Retro Glamour | Rivoli Ballroom, London | Gavin Conlan London Fashion Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

Back in June I attended the LSS meet up No.18 at the amazing Rivoli Ballroom in London, the location was fantastic filled with amazing interiors and beautiful pockets on natural light which really inspired me on the day.  As you'll see by the amount of images I've posted you get the idea that I had a blast on the day, these meet ups are perfect for photographers, models, make up artists and stylists so if you haven't checked out the LSS already I recommend you do so ASAP.

All the models and MUA's were provided by the London Speedlite Scene - you should check out the link below to their website.

http://www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk/

Also check out this fantastic charity shoot for Breast Cancer Care organised by the LSS (click on the image below to find out more).

Now for my selection of images taken from the Retro Glamour shoot at the Ballroom, all images were lit with a mixture of available light and daylight balanced video lights.

I hope you enjoy them - Gavin...

Model: Tequila Gold - MUA: Tequila Gold

Model: Aoife O'Brien - MUA: Maxx Anderson

Model: Krystal Johns - MUA: Natalie Eldanasory

Fashion vs. Glamour | London photo shoot | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding & Portrait Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

Photography can be a lonely career at times, shooting alone, editing alone, working all hours of the day making sure your business runs smoothly while posting new imagery to your website, blog and social media sites.  At times you just need to stop everything and surround yourself with fellow professionals, it's the perfect way to talk through any issues you may have or worries and to recharge those creative juices.  

The London Speedlite Scene is just that for me it's a fantastic group of Photographers/Make Up Artists/Models all networking and working together I feel seriously blessed to have found this group and be apart of it - it's full of fantastic and extremely talented people who work the arses off to achieve fantastic imagery.

Glamour vs. Fashion was my 4th meet up with the LSS crew and it was another awesome shoot - this time we had free run of a Mansion House in Hampstead.  Seriously the efforts of the Make Up Artists can't be stressed enough on these shoots, the works of art they produce are mind blowing and really do make our jobs as photographers a hell of a lot easier.

All the models were provided by Elect Model Management and MUA's by Intense Make-up Artists both agencies were formed out of London Speedlite Scene - you should check out the links below.

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

Also check out the fantastic video from the meet up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7E9YE6OOk0 this will give you a teaser into the world of a LSS meet up.

I use these shoots as personal challenges, to limit my lens choice and to try and produce images that are different - to work with the environment and showcase it in a different way while still shooting images that fit in with my current style.

As with my previous LSS meet ups I shoot every image with a mixture of natural available light and my daylight balanced video lights.

I hope you enjoy these images, you can view more by visiting my facebook photography page http://www.facebook.com/gavinconlanphotography - if you like the work I produce then please click on that like button to make my day.

Take care and speak soon.

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....