It's so nice to finally have our own space for photos, not least when I can pretty much shoot from my own chair now whilst sat at the computer! Over the last month we've already taken plenty of photos ourselves, had a couple of models over and also a couple of photographers... things seem to be going well! Here are a few snaps of our own... (with www.xeniamodel.co.uk)

On one of my last days in Oxford, before moving back north, I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Sara. For a first time model, I've never known anyone so bubbly, confident and good with looking natural in front of the camera... I can't wait to shoot with her again, should the opportunity ever arise! Here are a few snaps from the day... 

We just moved back to Sheffield and found a beautiful two floor flat that we have, over the last month, turned into our own little studio space. It has a big bay window, with wooden floorboards, loads of big white walls and a beautiful attic bedroom with two large skylights... we then went and bought a black backdrop to go with the lights that I already own - to pretty much complete the whole setup... 

Having taken some photos last year, we arranged something new and a bit different on a very cold day in Darlington. We decided to shoot some lingerie in a car park, with plenty of people milling around, and the puddles still frozen... so it was a pretty cold shoot for poor Katy. She nailed it though, as ever... 

This is a weird one... last autumn we were on our way to Headington shops in Oxford and we spotted this beautiful woman. Without my camera bag, I had no business cards or anything, so it felt like an opportunity missed... but little did I know that she would be working at the pub in the city centre later that evening for the pub quiz. 

An almost impossible coincidence, but a very good one. There was no mistake made the second time, and thankfully she was happy to have some photos taken and couldn't have been better! We had a great couple of hours wandering around, looking at new locations as the light faded and she was such a natural smiler, but serious when needed. 

Last October we were asked to shoot some clothes for The Quatermaster, in an AirBnb near oxford... with a few outfits to shoot and plenty of beautiful rooms, we shot through the requirements and had a bit of spare time to shoot our own things too...

In the summers of my MPhys degree, back in 2007-2011, I spent every day wandering the streets of York taking photographs of strangers and enjoying the many talented buskers that the city had back then. In around 2010, NYBB suddenly turned up and always got huge crowds, and it was a joy to watch them from the very start. Since then, they've become a little more famous and it's a rarity to see them on the streets these days, so when I heard they were coming back to York I was on it... only to find out that they'd sold out. Luckily, a cheeky email begging for a couple of tickets led to me taking a few photos of them just before Christmas... 

It had been a while since I took some photos of Oliver, but Laura and Mark dragged me along to Thorpe Perrow arboretum on a lovely autumn afternoon to finally get some more snaps...

For some reason, Oliver was not in any mood to play along - being pretty grumpy the whole time... but still, over the couple of hours we managed to find a few happy moments!

After wanting to shoot this kind of thing for a long time, me and Xenia managed to find a quick hour in a very busy weekend to do it... I got everything packed, even packed my lights and things (a rarity for me, I just love natural light) and we rushed out to the location to get this all done. Then we encountered a bit of a problem...