I caught up with Becky this week and she has been busy on the catwalk launching Bra’s’n’  things Summer range and doing a lot of promotional work in Sydney for many high profile companies. Becky thrives on hard work and markets herself very well.

Becky is really excited about her current project and is working very had training getting ready for an international modeling competition in Singapore so we wish her the best of luck for the next couple of months.

Many of our Miss Surfest girls recognised Becky in our studio and aspire to follow in her foot steps.  I tell the girls that not only is Becky a stunning beautiful girl but she is a really beautiful person on the inside, very sweet and down to earth which I think makes her natural beauty shine.

Have a look at the stunning images Brent shot for Becky that remain in her portfolio.

This is the 2nd time I have worked with Nicole. We photographed her model portfolio about a month ago and I was really impressed with her enthusiasm and style. Well done Nicole!!!

Below are the images that go on the website, they are cropped below the nose to focus on the clothing and not the model.

Here is another cropped image for the website.

In the planning meeting Nat explained to us that she wanted to use the photo shoot to use for her portfolio. Nat wanted to break a little with the traditional shots and get a little creative. Together we created several different scenarios. The Hitchhiker worked really well and  one of my favorite shots of Nat was to the old derelict  world war 2 gunning tower on Tomaree Headland at shoal bay.

The very talanted Kim from Blush Brides did Nat’s make up. Kim has been in the industy for years and true talent in making women glow.   Kim spent hours with us on the modeling shoots and works closely with Brent during the shoot to make sure our models are looking fresh and beautiful.

Nat was great fun to work with and I am sure you’ll agree that Brent created amazing art for Nat’s portfolio. We wish Nat the best of luck in her very bright future and we look forward to working with her again.

After the hair and makeup was done, we started in the studio with some really nice – soft light – closeups, then used our swing for more arty type images. Nicole has worked really hard on her physique in the past year and I really wanted to show this in these images. I used hard light with shadows to emphasis her hard belly.

We ended up going to shoal bay and shooting on the beach under the wharf, and then headed for zenith beach and got the final images in the surf. Nicole picked up her model portfolio and CD of images last week before the Easter holidays and was totally thrilled.

Good luck in your career Nicole….I think you have what it takes to succeed. Brent

This was her first professional modeling shoot, naturally she was a little nervous at the start. As usual Brent and his assistant Alex with their laid back attitude were able to work with Tamara, showing her the ropes and letting her view some images as they went. Tamara could see the amazing images that we being produced, with that her confidence soared and I think you will agree that Brent has captured the true essence of this young woman.

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Karen Bellchambers

The wind outside was gale-force so all the usual model portfolio locations in port stephens were out of the question. I love going to the stockton dunes to shoot models, but we would have been sand blasted. We decided to use the studio for as long as we could then go down to one of the protected beaches near shoal bay.

Because Anita has dark hair I decided to use my white backdrop in the studio. I only used 1 light to give a more artistic feel to the images…and make the white backdrop darker.

Alana (my makeup artist) came over and we decided to add some gold leaf to her face, and give her a spanish look. I had Anita dance for me in the studio and we got this stunning image….below.

Anita came to the shoot with a calm yet enthusiatic nature. She was really focused during the shoot and had a lot of fun dancing in the spanish outfit. She is an easy model to work with and had no problems getting into poses and holding them (while I moved lights around to get the best lighting). Alana helped me in the studio by doing last minute touchups to her hair and makeup, as well as holding the gold reflector to reflect light into Anitas face while she was backlit. Loved working with Anita as well as Alana, both are passionate about what they do….and it always comes out in the images. Also, a bit thanks to Alex for editing these images. Well done…. Brent

This last image was shot about 20 minutes after sunset at zenith beach. My camera was having problems focusing – it was that dark, but we still managed to capture this. Didn’t have time to set up my off camera lights – what a pity.

 After having her hair and makeup done (Eleanor with her Young Blood makeup), we did the studio shoot first with a black background. Makes sense cause Becky is blonde, and I wanted a nice clean background. We were focusing on Beckys great look, as well as showing off some of the jewellery that Alisha brought over from Bayside Jewellers.

We were looking for the “just jeans” look. There were 3 woman plus me in the studio, so I stepped out while Becky got pampered and was comfortable enough to be photographed (had her hands in the right places). We tried a few poses, I adjusted the lighting to give a more artisitc look with soft lighting on her right hand side but dark shadow on her left. I also used the kicker light behind her left side to accentuate her great mid section. Becky is a natural poser and after she got comfortable with me in the room, there wasn’t too much instruction from me. I noticed she liked the glamour poses, where I tried to get her into the more artisitc poses.

Once we had the right shots from the studio, we headed for the dunes about 5 minutes drive from my studio. This is one of my favourite places to shoot, every time I go there they have changed. We hiked up the tallest dune carrying clothing, jewellery, camera equipment plus my off-camera lighting kit. This lighting kit is key to creating stunning images when shooting into the sun and after the sun sets. Notice all of my images have side lighting.

We tried a few poses, then I asked Becky to dance and jump for me. Loved the shots we got with the last light from the sun touching the clouds in the background plus my off-camera lights illuminating Becky in a flattering side lighting angle.