ARTHUR CHAPPELL 6TH PHOTOGRAPHY DIARY > MY PHOTO DIARY #6 SUMMER 2010 It’s been a very busy late Summer with several photo shoots and burlesque related events happening in close succession, so my editing and photo taking has gone into overdrive. I now have over 8,300 photos, and making disc space becomes a real struggle for me, particularly with portable storage units like CD-writers and discs not working on my computer at present. The Xcite Books competition was never judged and trying to find out what is happening with that gains no replies, so very disappointed about that one. I’ve undertaken many walks, some quite lengthy, including visits to Marsden in Yorkshire, a walk from Oldham to Delph, and walks to, and round Uppermill, Stalybridge, Dunham Massey, and many more besides, with lots of photos being taken on route. My pub signs collection is growing, and I was able to get more photos for it from working in Sale, Altrincham, and surrounding areas. Still many more to collect though. My real successes came with modelling shoots, notably those through Faint Fascinations, and the new (to me) modelling group, Burlesque Biker Babes. At a picnic thrown for the models and photographers in Platt Fields, with lots of games and props, we had one model in a bunny girl outfit, and others in gas masks. I even got the bunny girl and others into a large hutch for several startling shots. A Faint Fascinations shoot took place on a derelict building site in Trafford, near to Manchester United’s football ground, and the Manchester ship Canal. This had a Punk V High Fashion theme, so the urban decay worked well as a backdrop. We later went down the Canal banks taking more photos there. It was a hot, sticky day and many models brought children along, which meant we had to be very careful around the water. The very next day we had a ‘Black Metal Gangster’ shoot, based on a European Gothic rock band of that name, who’s face paint reminded me very much of Kiss. We shot this in Castlefield, and attracted quite a public audience, as we were not only close to the Museum Of Science & Industry, but in the central arena, and finishing line for the Manchester Skyride, a celebration of cycling for all. Many members of the public watched our shoot and took photos of our models themselves. Everyone had great fun. Things got increasingly surreal, as the stage show area was partly mapped out as a massive beach, complete with sand, deck chairs and a fake promenade. We naturally exploited this to the full, attracting much bemusement from the official event security teams. We then moved off to a secluded canal side area, where I took shots of one brave model, Jemma Muise, looking as if she was about to be executed by drowning with her feet in concrete (actually a plastic bucket packed with newspapers and topped with porridge oats. Another model, Diamond Sparkle, the bunny girl mentioned above, posed lifting heavy beer barrels over her head. Steampunk was our next exciting theme, shot around Ancoats, and including the first model invited through myself, poet, Jackie Hagan, and we even created a photo-story take on the Jack The Ripper story WHY THEY NEVER CAUGHT JACK http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=254051&id=731547393&l=25d80796ae With Stuart Alexander Rees superb in the leading role. Again this directly preceded another photo shoot, with a visit to a burlesque show in between, the Burlesque Biker Babes is a group run by a dear friend from the performance scene, Willow Blue. She’d hired The Hellfire Club for the shoot and invited many burlesque performers, models, photographers, bikers, and friends, including several of the Faint Fascinations team, along for the shoot. With a live snake, large nylon spider, bikes, trikes, and the Gothic looking club itself, this gave me some of the raunchiest of my shoots, and there were some gentlemen among the models who were equally fun to photograph. Massive thanks to all the models involved in these events. The last event I was to photograph in August 2010 was the social side of an English Civil War battle at Basing House, Basingstoke, and Hampshire, which again, proved to be a wonderful opportunity. With a Trash The Dress event on for Early September, autumn looks promising too. PREVIOUS PHOTO DIARY ENTRY - NEXT PHOTO DIARY ENTRY© Copyright. Arthur Chappell LINK TO THIS PAGE http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.6.htmLINKS TO MY OTHER PAGES. 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MY PHOTO DIARY #6 SUMMER 2010

It’s been a very busy late Summer with several photo shoots and burlesque related events happening in close succession, so my editing and photo taking has gone into overdrive. I now have over 8,300 photos, and making disc space becomes a real struggle for me, particularly with portable storage units like CD-writers and discs not working on my computer at present.

The Xcite Books competition was never judged and trying to find out what is happening with that gains no replies, so very disappointed about that one.

I’ve undertaken many walks, some quite lengthy, including visits to Marsden in Yorkshire, a walk from Oldham to Delph, and walks to, and round Uppermill, Stalybridge, Dunham Massey, and many more besides, with lots of photos being taken on route.

My pub signs collection is growing, and I was able to get more photos for it from working in Sale, Altrincham, and surrounding areas. Still many more to collect though.

My real successes came with modelling shoots, notably those through Faint Fascinations, and the new (to me) modelling group, Burlesque Biker Babes.

At a picnic thrown for the models and photographers in Platt Fields, with lots of games and props, we had one model in a bunny girl outfit, and others in gas masks. I even got the bunny girl and others into a large hutch for several startling shots.

A Faint Fascinations shoot took place on a derelict building site in Trafford, near to Manchester United’s football ground, and the Manchester ship Canal. This had a Punk V High Fashion theme, so the urban decay worked well as a backdrop. We later went down the Canal banks taking more photos there. It was a hot, sticky day and many models brought children along, which meant we had to be very careful around the water.

The very next day we had a ‘Black Metal Gangster’ shoot, based on a European Gothic rock band of that name, who’s face paint reminded me very much of Kiss. We shot this in Castlefield, and attracted quite a public audience, as we were not only close to the Museum Of Science & Industry, but in the central arena, and finishing line for the Manchester Skyride, a celebration of cycling for all. Many members of the public watched our shoot and took photos of our models themselves. Everyone had great fun. Things got increasingly surreal, as the stage show area was partly mapped out as a massive beach, complete with sand, deck chairs and a fake promenade. We naturally exploited this to the full, attracting much bemusement from the official event security teams.

We then moved off to a secluded canal side area, where I took shots of one brave model, Jemma Muise, looking as if she was about to be executed by drowning with her feet in concrete (actually a plastic bucket packed with newspapers and topped with porridge oats. Another model, Diamond Sparkle, the bunny girl mentioned above, posed lifting heavy beer barrels over her head.

Steampunk was our next exciting theme, shot around Ancoats, and including the first model invited through myself, poet, Jackie Hagan, and we even created a photo-story take on the Jack The Ripper story WHY THEY NEVER CAUGHT JACK http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=254051&id=731547393&l=25d80796ae With Stuart Alexander Rees superb in the leading role.

Again this directly preceded another photo shoot, with a visit to a burlesque show in between, the Burlesque Biker Babes is a group run by a dear friend from the performance scene, Willow Blue. She’d hired The Hellfire Club for the shoot and invited many burlesque performers, models, photographers, bikers, and friends, including several of the Faint Fascinations team, along for the shoot.

With a live snake, large nylon spider, bikes, trikes, and the Gothic looking club itself, this gave me some of the raunchiest of my shoots, and there were some gentlemen among the models who were equally fun to photograph. Massive thanks to all the models involved in these events. I have also now added a list of the modelling shoots I have been involved in, with relevant links. http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.shoots.with.models.htm

The last event I was to photograph in August 2010 was the social side of an English Civil War battle at Basing House, Basingstoke, and Hampshire, which again, proved to be a wonderful opportunity.

With a Trash The Dress event on for Early September, autumn looks promising too.

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