Photo39

Username:	beekay
Status:	Off-line
ID Number:	217561
Member type:	Photographer
Region:	West Sussex
Country:	United Kingdom
Status:	Semi Professional
Level:	Experienced
Work Preference:	Fitness Model Fashion Swimwear Lingerie Glamour Nude Topless
Date Joined:	05 November 2011
Last Updated:	25 April 2013
Last Login:	23 May 2013

Website: http://www.thecottagestudio.co.uk

Experience:
I was introduced to photography by my father who was in the Fire Service. Together with other duties he was reponsible for photographing fire damaged premises. At the age of about 12, during school holidays, I used to help develop and contact print the 21/4" square black and white negatives. Selected images were then enlarged to a minimum of 10x8. Over subsequent years I have used a number of the photographic formats as they 'appeared'. Polaroid, 110, 35mm, APS, medium format etc. The introduction of auto focus by Minolta influenced my decision to buy into their system, the 7000. Having purchased a number of Minolta bodies, lenses and accessories over the years have stuck with this 'stable' and now use the Sony Alpha900 digital camera. Not yet accepted in the professional world I know, but with what is considered the clearest, and true 100% viewfinder, coupled with the 'G' and Zeiss lenses gives me all I need.

Comments:
My main interest is art nude coupled with creative lighting, using gels and gobo projections. However I am happy to shoot most genres and am always interested in the ideas that the models and photographers have that come to my studio. As you may have gathered I am getting on a bit but if you give me notice I can get to bed before my usual 9 o'clock and get to the studio early if you want an early start or a long session:-) This is a relatively new 'photographers' profile for me so I am short of comments on here. However you will find plenty on my studio profile, user name photo39, (ID Number 140774)

Reviews from other members

There are 12 positive recommendations for beekay Click here to read them all

Added by TexasB on 09 February 2013, shoot arranged for February 2013

Had my first shoot with Brian today at Cottage Studios...he is genuinely an amazing photographer, so creative and puts a lot into getting the right images. i felt at ease and was happy to follow his direction. would happily work with him again,in fact,i am looking forward to doing so already as between us we have plenty more ideas!! thank you for a great day Brian :-)

Added by RebeccaLouise28 on 13 November 2012, shoot arranged for November 2012

Had my first shoot with brian yesterday, made me feel at ease straight away! Really enjoy shooting at the cottage studio aswell as its a great location! Thanks :)

Added by Lucia12 on 02 October 2012, shoot arranged for October 2012

I had my first shoot with Brian yesterday and had a great time! He is very easy to get along with and made me feel very comfortable. His studio is perfectly fitted out so we were able to easily get some good shots that worked well. I am really pleased with the results that we produced together.
I highly recommend him and hope to work with him again soon!

Added by Klouise1992 on 03 September 2012, shoot arranged for August 2012

Even though are shoot was very quick we got some wikid results from it.. highly recommended x

Added by asrudd on 02 August 2012, shoot arranged for July 2012

I Had a shoot done on Tuesday, and really enjoyed it, He made me feel comfortable and made the day fun, I was very impressed with His studio and is full of different types of equipment.