Simon Ackerman Photography Blog: photoshop

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Thursday, 3 May 2018

Bournemouth Sunrise, Sunset & Moonset Time Lapse

Time Lapse shot in April 2018 in Bournemouth using the Canon 5D Mark IV with 24 - 70mm L USM IS II

Thursday, 3 August 2017

New work with Iliana Papageorgiou

New portrait of stunning Greek model Iliana Papageorgiou at Ford Models with hair by Kash Spang and makeup by Kelly Manzini #Portrait #Fashion #Photography

Friday, 18 March 2016

Beauty look with braids by Izzy Pratt

Amazing beauty look with braids created by Izzy Pratt with model Lydia Martin at Storm in London.

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

New beauty story with Maddy Elmer at Storm

Two new images from my beauty story I shot at the Adrian Pini studio in Brent Cross in London on Sunday. Maddy was an excellent model and my first girl to test with at Storm Model Management. The makeup was done by Abbie Rose www.abbirosemakeup.co.uk and hair by Charlie Wilkinson www.charlieloveshair.com.

I used two different techniques for retouching these images both using dodge & burn and frequency separation in Photoshop.

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Friday, 30 January 2015

Avatar image manipulation with Catherine McNeil

A little bit of fun with Photoshop turning Catherine McNeil into a Na'vi from Avatar. If there was a Pandora Fashion Week it might look a bit like this backstage.

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Thursday, 8 January 2015

Backstage with Maud Welzen

Backstage beauty portrait of Maud Welzen at DNA Model Management & Elite Model Management, shot backstage at New York Fashion Week.

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Creative makeup with Shelby

My last blog entry for 2014 wrapping things up with another shoot I shot at the Makeup Forever Academy in Soho, NYC a few months back.

The first look kind of lent itself to a more classic almost epic fantasy kind of look. The rouge coloured top our model Shelby from MC2 matched her lip perfectly.

The 2nd look was an implied nude look with a mermaid inspiration. The amazing makeup and fake lashes complemented the hair and the lighting helped to give a nice soft glow on the skin. Another great image to work with in post production.

Model - Shelby Red Model Management - RED NYC

Makeup - Jen Evans

Hair - Jill Schnapp

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Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Creative Beauty with Marissa

Wrapping up my creative beauty work this year at the Makeup Forever Academy in Soho, here is a very vibrant spectrum of colours by makeup artist Jen Evans.

It's always nice to have work like this in Photoshop when you are retouching and can give the colours a nice boost. I find it's best not to overdue any colour enhancements as the image can end up looking a bit garish especially with bright reds.

This was one of the last looks we experimented with. It's great to start a shoot with a look that requires more natural makeup and the some goes for the hair, it's easier to build up on the looks as we go along. Depending on the type of story we're shooting the last look can end up quite crazy and in this instance Marissa our model was invited to trash the makeup.

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Monday, 29 December 2014

Tribal photoshoot in Central Park

At the end of the summer, I shot a tribal makeup inspired editorial in Central Park. Abby Stahlschmidt from Silent Models was our model and had flown in all the way from Nashville, Tennessee to work with us.

We caught the golden hour for some beautiful natural light portraits and here are some of the results.

Hair - Jill Schnapp

Model - Abby Stahlschmidt @ Silent Model Management and Factor Women

Makeup - Laura Natalie Gattini

Stylist - MC Lab

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Sunday, 28 December 2014

Backstage beauty with Josephine Skriver

Another favourite backstage to shoot in 2014, also at New York Fashion Week was the Zimmermann where I shot this portrait of Danish beauty Josephine Skriver. I loved the gold makeup look and the super big hooped earrings she was wearing as first look. Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark Josephine Skriver is one of the most stunning models I've shot to date. I originally took some backstage beauty shots of her at London Fashion Week in February 2011 when she was walking in the Jaeger London show.

