Carmen @ Boss

Model: Carmen @ Boss Model Management
Photographer / Stylist: Portia Hunt

After what seems like forever, I've finally had the time to start testing again. This is Carmen; with her dynamic presence in front of the lens and absolute killer unique facial features, who better to kickstart the testing process with. Shooting in my favourite Manchester haunt which is the backstreets of the Northern Quarter, and styled by yours truly, I love how Carmen pulls off the amalgamation of menswear and womenswear with effortless ease.

George @ J'Adore

Model: George @ J'Adore

So my first term at university is drawing to a close, and there's a palpable buzz of excitement in the air about the return home to family, friends, food and lots and lots of Christmas cheer. Oh, and sleep. How I long to cosy up in my own bed and catch up on more than my fair share of forty winks! Anyway, this Friday I was out testing with fellow Leeds student George and had a reet good time wandering around Hyde Park getting some snaps. Even the rain held out for us!

Gee @ J'Adore

Model: Gee @ J'Adore

I'm ashamed to say that this post has sat unpublished since before I went to London Fashion Week - quelle honte! Somehow, in the frenzied blur that is fashion week editing and scurrying off to university, I forgot to click 'Publish'. To Gee and y'all at J'Adore, I hope you'll forgive me! Anyway, this shoot was a last minute affair with Gee coming straight from work with no time to freshen up. Add this to the fact that this was only her second time shooting, I think she did pretty darn well!

Emma @ J'Adore

Model: Emma @ J'Adore 

With illness striking and leaving us a (wo)man down on the makeup front, and all attempts at finding a last minute replacement made to no avail, our only option left was to do a little beauty DIY. So here we have it: base makeup by Emma and pink hair and brows by myself. Emma was an absolute dream to work with and I can only cross my fingers that she'll end up in front of my camera again soon.

Ruby @ Nemesis

Model: Ruby @ Nemesis

For those of you not already in the know via sneak previews of the Instagram and Facebook variety, this little beauty goes by the name of Ruby and she's a new face at Nemesis. This was her first ever shoot and I think you'll agree that she pretty much nailed it. Extra kudos to her for braving it out in the dingy backstreets of Chinatown, complete with sticky rubbish, sticky smoke and sticky sweet aromas wafting through the air. This girl is one to watch!

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Marcus

Model: Marcus Hodson

Photographer / Stylist: Myself

Despite the incessant rain, I had a great time on this shoot with Marcus last week. In fact, the awful weather led us to seek out some rather cool indoor places (Empire Exchange and Afflecks Palace) to shoot at instead. I also got to play at being a stylist choosing clothes at Oxfam Originals and even managed to pick up a lovely vintage jacket for myself there too (Lookbook post coming soon).