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    Latest Shoot

    A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure with shooting with the gorgeous Emily from Model Mayhem. It was a gangster styled shoot and also another chance for me to practise new lighting set ups. She was truly a wonderful inspiration to work with!

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    Creating Sin City Rain

    Definition of frustrating: trying to re create sin city rain and having to trawl through a bunch of useless tutorials that just say the same thing over and over again! Never fear loyal readers, I have perfected the perfect sin city rain effect. Here’s the...

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    From Studio to Finished Image

    I’ve received a lot of requests from people asking about my work flow and how to achieve the same results. I’m going to show you how to recreate this image: The hard work was done with my lighting set up in order to get the...

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    Jill Greenburg Backgrounds

    After a bit research, I have developed a range of Jill Greenburg Backgrounds that you can use to spice up your studio images. As you can see below, the huge effect the background of the image has. The mood can be warmer, colder, more professional,...

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    Launch of AllyKatDesign Actions

    Hello loyal readers of my blog , I have launched a set of AllyKatDesign Actions to make photoshopping your images a little bit easier, especially if you’re like me and want everything NOW! A couple of the actions are set up for a flattened image,...

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    Dave Hill Style Photography revisited

    Been a little while since I have written a tutorial, so I thought I would make it a good one I’ve been thinking again about the earlier Dave Hill tutorial that I have written and I don’t think that I did his work justice, so...

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    Recreating Jill Greenberg styled photos

    Hey everyone, sorry that its been so long between updates, so I’ve decided to make this a good one ^_^ For a while now I have been fascinated with the style of Jill Greenburg. Such beautiful emotive portraits, set against beautiful backgrounds. After studying the...

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  • Recreating Dave Hill Styled Photography

    Recreating Dave Hill Styled Photography

    Dave Hill is one photographer that I have a lot of awe for. I love the way he creates his images. Some people may say that they are too stylised or cartoonish but after trying to recreate his work, I found that its a lot...

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  • Fun New Software – Poladroid!!!

    Fun New Software – Poladroid!!!

    Ahh the joys of having the day off and surfing the net! Feels great after having some many none stop go go go days. During my surfing of various photography websites, I found this little gem hiding away. The website is Poladroid and you can...

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  • Popular AllyKatDesign T-Shirts

    Popular AllyKatDesign T-Shirts

    Phew xmas is over!! What a turbulent time. I apologise for my silence as of late, but it seems that everyone needs a rush job done before xmas! So I have organised a little treat for my loyal readers and gathered up all the popular...

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