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mums, babies and now families too. I attract lots of first-time mums due to my midwifery background and I also get a lot of repeat clients. It's a privilege to watch their families grow... I have one client who's been coming to my studio every year, for the last 9 years. My aim is to give a boutique experience. Clients often compliment me, saying they feel relaxed and comfortable during their sessions. Much of my inspiration comes from paintings, my favourite painting of all time is, The Death of Nelson 1859-64, by Daniel Maclise (1806-70) which hangs in the Walker Art Gallery - I visit frequently. There is so much in that painting, each visit I see something new in its story. The lighting, the atmosphere and the feeling the painting evokes are incredibly powerful. I strive in my photography to recreate something of the great paintings. I try to emulate mood, lighting, pose and story. It pleases me when clients pass comment that my photographs look like paintings. I love to learn, constantly strive to improve and at times feel nothing is working, artistically, for me. Then I look back and see what I have accomplished in just a few years down to Damian's mentoring and hard work in assisting me and my business move forward. The thing that drives me is family. My family means the world to me, so it follows that my client's family means a lot to me too. Like most, I need to earn money to pay the bills, that's why I have a business but that isn't my driving force! It's the desire to give people something timeless they can treasure for years to come. A photograph which documents a slice of their social history... And it's my image they're looking at. How powerful is that! I try and keep my work simple and like to photograph the baby on its own without too many props but I'm happy to use props which parents have brought with them. My focus is still on the baby, the same with maternity, I love the pregnant form and light each commission beautifully to show mum-to-be and baby at their best. I love to use gently draped fabrics to enhance the female figure and enjoy creating beautifully simple and tasteful nudes. Very much like the paintings I love to view in galleries. We need to celebrate how women change and grow into mothers in just nine months - it's an amazing transformation! Photography has been in my blood from an early age; my dad gave me a Kodak Instamatic for my 7th birthday. My first pictures where of the giraffes in the zoo... I've been hooked ever since! When I'm not using my camera I'm taking pictures with my phone and during my career as a midwife I was an Ultrasonographer - I used an ultrasound machine to create 3D images of babies!
A peek behind the curtain.. How it was done.... How it was done.. Step by Step 1. Baby in basket, supported on the floor. Parent very close by as spotter. 2. Baby out of basket, parent holds basket up, light adjusted to replicate light for baby. Settings: ISO 200, f/4 at 160th sec. 25 mm lens. (50mm equivalent) . Baby composited into hanging shot in Photoshop. Find out more about Jocelyn at www.photojos.co.uk
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