Our new website is now live @ Yerbury Gallery and has full details of our workshop schedule.

Devoted to our Fine Art Nude work with information about upcoming workshops and seminars here in the UK and overseas. In addition we have several image galleries from where prints can be purchased and our new Print of the Month where we offer 12 monthly images each year at a special online price.

From a session last week. Limited Edition prints of this and many other images will be available on our new website due January 2012. Hair and styling by Faye as always.

Faye and I have spent the weekend in the company of 10 fellow photographers judging the annual print awards and I must say that we are delighted with the results and look forward to see the looks on the faces of the winners as they are announced at the gala dinner on the Sunday the 15th of January at the Novotel in London. We are hosting 3 Super Classes, 1 of which sold out within day’s of it being announced back in August, but we still have a couple of places left of the remaining 2 classes. The Passion of the Portrait on Friday the 13th of January will cover some aspects of business, marketing and branding but will also demonstrate the simple lighting that we use in the majority of our portraits and the equipment that we use. The image below was produced in our small studio last week when we flew Jacinta over from Malta.  Lit with a simple Bowens head fitted with a soft box and Faye holding a small reflector camera left. Nothing fancy, nothing difficult just simple effective lighting. If you wish to see how this image was created and to reserve one of the few places remaining then please contact the SWPP directly.

We have been so busy recently, and shortly about to travel to Cologne to give a couple of workshops, that we have not even mentioned our recent trip to the beautiful island of Malta to help celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the MIPP. This image was created by Faye during one of the 3 workshop we held within the hotel. More images later and also a report on our NAKED RUINS exhibition at the Gallery Pi in Valletta. A great opening night with over half the images sold but more of that later.

While gathering some work for our forthcoming trip back to Malta I came across this image which was taken on a PTO (George Dawber) workshop in Tunisia back in 1996/7.

From the recent session.

Monday saw us back at one of our favourite venues, Maunsel House in North Somerset. The Art Nude workshop was a great success despite the weather looking pretty dismal at 8.00am as the rain came down and the wind blew however by 10.00am it was improving and we spent the first part of the day using the wonderful interior sets that Maunsel offers. By lunch time a vast improvement and a rising thermometer made the outdoors a certainty for the afternoon session when we got to use all our favourite locations in and around the house. This image, taken straight from the camera converted to B&W with some tone added and spotting, was made on the lawn at Maunsel where a new swing had been added to the outdoor attractions. More images are being processed by us both so more on here and on FB from the Art Nude day and also the Wedding Workshop day that followed on Tuesday. Thanks again to all our delegates over the 2 days you were all a pleasure and delight to work with and we hope that your time spent with us will benefit your photography in the years to come.

Our Fine Art Nude workshop on Monday the 30th of May will be held in the house and grounds of the stunning Maunsel House near Bridgwater for which we have exclusive use. We will be working with 2 of our most favourite Art Nude models including the fabulous Ulorin Vex who has been the subject of many of our recent, award winning, images and have appeared in many magazines and books. The course fee is £395 and this included refreshments throughout the day, a fabulous lunch in Maunsel House, model fees and in addition each delegate will receive a £100 voucher from our very generous sponsors, Loxley, to be used against any of their products.

We are only hosting a couple of Art Nude workshops in the UK this year as we will then be traveling abroad with our programme so don’t delay in reserving one of the 3  places left.

Finally an image of Z our other model for the afternoon session. Once again, and if you were there you saw it for yourselves, one light, one softbox and one camera with a prime lens. Can a portrait be any more simple but effective.