30th September – 3rd October 2010

We will be working in the stunning Qunita dos Penedos near Sintra on day 1 and at Guinchos Beach on Day 2 with an optional shoot on the morning of Day 3. Limited to 12 delegates who will be working with 3 of our favourite Art Nude models. Images of this wonderful venue below. Cheap return flights can be booked now so don’t delay in reserving your place. We will all be staying at http://www.saboiaestorilhotel.com where excellent room rates have been agreed. Email trevor@yerburystudio.com for full details of this unique workshop organised in association with Wildhighlander Events.

Our Art Nude workshop on Sunday was one of those days where everything came together perfectly. Wonderful delegates, a Professor a Physiatrist an HM Schools Inspector and a Senior Partner in a very large accountancy firm. The weather, apart from a brief shower in the morning, was perfect, our ruined venue was stunningly peaceful and Rebecca our model for the day was excellent and brought high praise from all of our delegates for her input to their images. Faye once again provided a sumptuous picnic lunch for us all as well as styling Rebecca’s hair.

During the day we moved to several locations in and around the ruin and each of our delegates had plenty of opportunities to work one to one posing and directing Rebecca while Faye and myself were on hand to offer guidance and help if required.

Feedback from our new friends:

Dear Trevor and Faye,

Thanks so much for a terrific day at your art nude workshop – it was well organised yet relaxed, great company and was an extremely pleasurable way to learn. Your location was stunning, with way too much inspiration for one day, and Rebecca Amy was a real diamond!

I hope to see you both again soon for another workshop and will forward a few images when I get back to home later in the week.

Thanks again for your wonderful hospitality.

HI Trevor & Faye,

Just a quick note to say thank you so very much for an inspiring day’s workshop yesterday. I had a thoroughly enjoyable time altogether not just learning from your vast knowledge and experience but enjoying meeting you, Faye, Rebecca Amy and my fellow delegates.

Rebecca Amy was indeed hugely patient and very willing to try out our schemes for her. She was just a delight to work with. Faye was superb at directing Rebecca Amy’s poses. You were always offering up suggestions for potential shots and yet never making any of us feel that ours weren’t worth trying out; indeed positively encouraging us to experiment. We were blessed with the ideal weather and light conditions and the venue was just brilliant – everywhere you turned you were greeted with an abundance of backdrops and shooting opportunities. I know I came back with some great shots but equally importantly, with some lovely memories of the day. What an enjoyable way to learn and practise!

Thank you very much indeed for organising such a fantastic experience.

With my best wishes,

Dear Trevor and Faye

Thank you for another wonderful day yesterday.  I learn so much every time I am out with you both and have so much fun whilst doing so.

I’ve attached a few of my images to let you see – can’t wait to see a yours on your blog.

Some of our images from the day. This image was created at the begining of the workshop. I just loved Rebecca’s relaxed pose, the ruines building, distressed door and that massive ivy clad wall.

If I had to come away from the day with only one image then this would be the image for me. I had seen the location on our last visit but we did not have the time to use it so Rebecca was the lucky model to help me interpret what I had visualised. You can read many things into this image as our delegates will attest to however I leave that to the viewer to create his or her own story.

A calm, gentle and serene image of Rebecca. The light was just perfect making her skin appear as soft and creamy as that of an alabaster statue.

Colin set this image up but when I saw how Rebecca looked it reminded me of an image from the 1930’s.

Another image that can tell the viewer many stories, why is she sitting looking outwards from her ruined castle? Is she really there or just a ghost from the past looking for …….

Rebecca crouching in a fireplace, there were many little nooks and crannies for us to use throughout.

Trevor set up this shot from the outside, I stayed inside and took the opportunity to catch the wonderful light shining on the skin.

Terry chose this fabulous corner to shoot in, the top light was amazing, so when he finished I made this image for myself.

Doors always make superb  props and backdrops and this one is no exception as John discovered, the height complimenting Rebecca’s petite frame.

