Portrait Photography at Avalon Shoreditch, London | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding & Portrait Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

This was my second meet up with the awesome LSS (London Speedlite Scene) group this time at the trendy Avalon bar in Shoreditch, London.  The meet up was massive loads of photographers/models/make up artists all in one place it was really hard not to get carried away with it all.  

I really had to limit myself with what I wanted to shoot otherwise I'd of had months of processing work to do afterwards, but there were so many models I didn't get the opportunity to work with but hopefully that chance will come on future meet ups.... 

All the models were again provided by Elect Model Management and MUA's by Intense Make-up Artists both agencies were formed out of London Speedlite Scene

http://www.intensemua.com/

http://www.elect-models.com/

http://www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk/

Location - http://avalonshoreditch.com/

If you missed my images from the first LSS meet up I attended at Ingatestone Hall you can view them here, otherwise please enjoy my Avalon selection....

Lingerie shoot in Essex from a few years back | Gavin Conlan UK Wedding & Portrait Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com

As I mentioned previously I've been going through some of my old shoots and re-editing them to co-inside with my latest post processing techniques.

This shoot is approx 3 to 4 years old and it was the first time I had ever shot lingerie, it shot at home back in the day before I owned the Lastolite Hi-lite background. I ended up using a white cloth background in the dining room held together with cloth pegs to capture the "studio" style shots.  

I've never been that keen on shooting in a studio environment there's just something about location shooting that I love and the challenges it can bring.  The outdoor shots were all taken in the woods near my house, we found this great tree trunk that had been cut down and decided to use it as the prop (as you can see :).  

Looking back now I wish I had taken more variations of this location but I remember at the time I was so concentrating on the lighting that I just got carried away....

I have never used any of these images until today they have sat gathering dust on my harddrives, that's the thing with digital photography if your not careful images just get lost on drives.

Anyway I really hope you enjoy viewing them.  All shots were lit using nikon speedlights shot through umbrellas and a ezybox softbox, daylight and captured on my nikon D200 camera....

Portrait Photography at Ingatestone Hall, Essex www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

A couple of weeks ago I attended my first London Speedlite Scene meet up, I've followed the group for a while now on facebook and they put together fantastic monthly meet ups.  The Ingatestone Hall meet up was perfect for me being fairly close to where I live and by the fact that I've wanted to do a shoot there for a long time.

I honestly didn't know what to expect from the day I went there with a completely open mind and my god it was awesome, everyone made me feel really welcome and it was such a great laugh.  The LSS put so much effort into these meet ups and whether your a photographer, model or Make Up Artist/Stylist you get so much out of it - everyone was awesome.... 

A HUGE thank you to all the models and make up artists because without all your efforts nothing would be possible. The models were provided by Elect Model Management and MUA's by Intense Make-up Artists both agencies formed out of the London Speedlite Scene, please check out the links below;

http://www.intensemua.com/

http://www.elect-models.com/

http://www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk/

I've put together a selection of my images from the day, I hope you enjoy them.  If you would like to view more then you can do so via my facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/gavinconlanphotography.

I really can't wait until January's meet up, the location looks amazing in Shoreditch and it'll be great to catch up with everyone again.

gavin conlan photography facebook fan page is NOW live | www.gavinconlan.com

FINALLY....... after many many debates I've finally been convinced to create my very own facebook fan page for gavin conlan photography, I've been using facebook personally for years now and I was always a firm believer of using my personal account for both day to day usage and my photography.  To be honest I've never really got into the habit of posting imagery on facebook so now this fan page has given me a fresh start and I really do plan on showcasing my work a lot more often on here.  It'll also contain links to my journal so you'll be able to access my latest blog postings through the page.

I'm really promising to keep the page up to date and I really hope you enjoy viewing the fan page over the coming months as it evolves......... and IF I'm really lucky then you might even consider liking the page as I need to get to 25 fans to be able to give it it's own personal web address ...lol...

The image below is from my fan page and you can click here to go directly to the page....

Photo shoot with Miriam in Shoreditch London | www.gavinconlan.com

Well its been over a month since my last post so I'm thinking it's about time I show you some more work.  

I'm planning on posting at least once a week from now on whether it's through images or useful information as I've been working through a backlog of edits so I do have lots to share with you.

Back in May I did a photo shoot with Miriam, the location chosen was Shoreditch in fact our starting point was the Hoxton Hotel on Great Eastern Street - all the images shot were within a 50 metre radius of the rear of the hotel due to the weather not being very good.  

I hope you enjoy viewing the selection from this shoot....