New work with Fiona

Simple black and white fashion shoot from last weeks studio shoot with Fiona Meecham at LMP Models.

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www.simonackerman.co.uk

Envisioning world's end

Everyone has a different vision of what the end of the world might bring. Or, the dystopian landscape that might follow if our world hinges on the edges of destruction but we’re still around to see it, still around to fight for our own survival. That’s the more interesting vision, because the alternative is pure nothingness and little creativity can come from that.

On the eve of the predicted world’s end (or at least, the end of the Mayan calendar) we bring you another photographer’s musings on post apocalyptic dystopia. Simon Ackerman’s shoot doesn’t beat around the bush with its title, End of the World, telling us exactly what was playing on his mind when he shot it.

Set against London’s recognisable Battersea – an ideal location for this kind of vision – it’s styled by Joey Bevan to a mix of toughness and sportiness, functional and futurist aesthetics. If Mad Max were set in London, this is how it might look.

Written by Tania Braukamper - Fashionsing.com

http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/b--envisioning-worlds-end-37660.html


Photography by Simon Ackerman @ www.simonackerman.co.uk

Photography Assistant: Olu Ogunshakin

Creative director & Fashion Stylist: Joey Bevan @ www.joeybevan.com

Wardrobe Assistant: Michelle Adams

Hair: Danny DeFreitas @ www.dannydefreitas.com (Using Annabelles Wigs &

Hair Extensions and Joico Haircare Products)

Make-up Artist: Louise McCarthy @ www.louisemccarthy.com

Model: Ruby Slate Balthazar @ Nevs

Summer in SoHo

Since my last trip to New York for fashion week I planned to pay another visit, this time shooting editorials and capturing more travel photos. During NYFW I didn't get to see a great deal of the city itself as I was shooting in runway venues during the daytime and editing back in the apartment late at night. So this trip there was more time for exploration.

Here are a few shots from my first editorial on the first Saturday of June with my new US team.

Model - Anna C @ Leni's Models

Wardrobe Stylist - Rosey Vaughan - Patricia Field / Modalistas


Make Up - Lindsay Cullen

Hair - Julie Schnapp

Photographer - Simon Ackerman

© Simon Ackerman 2012
www.simonackerman.co.uk

Creative Makeup with Harriet @ Source Models

This was my final shoot in the UK before setting off to New York for the 2nd time in 2012.

The main idea was Aqua makeup with a simple headshot to capture it.

Model - Harriet @ Source Models

Makeup - Emma Janine Tatchell

Photographer - Simon Ackerman

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www.simonackerman.co.uk 

Creative Makeup & Photoshop Retouching

Once the final images where all sent to press from the fashion weeks I set about organising some new beauty photoshoots. My main focus prior to this was to set about learning some new techniques in Photoshop. They say the average user only uses 33% or Photoshop's full potential and there is a whole plethora of tools in order to make images look great and the models look really pretty. The use of Photoshop in digital cosmetic enhancement has always been a subject of much controversy. A friend of mine recently sent me an image that showed a before and after image of Madonna, it revealed that post processing can easily take years of the subject and still retain the realism. Retouching in Photoshop can be compared to cosmetic surgery in the way that it can enhance the features, enlarge breasts, nip, tuck, smooth the skin even change eye colour and straighten teeth. You name it, you can probably do it in Photoshop. Here is the first shot from some of the new techniques I learnt, it's sometimes hard to retain a realistic skin texture when so many blemishes and wrinkles are taken out.

 I try to maintain skin pores but sometimes fashion magazines and websites may go for a retouch where the model looks something like a waxwork or a porcelain doll, sometimes the models can look like a CGI character from a computer game.
It's all a matter of personal preference and what the client wants the final images to look like.

Model - Megan Clarke

Makeup - Keighley Mila Valdivielso

Photographer - Simon Ackerman

© Simon Ackerman 2012 - All Rights Reserved 

www.simonackerman.co.uk