I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

It has been a year since I stepped into a studio, so it was with some nervousness and excitement that I made my way to Simulacra Studios in Brixton for a shoot based on the 1901 film "A trip to the moon".

I was rather looking forward to this shoot, as I am a huge comics fan, and the chance to shoot a model dressed as Catwoman was too good to pass up.

I recently attended the Advanced Studio Lighting course run by the London Photographic Meetup Group.

A few quick images I did today with a manual cable release, tripod and single studio light with soft-box

This was a meetup of the Alternative Photographer and Models Meetup Group focused on tattoos.

This was a workshop with the Lightspot meetup group, run by TechnicalBoy at his Studio in Netil House, Hackney

I spent some of this afternoon shooting in TechnicalBoy's studio in hackney. This was part of his new Meetup Group Light Spot Studio Photography As part of his group session, he arranged for us to have an hour-long session with a model. We were working with the lovely Ella De Vine.

This was a shoot in the north London studio Adrian Pini's Studio, near Brent Cross tube station. The studio itself is in a warehouse district which presents a lot of opportunities for non-studio images to be taken alongside the studio work.

Sunday 23rd at Westbourne Park was a Giants Photoshoot, playing with perspective and wide-angle lenses. There were three models, two girls and a guy.

Interesting concept for a shoot and one with a potential for a lot of stock photos. Primarily male models. The shoot took place along Leadenhall street, an old stomping ground of mine I know well, which was useful for finding good locations.

Walking the streets of London as a meetup, we used locations and props with four models to create a vibe from the 1980s.

For a long time, I personally found that this was my best work. I spent quite some time doing small edits in the backgrounds to remove a couple of areas of overexposure. I really like the composition here…

This image was taken as part of the "Recreating Famous Photographs" shoot, but was done once we were happy we had the needed images.

This was my first shoot with models, Laurie was energetic. He would climb fences, boxes or anything else.