Now I do like working in the studio very much but I don’t really get to spend as much time in there as I would like.  When I do work in the studio, it is with mostly family work.  I do find it quite difficult in Germany (not speaking the language) to find willing models to give up their time free of charge.

When I am in the studio it does tend to be just me and the subjects, as another difficult contact can be a Make up artist.

Recently I was approached randomly by a Make up artist who had just moved into the area at exactly the same time as a local amateur model had emailed me to work together.

For me the whole point of doing these TFP (time for print) shoots is to try things out, be it lighting or style.  The same needs to be said for the model and the MUA.  Otherwise the relationship just cannot work.

Anything that questions what we have done before and pushes you as an artist involves boundaries and without doing these shoots you will never progress and move forward.  It is easy for an artists work especially for commercial shoots to kind of become stale and dull.  You have to take chances and get yourself out of those comfort zones.  Usually you are surprised what happens and where it takes you.