March Highlights

March saw me on tour in Scotland and Somerset mainly... Hellllloooooo second home Scotland, old friends and new ones. Love working up there. It's the first place I toured as a full time model at 18 and I've made regular visits ever since! This trip was a lovely mix of people I have worked with numerous times as well as some new ones. Focusing mainly around Edinburgh but I did nip to Dundee too. My last shoot in fact, and from Dundee I drove to the Lake District to meet my partner and then we drove back to Cornwall. Long day. Little Major had a fab time meeting everyone too - thanks to all who welcomed him into their homes/studios.

All round I had a great trip and I'm loving the image I've seen so far... I'll show you in a moment...

The only hindrance was my car blowing up, and has been abandoned in Scotland. I need to go get it fixed so I can continue touring. If any one has been thinking about booking me, and hasn't, anywhere in the UK now would be an awesome time to get in touch, it would really help me.
I was only at home a couple of days before I headed off for a couple of jobs in Somerset, which aside from the insanely stormy weather I had to drive through to get there had no hiccups - hurrah! Thank you!

These shots taken by Brian Millar who was kind enough to host both Major and I for a day in his studio in Edinburgh. Brian is holding a workshop with myself as the model in September. If you'd like to come along contact one of us for more details....

Now a few from Jim in Dundee, somehow we'd managed not to work together before but I am very pleased we have now! Thanks for these shots Jim and for not minding my newly purchased banger sitting outside your place - it's died now by the way! ;) I really love the gentle lighting and the beautiful tones.

Another shoot in Scotland, just outside of Edinburgh is with husband and wife team 'Figure and Form'. I've been working with these two beauts for years now, they are friends and I always look forward to shooting with them at their fabby home studio. This shoot was no different, thanks guys! They've just launched their website, and I urge you to check it out! http://www.oldmansegallery.com/blog/

And now, whizzing to the other end of the country to Somerset! First up a couple from VicPics who kindly welcomed both myself and Major into his home for our shoot together... as usual Major sneaked in on a few shots ;)

Then we dashed off to Studio CC to work with Ghostlight! I LOVED the studio space, I'm going to arrange a studio day there later this year before I move north. If you'd be interested in booking an hour or two get in touch @ madamebink@googlemail.com :)  Ghostlight was fun to work with and we shot ALOT of sets in our time together, and I have never known so many images be put online so quickly - go Ghostlight! There's still a couple of sets to come but here are a few faves so far :)

IMPORTANT DATES - BOOK ME WITH NO TRAVEL COSTS:
- My Lincolnshire Tour Dates are out! These sell FAST. More info HERE. In a nut shell: me as your model, a bunch of locations and big discounts on my rates! Email me now to book your shoot madamebink@googlemail.com

- You can work with me in FRANCE soon! Awesome photography holiday CLICK HERE for details :)

- 9th May - Lion Works Studio Day, Eastbourne. Click the link to book!

- 23rd & 24th May Cottage Studio, click on each date to see remaining time slots and to contact the studio to book your place

BOOK ME WITH A DISCOUNT TO MY USUAL MODEL FEES:
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- Email me to join me on a Tour.... Some places left for:
  Lincolnshire
  Dartmoor
  Cornwall





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G'day England

I'm home!! Can't wait to get shooting again :D My diary looks something like this :

Dates for November:
Tues 2nd - booked with Anita De Bauch, London
Wed 3rd - booked, London
Thurs 4th

Sat 6th [on hold]
Sun 7th [on hold]

Tues 9th - booked art nudwork shop with Julie Lovegrove
Wed 10th
Thurs 11th - booked, Bristol
Fri 12th
Sat 13th
Sun 14th

Mon 15th
Wed 17th
Fri 19th
Sat 20th
Sun 21st - booked, home studio
Mon 22nd - booked, home studio
Tues 23rd - booked home studio

Thurs 25th - booked with Ivory Flame
Fri 26th - London Only
Sat 27th - bookd, London - Adam Robertson portfolio workshop
Sun 28th - booked, London


Rates :
2 hours = £70 [normally £80 SAVING YOU £10]
4 hours = £130 [normally £150 SAVING YOU £20]
6 hours = £170 [normally £200 SAVING YOU £30]
8 hours = £210 [normally £250 SAVING YOU £40]


These rates INCLUDE Home studio and equipment :
White and light grey paper backdrops
Beauty Dish
Boom
Soft Boxes x plenty
Ocotobox
Snoot
Reflectors
Trigger


And for now here are just a few snapshots from my travels :

Back in England....

Bloody cold here! I've been back a week and I'm still not used to it but it's refreshing after such strong heat in America.

My flight was delayed by 4 hours which made me very sad, I thought i might miss getting back to see my Dad. It was his birthday last Mondy and although i couldn't spend his actual birthday with him I wanted to see him before hand. So eventually, we land back at Gatwick, I say my goodbyes to Alex after a fabuloius week travelling through Arizona, California and Nevada with him, and wander off onto the express back to Victoria. I managed to get one of those digital picture frames for my Dad's birthday before heading off to Kings Cross and home.

My time at home was lovely after being away for so nice it was a great treat to see my family again. I talked about America, the wonderful people I met there and the amazing things I saw. If nothing else it's inspired me to carry on travelling as much as possible and more determined to do so.

With this in mind I'm very luck to be continueing my travels tomorrow. I head off to Ireland with IvoryFlame first thing for our second visit (my fourth) this year. Then i'm off to Scotland before heading back to London and on to Portugal and then Switzerland. I'll be home again at Christmas time...it seems long way away when I think of the miles I'm going before then, but time will pass very quickly.

This whole year has sped by me far too quickly, I've loved every minute of it. No matter how tired I've been, or if somethings been getting me down, I've enjoyed the experience. That's what I want, lots and lots of different happy experiences, to see as much as possible and learn from all of it. All the people and things around me as I go along.

I've had 2 fabulous shoots in England since my return. The first with Stefano, we worked with Lauran a body painter and Arno a hairstylist as well as Donna the clothing Stylist. Of course alot of the work is nude but I did put clothes on as we went along this time. It was a great shoot and I can't wait to see the results! The next day I worked with Mick, it's the 4th time I've worked with Mick now, he's a great bloke who takes great pictures. I love the results so far :)


I've been seeing some of the first images from America :)

RonChez


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