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Why Your Skin Tones are Fundamentally Wrong – And How to Fix It in Two Minutes
Skin tones are one of those things that look almost right - until you know what to look for. A grey card and one click in Lightroom will sort an entire set, and you'll never unsee the difference.
6th July 2026
Fredau – some Fuji X100 images from the natural light class
As a belated birthday treat I got myself a Fuji X100. I'm still learning my way around this camera (it has some quirks) and this was a learning experience for me, but I'm delighted with these from Saturday's natural light portrait class. The wider angle of view (35mm...
Fredau – shots from the second natural light class
While the class has the same agenda, different students and slightly different lighting on the day gives us some variations from the previous class. I made sure to get some good shots from the window in the last set this time.
Fredau – shots from yesterday’s natural light class
My pick of some of my test shots from yesterday's natural light portraits class with Fredau. I didn't get anything I'd consider usable from our final set, so I can rectify that in the next class. That's the risk of only shooting a very small number of frames with the...
Fredau – some setup shots from the open day
The open day was hugely successful with close to 60 people visiting throughout the day. The goal was to generate interest in the studio and our classes - I think we succeeded. Fredau was the star of the show. These are some of my setup shots from the day (it's not...
Ivory Flame – from a tutored studio session (NSFW)
These are two (of three) lighting test shots of Holly from a tutored session during the recent model day. I had actually forgotten I had taken these - they are actually the first and last of three test shots (the middle shot was unusable because I hadn't adjusted the...
Studio class – Fredau – high key, low key and clamshell
We started this session with the obligatory high key white setup. Unless I'm shooting fashion/editorial (or teaching), I rarely shoot with high key white for myself. Unfortunately in common usage, high key only appears to means the high key white style popularised by...