Jake Hicks Photography: Not taken with the Velvet 85 Some of you will know that I recently did a review for the new Lensbaby Velvet 85 lens. During a shoot with the infamous Lady Lauren I grabbed a few frames with my regular Nikon 24-70 f2.8 lens. It would have been a little odd
Jake Hicks Photography: So as I settle in at base camp at the foot of Mt. Edit I gaze longingly at the peak beyond all the hours of retouching videos I have to record for my RGG EDU tutorial that's coming out later this year. But, at least I've finally started and the shots are
Jake Hicks Photography: Hope you guys had a good weekend :) Just wrapped on a very artistic and creative shoot with the stunning Charlotte Godfrey. We were testing out new looks for a brand new workshop that I'm developing. All new ideas and all new setups focusing on the slight
Jake Hicks Photography: This was the first time I'd tried this lighting setup. It was a few weeks ago now and I recreated it on camera for a video tutorial recently too. I love how simple this two light setup was and the effect it gives. The key to its strength of look is light
Jake Hicks Photography: Hahah these -Technique Tuesday- articles are getting more and more complicated to write ;) This was only supposed to be a 'quick tip' but things got out of hand and interesting lighting things got discovered so I'm only just wrapping up now :D There's alw
Jake Hicks Photography: Came across this lighting test I did a couple of months back. I was trying out a new lighting technique and shot this at the time. All the colouring and blurring is done in camera, the blurring is the Petzval 58mm and the colouring is the result of this s
Jake Hicks Photography: This shot here was actually the original back of the camera shot I shared on the day of the shoot :D It's always good when that happens, when you can see the raw shot then the finished article come along after it and see that they're the same haha, always
Jake Hicks Photography: Brand new @seeinanewway lensbaby lens that I'm looking forward to trying out real soonπŸ˜ƒ Level=Gold😎 #twist60
Jake Hicks Photography: Literally just wrapped up a test shoot with the new Lensbaby Twist 60 lens. Brand new and not even out yet but I managed to get my grubby mitts on one for a play. Looks to be a serious contender to the Petzval swirly thing but more on that soon. Here's an
Jake Hicks Photography: Some 6x9 'roids from yesterday's shoot taken on my Mamiya Universal Press camera πŸ˜ƒ (actually fp100c film) Model @laylaleighmodel MUA @ecadecmakeup #polaroid #model #studio #fujifp100c #instant #film #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
Jake Hicks Photography: Just got my delivery of @leefilters goodies. Just in time for my shoot tomorrow, hopefully I'll get chance to play with some of it πŸ˜ƒπŸŽ‰
Justin Minns: Low tide at Walton
Jake Hicks Photography: Heya guys, just a quick heads up to let you know that I've announced a new date for my Gelled Lighting workshop next year :D Here's a shot I took at my last workshop of the lovely Amber Tutton. If you like what you see and you'd like to know more then fee
Jake Hicks Photography: Hiya guys, I hope your weeks are off to a good start :) Those of you that have been paying attention will recognise this shot from the 'back of the camera' image on the day of the shoot. Love how these turned out so a massive thank you to Katie for her pa