HannahMia Photography

Moving - hannahmia.com/blog

2010-09-23T16:38:00.003+01:00

Seeing as I'm absolutely dreadful at updating this blog, I've decided to make a fresh-start here: please follow me over, where I promise to be a much more frequent blogger.

HannahMia Wedding Photography

2010-09-12T20:57:00.001+01:00

I've finally launched my HannahMia Wedding Photography website. Please go visit. My portfolio is still a bit thin on the ground, so, I'm more than willing to shoot my first few bookings for free, so, get in touch!

Cobra Starship & Burlesque

2010-03-14T02:07:00.003Z

OK, so, I'm super bad at updating this blog. But, occasionally it creeps back into my mind...

A little while ago I took some stills of the music video for 'Living in the Sky with Diamonds' by Cobra Starship. It was horrendously cold & we were all suffering, so, Laura, in her diddy, but absolutely fantastic dress must have been finding it really tough! Anyway, just the one shot to be getting on with from that & I'll let you know when it's finished! It's unlikely I'll actually do that, you know...

Last weekend I played photographer at a Burlesque Night (with a few bands & a comedian in there too...). The boyfriend tagged along because he's been talking about going to a burlesque show since we got together & to give him some credit (for his judgement of my taste, not organising it, obviously!) I did really enjoy it!

Loft Daddy

Paul McGarrity

Nyx Lenoir

Vicky Butterfly

Betsy Boudoir

Miss bubbles

Coco Deville

Vicky Butterfly

After my disaster with the orange hair dye (see below) I had totally resolved not to dye my hair red again, but I am a bit in love with Vicky Butterfly's hair... This always happens! Every time I see someone with red hair I want it. What to do...

Lucy

2009-11-20T22:33:00.004Z

I have my camera back! It's very exciting, except I have far too much university work to do to actually put it to good use, not to mention my new job taking up what time I do have. I did, however, have a shoot with Lucy a couple of weeks ago in Hyde Park, which was very nice, even if Lucy did get incredibly lost!

Oh & I have red hair now (& a shockingly messy bedroom). That really is about all I have to say.

Big Bows

2009-07-17T20:18:00.001+01:00

Yesterday I had a shoot with Aleks & make-up artist Dora. This has been planned for quite a while, however, it looked like it would be cancelled again due to my camera still being broken (& my insurance company being less than impressive - they promise three days until some progress will be made, it's been over two weeks). Luckily, Aleks lent me her camera, which is not too dissimilar to mine, so not too much confusion & I could still use my lenses. I do think I made a bit of a mistake in using my new lens, which got delivered after my camera broke, as the focusing in a lot of the shots is a bit off. Or perhaps I'm just incompetent? From online reviews though, that does seem to be a common complaint for this particular lens.

Those bows were both a nightmare to make (as they looked far too small when away from my head so I thought they needed to be much bigger) & a real effort for Dora to reattach to Aleks' hair every fifteen minutes. Still, pretty happy with the results.

Escalator Collision

2009-06-22T16:09:00.000+01:00

So, in a rush to make my train, I fell up an escalator & did this:

Ugh.

Anyway, I did a test shoot with Isabel in Hyde Park last week, it was very nice, though, I dislike being hot & covered in sticky sun screen (lovely Irish skin that I have...). Might be the last photos to come from my camera in a while.

Christmas

2008-12-27T04:39:00.003Z

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I'm just going to stick up a few pointless photos of my Christmas for you to look at. My Christmas was nice, if a bit short-lived, I've gone back to Blockbuster for the holidays & as a result, only had Christmas Eve & Christmas Day off, which was no fun, especially as the Boxing Day rush does not extend off the highstreet into Blockie, where we have the same sale on as we did before Christmas & haven't even bothered to cut the price of the Christmas selection boxes...

Christmas isn't Christmas without some exciting socks from my aunt. She may well have out done herself this year.

