Dead Glam and Dressing Gowns
I had a ridiculous amount of fun last Tuesday with make-up artist Matilda Sjöblom and model Richard Wreck, throwing glitter all over the place and being generally gruesome. The concept we were working...
View ArticleSmile Pretty
I’ve missed shooting gory stuff. Alex, the model, accompanied a large collection of sharp thing to a shoot with a studio hire client and among his collection were these gorgeous articulated metal...
View ArticleZombitch
Model DeeDee Rouge All the other times I’ve shot with DeeDee, she has been an adorable pin-up cutie so we really enjoyed breaking out the horror make-up and creating an evil flesh-munching zombie...
View ArticleThis Night
Model: Lacey Demure Make-up: Ashley Higgins at AH Artistry There are things I regret That you can’t forgive, you can’t forget There’s a gift that you sent You sent it my way So take this night And...
View ArticleRed Riding Hood
From a shoot with Teniah Twisted. We’ve taken the Little Red Riding Hood concept to a sinister place. Of course :-) Prints available at http://www.deviantart.com/print/20841797/ FOLLOW THIS BLOG ON...
View ArticleBlutsauger
I had an awesome time shooting with musician Hannah O’Reilly and the awesomely vampiric Blutsauger. And we did eventually manage to get most of the fake blood off the floor. Prints available at…...
View ArticleBabies and Severed Hands
Ever have one of those days where something really weird happens? Baby Iollan came to the studio for a family photoshoot and while I was showing his mum and dad some of the resident props, Iollan’s...
View ArticleFake Blood Recipe Reference for Horror Photography
Originally posted on deviantART, I thought this little bit of reference material might come in handy for any photographers taking their art in a darker, more gory, direction for Hallowe’en. FOLLOW...
View ArticleHello Bubbles
Hello Kitty…not waving but drowning? Yes, I can take something innately adorable and give it sinister undertones. That’s what I do :) Prints available at http://www.deviantart.com/print/23741545/...
View ArticleCounting Magpies
One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never to be told Self-portrait. Yep, it’s me under there. I made the mouth staples prosthetic...
View ArticlePossession
Self-portrait Demonic Possession Control of an individual by a malevolent supernatural being This image is a digital overlay, a digital darkroom technique comprised of layering separate images (three,...
View ArticleBattle Face
My dear, sweet husband. Bless his friendly wee soul :) Prints available at http://www.deviantart.com/print/28403117/ FOLLOW THIS BLOG ON BLOGLOVIN’ Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | Ello |...
View ArticleMy Favourite Things
I love lips, piercings and blood in photos. They make me happy in my eyes. Piercings are real. Blood is fake. All make-uppy, no Photoshoppy. Materials Lipstick is Sephora Rouge R05 Fake blood is Blood...
View ArticleHandwritten
I’m in love with the way you’re in love with the night And it travels from heart to limb to pen And we waited for the sirens that never come… And with this pen, I thee wed From my heart to your...
View ArticleAnd Miles To Go Before I Sleep
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. – from Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost I love...
View ArticleKeepsake
Surely you wonder sometimes And I’m sure you all sympathize Just what a man’s to become, just like his daddy’s done I just want to love someone Who has the same blood And at the bottom of this river...
View ArticleLotus
I’ve been watching Nip/Tuck again and reading about foot binding, so this happened. Blood is Grimas Filmblood A. Feet and shoes are mine. They’re a UK size 5 but one of the things high heeled shoes...
View ArticleThe Necessary Goddess
Model, costume and make-up: Miss Valkyrie This shoot has been a long time coming! Back in 2011, our lovely model accepted the role of the Cailleach at Beltane Fire Society’s Samhuinn Fire Festival and...
View ArticleTen Years Ago
Ten years ago I had a compact digital camera, a 2.1mp Nikon Coolpix. Having been shooting on film since forever, a digital camera still felt like some awesome new technological magic and I couldn’t...
View ArticleBloody Shower Photography How-To
Today I’m going to walk you through how I created the image above. Honestly, it’s one of my proudest photographic moments so far and it’s also one of the pictures I use everywhere online, so it’s a...
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