Fashion & Portrait Photography at Arbat Restaurant, London | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding & Portrait Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

My third meet up with the awesome LSS (London Speedlite Scene) group this time at the Russian bar and restaurant called Arbat in Acton, London - originally this shoot was to be at the DollHouse but due to unforeseen circumstances had to be changed to Arbat at the last minute.   

I absolutely loved this location, it had some fantastic natural light and loads of great areas to shoot in.  I wanted to challenge myself for this shoot so i heavily restricted my camera bag and decided to shoot solely with the 14-24mm wide angle and the 50mm f1.4 prime lens.  The wide angle lens is now my favourite I can't believe that I never really used it before now since this meet up I have used it loads, again all the images you see are shoot purely with a mixture of available light and my video lights.

All the models were again provided by Elect Model Management and MUA's by Intense Make-up Artists both agencies were formed out of London Speedlite Scene

http://www.intensemua.com/
http://www.elect-models.com/
http://www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk/

Wardrobe - Dolly Dare Collection

Location - Arbat Restaurant - Acton London.

I want to personally thank everyone involved who made this such a success - here's to many more great times ahead.

If you missed my images from the first two LSS meet ups you can view them here and here, otherwise please enjoy my Arbat Restaurant selection....

London photo shoot with Benedicta | Gavin Conlan UK Wedding & Portrait Photographer based in Essex | www.gavinconlan.com

Here is a shoot I did with Benedicta last summer in the gorgeous area of Hoxton/Shoreditch which I thought I would share with you.

I love this area of London because it holds so many possibilities - the street art is so amazing and changes all the time.  As a photographer it's like your very own blank canvas.

All images was shot using just available light.... 

iPhone 4S Photography (iphoneography) edited using Instagram | Gavin Conlan UK Wedding & Portrait Photographer based in Essex | www.gavinconlan.com

Since upgrading my iphone to the 4S I've been amazed by it's camera, previously using the iphone 3G for years I couldn't believe the difference in the quality of the camera.  I've seen people on facebook and twitter posting images using the instagram iphone app and up until now I haven't gotten involved - but today was the turning point.  

I absolutely loved the results it produced and now I'm REALLY hooked, it's brought a whole new vibe to my fun day to day photography I really can't wait to explore it's possibilities....

I am now planning on shooting some location portraits, using just my iphone to shoot and edit on this will really push me creatively especially with the use of light.

In the meantime here is the instagram edited iphoneography images I took today, I hope you enjoy .....