John Ivey - Fashion / Glamour Photographer jayjayphotography@hotmail.co.uk
My name is John Ivey, I specialise in Fashion and Glamour photography. I was privileged to do a BIO a few issues back in CT Magazine, so this time I'm just going talk about the photos. I was requested early October 2013 by my agent to provide a number of sets for Winter releases. The first images of model Sharon Chapman I took on location at the Royal William Yard, Devon; it’s a wonderful historic location with strong cold granite, old wooden doors, rusty nails and powerful lines wherever you look. We went with a theme of Russia with Love. Prior to the shoot we visited the location and looked at potential spots. I took notes of weather conditions, time of day and where shadows were falling, hoping the weather would remain the same or close to the conditions. On the day of the shoot we left early and arrived at the location for about 7.30am. One of my decisions was to use as much natural light as possible and get bounce from other buildings as being white / grey granite they added to my desire to capture very soft shots, and so I needed that first light to wrap gently around the beauty of Sharon's face. We moved from location to location and ended up in the residents’ accommodation, the entrance leading to the hall being very powerful but the light was dreadful, so being a bit disappointed, we decided to explore a little and just started going up flights of stairs till we couldn’t go further. There was this little window with such soft light coming through its dusty glass which was helping to soften light even more, and I knew I had to take full advantage for its pure simplicity and divine light. This was one of those moments when it all comes together and the light creates the magic. I would rate this still as one of my favourite portraits with natural light. Model: Fiona York