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Friday, 28 November 2014

New Creative Beauty with Anna Cariad

Here is a work in progress from my final shoot at the Makeup Forever Academy in Soho, New York. Th finished story will be a nice mix of black and white and colour fashion toning.

Photographer - Simon Ackerman

Makeup - Jen Evans at Makeup Forever New York

Model - Anna Cariad at Red Model Management NYC

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Friday, 11 July 2014

Endless Motions

Perhaps it’s a delicate set of features shielded by a sharp, tailored suit, or a gesture so feminine at heart that it is nearly impossible to lose in a masculine translation; as it may be all about an inborn gentleness that gets toughened up by bits and pieces of menswear inspiration, or a severe attitude tamed by the most beautiful expression. Endless motions get to be rewritten with Simon Ackerman behind the camera, as he appears ready to use powerful contrasts in order to fully disclose hidden emotions.

Cinematic in all of its confined sense of luxury, the reimagining of the dandy girl is never to be done without the imminent collision of past and present. Her timeless portrait, impeccably styled by Tracy Michael, talks just as much about today’s modern aesthetic, as it does about the brave women of yesterday, who understood men’s clothing better than men themselves.

With hair by Debbie Hancock and make-up by Jemma Venables, check the complete photo shoot by Simon Ackerman (www.simonackerman.co.uk) at the gallery.

Monday, 26 May 2014

Fashion editorial with James Pitt

I had a afternoon out shooting at the gas works in Poole and around Bournemouth beach in England for my first male model shoot in some time. Model James was full of ideas and not afraid to jump over walls for the sake of creativity! Here are the first retouches from the shoot.

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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Kye backstage

Here's a selection of my favourite images from backstage at the Kye Spring 2014 show at New York Fashion Week. A nice and varied selection of models to shoot.

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Saturday, 9 November 2013

Photography in New York City

I previously posted some work on my blog during a 10 day stay in New York, which received some particularly great feedback. This summer is was lucky enough to leave England and jet off across the pond for a 90 day stay in the USA. A majority of my time was spent living in New York in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Since my first trips to the Big Apple last year in 2012 I discovered that NYC has an enormous wealth of interesting and beautiful things to photograph.

During my time living in NYC I shot many portfolio shoots with some amazingly talented creatives and we had a whole plethora of fantastic locations to choose from.

The first shot featuring the Empire State Building shot from the top of a high rise of apartments I was staying in on 6 ave and 24th Street in Manhattan about a block from Macey's. The model is Kelly Gray from MC2 Model Management.

The 2nd shot is from a half days shooting in Dumbo in Brooklyn. It was particularly tricky to get the shot as I we had to keep stopping for traffic, I was however really pleased with the final shots that we got from the shoot. The model is Caroline Thompson also from MC2.

Just before I left to fly to New York I was watching an episode of Doctor Who. It was the story Angels in Manhattan and it gave me a little bit of inspiration for a shoot in Central Park, two of which are below. There's a scene with Matt Smith sat on a rock reading a book in Central Park which is where the original idea was conceived. We shot in early July using available light and a 5 in 1 reflector, it just happened to be during a heatwave so between sessions my assistant had to shield model Guilia from the sun so she didn't break out in a sweat. We prepped at David Ryan salon in Hell's Kitchen which is where the book prop came from. It was a joke book of bad haircuts containing mullets and just general bad hair from the 1970's.

The hair was done by Jill Schnapp and the makeup by Jen Evans.

The image below was shot on location around Hell's Kitchen, this shot was taken next to the USS Intrepid which left for some interesting backdrops.

The hair was again done by Jill Schnapp and makeup by Courtney Culkin.

I've put together a few of my favourite cityscape and architecture shots from the trip. This are just shots that are taken out of passion, I however contacted by a real estate company in Manhattan who follow my Instagram who wanted to commission me to shoot four of their buildings in Midtown so they could frame them in their office. I've included many of my Instagrams, feel free to follow my account: simon_ackerman