My Dad got me a backdrop, which my brother & I set up & tried out in the dining room, however, even with the table blocking the entrance to the kitchen, there wasn't enough space...the lights were pretty much on top of him & the camera was inches away from his face. This posed several problems - it was boiling, I couldn't light the backdrop to conceal the creases & well, I couldn't really light it properly at all. Still, I like this candid shot:

We're having to send the backdrop back as one of the stands was cracked when we got it out of the box. After that I will concentrate on getting the creases out & finding somewhere practical to set it up. I'm hoping my room at university is big enough to actually fashion some half-decent set-up. But, even though I've been living there for the last three months I can't envision how big the room is. Fingers crossed.

In other news, I had a beauty shoot last week & now that I have a new mouse (I cannot stand using my Macbook's trackpad) courtesy of my brother, I shall endeavour to get them up. I might also do some university work this week. As I have a five thousand word essay on vampires that I've yet to start...not to mention the Economics...

Chelsey

2008-11-15T21:06:00.002Z

I had a shoot with an absolutely stunning model on Tuesday, Chelsey. Unfortunately, it wasn't really meant to be. We ended up bumping into a lost dog & spent over an hour trailing around Hampstead with said dog in tow waiting for the dog warden to come collect him. In actual fact, he was adorable (if a bit stinky) & I wanted to take him home. Though, a third floor Camden council flat with five students is hardly a good home for a dog. It was microchipped though, so he's back with his owners now.

The dog in question:

We ended up doing a brief & freezing shoot in Hampstead Heath, here are a few of the shots:

FlairNow

2008-09-20T21:35:00.002+01:00

Latest FlairNow is out, featuring my Cleopatra photos.

& some shots from that shoot:

Queensway shoot & Flairnow

2008-08-24T03:12:00.003+01:00

A while ago I had another shoot with Yinsey, this time with another model; Charlene & make-up artist Sarah. They were an absolutely fantastic team!

Having spent a considerable amount of time locked up in Costa getting ready, we were confronted with a grey & rainy Queensway as our location for our shoot. However, we found a little back street, with some shelter for the rainier moments & I have to say, I'm very pleased with the results & had a great time. Even if it was absolutely freezing. Our final stop was Charlene's bathroom, as the light was diminishing too much for our final look. Not exactly ideal lighting for such fantastic make-up, however, with some photoshopping (courtesy of my lovely models) the shots turned out really well. Then Yinsey & I had to do some serious running to get back home before the last trains.

The team:

Yinsey, Sarah & Charlene

& some of the final products:

More on Flickr

Also some of my shots from the Cleopatra shoot are being used in the promotional images for the next issue of FlairNow.

Cleopatra & Katzi

2008-08-01T15:54:00.002+01:00

It's all gone a bit quiet on the photography front for a while, but, hopefully I'm back on track now. Last week I had a Cleopatra shoot with some lovely models & make-up artists in Queensway for a magazine submission. A few behind the scenes shots for you:

The final images won't be revealed until it's out.

In other news, the Katzi website is now up, which features some of the pictures from the bridal jewellery shoot back in May.

Katzi Jewellery

2008-05-05T02:09:00.001+01:00

I've been pretty busy with [avoiding revision for] exams lately, however, last week I did two photoshoots for Katzi bridal jewellery, with an absolutely fantastic team. The first of which was at Kenwood House, with a traditional English Rose feel & the second was in & around London (complete with sixteen seater red mini bus which we somehow managed to completely fill with wedding dresses, make-up & snacks) with an edgier feel.

Anyway, here are some "behind the scenes" shots because I always find those intriguing...

Emma having her hair retouched at Kenwood House.

Setting up Annika's second location of the day.

The whole city shoot team (bar Fran & Annika, who were the models earlier in the day).

Amber's wrap-time joy.

Here's a sneaky glimpse of the finished item, from the earlier, more traditional shoot:

I'm aiming to get a lot of shoots organised for the summer once my exams finish on 13th. I'm also looking into taking evening classes in Photography in order to gain some sort of qualification & supplement my somewhat limited technical abilities. Hopefully I can do that over the summer, to fill the ridiculous amounts of time I'll have, if not, then I'll start when I get back to London for the new term in September.