Barrie

I love photography, I love the creative, the ability to find and create beautiful imagery in the everyday. 
My work is changing, evolving and I believe improving with practice.  I don't want to become pigeon holed like some photographers have, so while I love the glamour that can be found in Gothic and even in Fetish I want to shoot more styles using more types of models.  Over the past year I've started to shoot individual portraiture and boudoir photography for paying clients, this has shown me the need to be able to work with more than just young attractive hard bodies, larger girls are beautiful too as are older ladies and yes even men!  These portraits are shot for a client so they're not shown by me unless the client gives me expressed permission to do so.

My formal training goes back to the old days of film photography.  I studied photography and media studies in high school and was awarded the prize for Top of the school in Media Studies I then went on to earn my Viva in the Media And Personal Skills course in 1986.  Unlike other more creative training courses we were being trained to work as photographers, cinematographers and the like, to work for a client, not just for ourselves.  I find myself falling back on this today, and as such I am very happy to work to a models or clients requirements.  Bring me your ideas and I'll work with them to achieve the images you're after.
I've also had help from other photographers and friends over the years, and continue to look for workshops and training that I can do to improve my technique.

My influences are many and varied and as such I won't list them here although I do love the innocence in the early Bettie Page photos and have a soft spot for the retro stylings of Dita Von Teese.

I am open to your ideas, and welcome them. 
If you're a model have an idea you want to shoot it, then let me know, if I'm able we will create art together.

UPDATE...
My individual portraiture is slowly starting to build and I'm starting to accept more and more paid shoots, unfortunately paid shoots come before TFP shoots.