Photoshoot with Lucy Ridges

Well this post is long overdue! Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Lucy Ridges, a wonderfully talented photographic artist.

I was looking for a photographer to work with on my blog title photoshoot and ‘About page’ photos. As soon as I saw Lucy’s work, I loved her originality and artistic approach – I knew it’d be ideal for HollyGoesLightly. I wanted something a bit different with an artistic and sophisticated feel and if you take a look at her website, you can see the array of amazing work she’s done.

Now I am no model and although I can take a half-decent selfie and pose in front of the camera when drunk, I’ve not worked with a professional photographer many times before (apart from my engagement shoot and wedding photos of course). It was therefore important that I felt comfortable with someone and could also be directed a little. Lucy was brill at this!

So off I went to her studios one weekend, my wonderful friend and hair-stylist Victoria in tow, along with another friend Lucy who helped out with my make-up. I had a few ideas for how I wanted the photos to look but Lucy Ridges and I left a lot of the deciding until the day…sometimes the best things come without thinking too much! We had a few different “looks” and tried out a few techniques to get the shots we wanted. Lucy works with both digital and analogue cameras and what I love about her portraits, is the fact that it’s not forced or posed. I’m not one for cheesy smiles (often) you see.

Now I won’t do her justice if I try to go into too much detail about her photographic processes and artistry, so I’ll just let the photos do the talking for themselves…