photoshoot with Sabrina in Halstead, Essex | www.gavinconlan.com

Over Christmas I was out walking my dog when she discovered a hole in the fence leading into the grounds of what used to be an adult education college... I had walked past this building loads in the past wishing I could get in there to shoot, it never looked possible as security was really tight until now. Finding the way in I've now promoted Holly (my dog) to chief location scout, i'm not sure she's that bothered by the promotion though ...lol...  

I decided to run an advert via the starnow website & get a shoot planned for sometime in January, you'll see by the images below the shoot went ahead and I loved the results Sabrina and myself achieved.

Another location we used was the church at the bottom of town, it opened recently for people to visit, its no longer a working church but the interior is still stunning.

The day of the shoot we started in the Church and finished in the derelict building, I loved the shoot it was a great day even though it was bitterly cold we produced some great imagery that I love...

For your enjoyment (hopefully :) I have selected a bunch of favourites to give you a flavour of the shoot ....

My love affair with Bermondsey Village continues.....

This location is perfect for photo shoots, so many great backdrops, it's amazingly quiet bearing in mind London Bridge is only a 10 miinute walk away and the people there are really helpful, from the car mechanics that looked after my equipment while shooting to the bar staff that kindly allowed us to turn the upstairs of the woolpack into my own personal studio space for an hour :))

This was a wicked shoot with Nikki not only did we capture great imagery but we had a great laugh too... She was fantastic to work with and I wish her all the success in the future....

London + Sunshine = great shoot….

This is my last post before I head off for my holidays, it was shot back in February of this year where I did a wicked shoot with Longina and Amer in London. 

The location of the shoot was London’s Southbank as it’s so diverse, we met at a pub near the London Eye to chat about the day.  The first location was in and around the underpass under Westminster Bridge giving us the awesome backdrop of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, it was so cool to be able to shoot there as it was so surprisingly quiet for a Saturday afternoon.  Moving on from there we went to the London Eye then finishing up outside The Royal Festival Hall.

I absolutely love the images from this shoot, it’s given us all a great selection of images for the portfolios so thank you both for all your hard work and for making it a real fun shoot to do.

Here is a selection of images from the shoot, you’ll notice that the wicked header shot from my journal was from this session.  Also a quick mention about some of the textures used in the post production, if you love’em then you can purchase them directly from here they are great to help create that fine art look.