Background paper for studios is so damn expensive, it's always a case of weighing up just HOW many shoots you'd actually do on a colour called "ultramarine"

Happy birthday to cosplay legend Boxstara! Shot here last year as Ann from Persona 5

Brooke, shot way back in 2015. Man, I've been doing this a while!

A trio of phenomenal stage costumes by burlesque designer Flo Foxworthy (who is these days best known for her costume work on films such as AVATAR, GHOST IN THE SHELL, and PREDATOR: BADLANDS), modelled by Tian Gan, Sophia Dainty, and Kafka Meridian.

The amazing Jess from Altitude Pole - shot with some coloured gel strobes! #poledancer #poledancing #polefitness #polephotography #poledancephotography

Jade Wang, Auckland, 2022

Shot a couple of weeks back in my studio - model Nakita Fox.

This was an outfit made in a costume workshop taught by Nadine Jaggi. It is mostly made of...cardboard toilet rolls. The students all sat around and drank and cheered while we shot it, which was a fun time. Model is actor/director/talented person Kimre Viviers.

Nobody ever tells you that getting a photo studio space means you spend a lot of time cleaning the floor

Shooting at sunset in Palmerston North, New Zealand with model and PhD student, Ivy Dragon #photography #bikini #swimsuit #glamourphotography

Sophia Dainty, Palmerston North, 2021 This was part of the promo for my debut exhibition, MUSE. I really want to do another - just need to figure out a theme, shoot all the images, get them all printed, and put on the exhibition. Easy, then!

Bettie Pagan being, as she put it, "spooky". I'm sure you'd all run away...

Finally cleared my "room full of props" into being an actual, functional, changing room for clients. I feel like a proper grown-up photographer! Almost.

Kafka Meridian, Wellington, 2019

You know you haven't been shooting for a few weeks when you have one day back on it and your calves hurt...

Flashback to shooting with Playboy model Amy Lee Summers way back in, uh, 2019? I think?

Sarah Harris & Sophie Burnside, shot waaayy back in 2016 or so! But hey, it's summer, I needed something summery!

Throwing water over Nakita Fox in the Wellington CBD.

"auctoritas non veritas facit legem" Model: Rachel Hase

That time we painted Sarah Louise with gold and glitter...

Some classic clamshell beauty shots of classic beauty @playful-hazel.bsky.social. I have seen people do clamshell lighting with a reflector, but I prefer two lights (there's a third edgelight here) for full control over balancing the shadows.

Shooting Lilli Grace in Upper Hutt, on a rare sunny day!

Melbourne star Haylee Adams, shot waaaay back in 2017

Cathy-Leigh Pereira, Wellington, 2016(!)

When your model is a Star Trek fan and you want to work it into the shoot! (With the amazing Bettie Pagan)

Making a mess of Nakita Fox, back in 2021.

This shoot was in a pool in an apartment building. The problem was that all the walls were glass and we ended up building a bit of an audience from the buildings either side! The model is the fabulous Venus Starr.

I've been slowly putting together a home studio. Recently, I added blinds to the windows, and today, I assembled a couple of benches. Now people don't have to put all their shit on the floor! Bonus!

One of my fave looks in the studio is moving the model well away from a white wall and putting lights close to them. It means the wall falls off to grey, without shadows. I really dig the clean look, especially if the outfit colours are kept minimal. This is Wellington model Mercy May, by the way!

Throwback to that time model Sophia Dainty got in a pool at 1am. I mean, it would be rude NOT to take photos, right?

Brooke, Wellington, 2016

From the first time I photographed Nakita Fox and she explained to me that she, "didn't know how to shoot with clothes on."

Had a shoot at Altitude Pole here in North Palms and shot 13 people in a row with lots of colours and energetic-looking moves. Here's an example of the sort of stuff shot - this is the amazing Jess!

@mathew1988ad.bsky.social requested some Nakita Fox, so here you go!

Sam Alexander, Wellington, 2022

Amber Appletini as the Bride of Frankenstein, with hair and make-up by Rachel Massey. This was a full DECADE ago. God, I've been doing this crap way too long!

Flashback to shooting @skylarleigh.bsky.social wearing black tape courtesy of MUA Robyn Holland. This was in a really cool studio space at Trentham Racecourse that I shot a lot in. It had all sorts of corners and floors and rooms that gave loads of options. I miss it!

Some Sophia Dainty for your weekend! Shot on Raumati Beach a few years back...

This shot of Instagram queen Sarah Harris was as simple as it looks - no lights, no modifiers. I was just on the balcony of the location, looked down at the pool and thought there was a good shot there! Fortunately, Sarah had a blue swimsuit with her, so we were good to go!

The incredible duo of @skylarleigh.bsky.social and @honeyblake.bsky.social shot at the beach last year - you know, back when the weather wasn't freezing like it is right now!

Another shot of Boxstara from last weekend, this time highlighting their second costume - Ann from PERSONA 5. #cosplay #cosplayer #annpersona5 #annpersona5cosplay #persona5cosplay #anncosplay #persona5

Fresh off the camera sensor - from a shoot with cosplay legend Boxstara on the weekend, as Ryuko from KILL LA KILL. #ryuko #killlakill #ryukocosplay #killlakillcosplay #cosplay #cosplayphotography

When I was going to shoot Jade Wang in Auckland a couple of years back, she said she might bring an outfit that was "a little different". Yeah, it was.

A bit more from Rachel Hase's birthday shoot - she always rocks up with the BEST outfits! Her suitcase weighed a tonne and I think most of it was metal chains, to be honest. This is a four light set up - including one hidden right behind Rach with a yellow gel on it for the sunburst effect.

It was Rachel Hase's birthday on Sunday, so we did a photo shoot to celebrate. She dressed as a nun in pasties. As you do.

This was for lingerie designed by Weta costumier Flo Foxworthy - the idea was a trio of forest witches. This shot was actually taken in the middle of a sunny day - the benefit of using ridiculously overpowered lights means you can stop right down and make everything dark!

This shot of Sophia was taken in my lounge at the end of a long shoot, when we were both exhausted. It was about 2am, but we were damned if we were going to stop without getting the Coke cup falling exactly the right way. It took AGES. It is now a long-running in-joke for us being fucking stupid.

"Dangeous Ideas" A conceptual shoot with model Nakita Fox. Who was trusting enough to handle weird direction like "now hold up this light bulb in the same spot". #art #artphotography #conceptphotography #photography

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Alexia Rose, shot in Wellington a few years back with my old nemesis...mirrors.