Archways all over the place, the whole building is formed around them, they obviously made beautiful hallways, until the fire destroyed the fabric, leaving the shell of walls standing.

Down in the cellars the small doorways had to be used as a landscape, with Rebecca coming in from the right.

Trevor and Rebecca taking time out.

Susan,s choice of  this shot is very sculptural.

Colin actually putting himself into the pose he wants Rebecca to adopt.

Our picnic in the wonderful sunshine was appreciated by all.

We came across two gorgeous little Kestrels, still with the furry down on their feathers, not yet flying and they allowed us to be up close to them, this one never moved all the time we were taking shots in the area.

After a delightful morning spent pottering in the garden this afternoon we had arranged to work with a new model. These are the results from a very brief test session in one of our favourite locations near to our house. Looks like this could be a very creative relationship in the making!

Juts a reminder that places are filling fast for our Art Nude workshop to be held in the house and grounds of Maunsel House – North Somerset on Tuesday the 14th of September. Only 10 places of which 5 have now been reserved.

We are delighted to announce 2 new dates for our Art Nude workshops. The first will take place on Sunday the 29th of August here at Claremont and out on location. The second will be hosted at Maunsel House in North Somerset on Tuesday the 14th of September. Each will run from 10.00am until 4.30pm with an hour for lunch. The Claremont workshop will host 4 delegates while the Maunsel will host 8 delegates with 2 models. Further information and to book your place with a 50% reservation fee please email trevor@yerburystudio.com

Today’s image is one of mine from our last Art Nude workshop here @ Claremont with our model Christiane.

Although we have been very busy Faye and I have managed to process another couple of images from last weekends workshop.

Today we once again have an image from each of us. My image first this time, stunning location enhanced by the powerful body shape against the decaying and paint peeling stable doorway. All the technical information is as yesterday, camera and lens only!

And now Faye’s image taken deep inside the ruins. A softer, more ballet inspired pose and in what stunning surroundings.

Saturday saw us hosting another small, intimate, Art Nude workshop. Excellent delegates, photographers that cared deeply about seeing, visualising and creating an image rather than how many cards they could fill. I do so wish other professional photographers would take the hint! Our model for the day was the wonderful Christiane, one of the top Art Nude models of today.  Our location, our secret I am afraid, is a photographers dream so no guessing we will be back there very soon as this was the first time we had shot there. The weather, though a bit blustery and at times bright, held for most of the day and we enjoyed one of Faye’s fabulous picnics complete with wicker hampers and tartan rugs. We have several exhibition images from the day and will slowly work on them over the next few days, weeks and months. We have worked a couple of images today which we have posted below. Our next Art Nude workshop is on Sunday the 27th of June, 4 delegates only and we have one place still available so if you are interested please email trevor@yerburystudio.com

This is Faye’s image from one of the indoor locations we used. Shot on a D300 with a 24mm-70mm lens. No additional lighting.

My image is using the exterior of the building. Shot on a D700 85mm lens. No reflector or additional lighting used.

Many of you will have seen 6 images from this series which were exhibited on the BOWENS stand at Focus earlier this year. We have done more sessions since then and have several more images to add to the portfolio which will hopefully be complete by the end of the summer. We have a couple of places left on our Fine Art Nude workshop which takes place here at Claremont on Sunday the 27th of June so if you are interested please drop us an email. We will be shooting in the woods and at a ruined mansion so it promises to be a great day. The model for this image was Holly.

We are spending the next several days sourcing and collating images from our extensive archive. After that an office upgrade and installing our new neg scanner and a new Epson Pro 3880 which will allow us to offer clients a larger image print and if this is successful then we will go up to the 24″ printer, perhaps later this year. Today’s image is another long time favourite and taken, I think, around 1987 again using the same Hasselblad and film combination.

Today’s images is another from the archives. Original shot on a Hasselblad with a 150mm lens onto TMax100 stock. A daylight shot, no reflectors or other gizmos.  One of our favourite models of all time and still a wonderful and much loved friend.