I’ve been really busy at the minute (sorry blog for not keeping up:) Monday I was shooting a new slot machine for ‘Carnaby Gaming’ advertising for the upcoming show in London. It was all a bit manic but we had help from Polish model Monika, who added a bit of glamour to the shoot. Monika ended up staying for a few hours after the shoot had wrapped, so we shot a few extra frames more.

On Friday it snowed and snowed in Bridlington (and the rest of the UK …I know) Chelsey came over for a portfolio update shoot while the snow was here. We made use of her small collection of Russian hats. The shoot went really well in the short time we had before we froze :) although this worked to my advantage with the steam emanating on some of the shots.

Hi Guys, I’m back again and in full swing after the holidays. We have got loads of new things planned for the coming weeks so be sure to keep up to date with the blog, meanwhile I was out on Saturday shooting Sewerby hall with all the snow and got some shots of all the people using the perfect slopes of the gardens for sledging.

Wishing you all a merry christmas and a very happy new year.

Boudoir photography is taking over the world (apparently:) We are getting more and more requests for this more intimate style. . At Gallerino we aim to make Boudoir the ‘must-have’ shoot for 18+ crowd, not to be confused with the slightly dubious ‘glamour’ shoots of the past. ‘Boudoir revolution’ is our newest offering with no half measures, it includes Makeup and Hair Stylist, up to 4 outfit changes and full use of our Boudoir suite. the shoot lends itself more to Maxim and FHM with high end techniques in posing, photography and retouching, available to all women of all shapes and sizes,18 and over.  We will be tackling this full force in the new year, so until then here’s a few shots of Lindsay who came over from Hornsea to help us promote this new side of our business and give you a taster.

It’s that time again, Xmas comes round all too quickly for most… me included.

Last order dates for our different products are as follow:

• Books, 5th December
• Bespoke Framed Prints 5th December
• Prints (mounted and unmounted) 15th December
• Disks (Hi-Res) 21st December.

Our Xmas opening times are slightly different and as follows:

• Xmas eve 9.30am–(closed between 12pm-3pm)-6pm (later opening for those last minute vouchers)
• Xmas day- till-28th December-closed
• 29th- open as usual
• 30th open as usual
• 31st New years eve 9.30am-4pm
• New years day- closed
• Open from 2nd January as usual.

On Sunday morning ( I know…what was I thinking) I was out at the North Yorkshire village of Brompton by Sawdon, just down the road from West Ayton, for the Trash the dress session with Jamie and Debbie. As usual the weather was going to be the deciding factor on this shoot, being the end of November I can only assume it’s not going to be warm, but as long as it didn’t chuck it down with rain, the shoot would go ahead. The couple needed a little persuasion to come out in the bitterly cold morning, once out though Debbie ‘worked it’ with Jamie standing by with a warm coat between shots. The whole shoot went well…until we got to the stream pictures, I managed to drop a ‘pocket wizard’ flash transceiver into the fast moving water :( Luckily my trusty assistant (my wife) jumped in after it, as I didn’t bring my wellies (well that was my excuse:)

I got a nice surprise this morning when copies of Litebook magazine came through the post. Litebook is an industry magazine produced by Bowens international, the company that makes some of the most versatile lighting equipment in the world. Gallerino studio uses 95% Bowens kit for the studio and location work seen in this blog. I’m really happy with the article in the ‘Your space’ section, with no less than 4 pages dedicated to my work :). Copies will be available as an addition to most professional photography magazines, alternatively an online copy can be seen here:

http://www.bowens.co.uk/litebook/

A couple of weeks ago I had a photo-session with Sam, which was to help with his entry for Galaxy F.Ms (Yorkshire)  Manhunt 2010 calendar. A genuinely nice bloke Sam had been working out and ‘eating right’ for the weeks leading up to the shoot, I think anyone would agree he is in good shape. Sam made it through to the top 20, over hundreds of other entries, now he needs ‘you’ to vote so that he makes it in to the Calendar.

You can vote here:

http://www.galaxyyorkshire.co.uk/manhunt-2010-6740

Saturday was Mikey and Chantelle’s wedding at Sewerby hall. I had loads of fun with these guys, I’ve photographed them as a family with their little girl Hannah as well as various other projects with ‘Pins and Needles’ the tattoo shop were Mikey ‘inks’ half of Bridlington. The day went very smoothly and the couple were enthusiastic and came up with a few of the shots themselves. The converse all stars were a nice twist on the traditional wedding attire.

It looks as though I’m doing a lot of videos just recently, in fact I shot most of them months ago and have only just finished the editing on them.

Into the sunlight from Ben Walker on Vimeo.