Thursday 26th February 2026

Last night we held a studio night for our members to do some portrait work with live models. We set up two backdrop sets, “Disney Castle” and “Green screen”.

​Our models where three lovely ladies, Sophie Nixon and Louise Lisle from “Beauty and the Ballgown/MW Events. This is Sophie’s own company and you can find more information on Facebook.  Sophie dressed as “Aurora” from Sleeping Beauty, Louise dressed as “Belle” from Beauty and the Beast. Our third model, a great friend of mine Amy Harkness who is a freelance  “Bridal Catwalk” model. The ladies swapped around the two sets, during the night and a good number of images were taken by our members.

​Part of the purpose of these events is for our members to learn new skills and ‘techniques , and I was aware that a few members learned new settings to try and also what setting to use for portraits. Thanks also to Paul Kidd for helping adjust lights and angles during the night, and other members for assisting each other with camera setting and menu adjustments, etc.
Overall a good fun night had by all.
 
Colin Livingstone
president