.
Nikon D800, 24-70 F2.8, 7-200 f2.8 VRII. Sony A6000+16-50 lens in Meikon underwater housing.

Trevose Lighthouse, Cornwall.

The Image is taken from the window of a Cessna 152 on a chartered photography flight from Newquay airport with FLY Newquay.
My first attempt at aerial photography, I’d watched a couple of tutorials and read a few things.
It’s pretty challenging photographing from the plane, it’s a small two-seater, the window pushes up in a flap motion, and the speed of the aircraft keeps it in place. It’s very cramped and tricky to get the shots, the wheel and the wing means you are limited in your angles.
I’d certainly like to do it again, but it’s pretty costly.

Camera: Nikon D850 Lens 70-200mm f2.8 VRII.

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