The rose that grew…

I’m keeping it nice and simple again this week! I thought I would simply share some of my favourite images from a recent lingerie shoot with, the lovely, Maria Gardner, wearing some of the latest Pretty Polly Collection (https://www.prettypolly.co.uk/).

For this shoot, I used my, trusty, Elinchrom lighting kit (https://www.elinchrom.com/) to achieve that soft light look that works so well for lingerie shoots, but I also wanted to introduce some texture and interest into the background.

Oh, look! And as if by magic! A concrete wall! That’ll work!

Concrete is cool! It just is! Well to me it is anyway! I love using concrete as a background. It’s so versatile! Depending on the background you find, concrete can look grungy and moody or you can light it to look clean, expensive and add some depth and texture to a shot, as I have done here.

So what’s with this fancy ‘Rose that grew…’ title I hear you ask? Well… let’s face it! I couldn’t have just called the blog post ‘Concrete is Cool’ now could I? So I…