liquid visions... http://somaphotos.com/blog London-Based Fashion, Beauty and Advertising Photographer Hugh O'Malley Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:28:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 HughOmalleyFashionPhotographerLondonhttp://feedburner.google.com Shoot for Britain’s Next Top Model http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HughOmalleyFashionPhotographerLondon/~3/wOWgt2pt68Q/ http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=631#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:28:17 +0000 hughomalley http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=631 Britain's Next Top Model Joy Beauty Shoot

I shot for the latest cycle of Britain’s Next Top Model earlier this year. The show is hosted by Elle MacPherson this season.

I shot a very simple beauty shoot for Revlon at their headquarters – Revlon House – in Camden. At this point the competition was down to 6 girls: Alisha, Amelia, Charlotte, Joy, Olivia and Tiffany.

Shooting for TV is always a bit surreal and somewhat detached from the normal shoots that I conduct. When i normally shoot beauty, I spend some time talking to the model beforehand to build rapport and trust and ensure them I have their best interests at heart. We work as a team with hair and makeup and we play music to create an atmosphere, chat and there is no-one extra on set who doesn’t need to be there.

When you’re shooting for TV, you have 10 minutes with a model you have had zero contact with and who for the most part have never done a beauty shoot before in their life. The girls have very little time to interpret the brief, there is no music playing and there is a team of about 20-25 people, assistants, tv crew, the people from Revlon watching you and the model as you work in near silence. It feels a bit unreal and it must be worse for the girls.

So under these conditions I don’t expect miracles from the girls but when someone shines through it is a breath of fresh air. Amilia was definitely the girl who gave it the most on the day and it was a joy to work with her. Some of the other girls tried hard but I didn’t feel that oomph from them. I feel that Joy was definitely the most beautiful of the group and with experience I think she could have a great career as a model.

Video Here:

All in all it was a very enjoyable experience and the people at Revlon were a joy to work with. And if you go to the BNTM site today, my image of Joy (above) is photograph of the week.

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I was very excited to receive a visit from George Eko, the editor of Labb Magazine. George was in town to help out with distribution of the latest edition of Labb which is available in magazine stores throughout London. The magazine looks gorgeous, is printed immaculately, colour rendition is perfect and the content is lush. I also wrote an article: ‘Fashion Photography is dead, long live Fashion Photography, Viva la Revolucion’ which was published in the magazine. George is a pleasure to work with and is keen to support emerging talent in the industry. I hope to work more with him on upcoming issues!

I have 2x editorials in this issue.

This menswear editorial was styled by Samuel Joseph Smith: pieces by soon to be graduates of the RCA, and also some items by Rick Owens.
Grooming by Alex Gillott
Model: Richie @ Models 1

I also have another story which i blogged about previously which ran in the magazine under the title ‘Lux et Nox’ with a nod to Bill Henson whose work I am a big fan of.

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I took these at Liverpool street. Been interested in camera shake/blur and wanted to try it outside of the studio. Intrigued by the results and want to experiment a little more.

1/2s exposure, f9.0 @ 100iso

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Ohmigod Hugh! This happened aeons ago! This is ancient history already.

]]> http://somaphotos.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=568 0 http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=568 Panoramic view from the Burj Khalifa, Dubai http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HughOmalleyFashionPhotographerLondon/~3/gWNjqWY_10w/ http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=562#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:51:25 +0000 hughomalley http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=562 The Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world. It was originally going to be called the Burj Dubai but the emir of Abu Dhabi bailed out Dubai financially and he got the honour. Dubai has hardly any oil left hence the effort to build it up as a tourist destination. Abu Dhabi has lots of oil. dubai002

]]> http://somaphotos.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=562 0 http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=562 Dubai Panoramic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HughOmalleyFashionPhotographerLondon/~3/dHtFC9Jt9QI/ http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=555#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:48:18 +0000 hughomalley http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=555 this is the view from my sister’s apartment in dubai. Just off Mankhool Road in Bur Dubai. It doesn’t always look like a big car park but it was friday and everyone gets bussed in from the construction sites to visit the Mosque (see the Minaret on the left).

click the image for a larger view.

dubai001 ]]> http://somaphotos.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=555 0 http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=555 My Irish Love… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HughOmalleyFashionPhotographerLondon/~3/-aA792tpajs/ http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=525#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:19:59 +0000 hughomalley http://somaphotos.com/blog/?p=525 a very sweet blog post about my work by Ekaete Inyang who works for Sketchbook Magazine: My Irish Love. Thanks Ekaete, Much appreciated!

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Universities represented included:

Amsterdam Fashion Institute, The Netherlands
AMD Akademie Mode and Design, Hamburg
FHNW Academy of Arts & Design – Institute Fashion Design, Basel
Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology & Design
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

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portraits of Pippa the Rippa… lots of fun…

watch her at work here:

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Makeup by Lauren Baker
Models Dasha and Kordula from Leni’s Model Management

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