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images from Sunday’s English Groomers Challenge Event at The White Oak Leisure Centre in Swanley have now been uploaded to Photobox. There are around 320 images in total and they can be accessed from my gallery on Photobox or you go directly to the album here; http://www.photoboxgallery.com/momofoto/collection?album_id=797171161. Here are a few of the highlights]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/english-groomers-challenge/

ou don’t have to look far to see gritty, grungy media – TV, movies, photography, print – everyone’s at it. So how do you get this look? Well, as usual there are dozens of ways, but I particularly like this method using Adobe Lightroom. You may prefer a one-click option, but I like to know [...]]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/6-steps-to-lightroom-grunge-heaven/

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John Bartlett from Maidstone – keen parkour practitioner and aspiring stuntman.  ]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/john-bartlett/

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I’m not one for self portraits, but I can handle them at a distance]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/all-wrapped-up-in-a-virtual-world/

As part of the festivities for Brighton Pride 2008, local drag queens (Lady James – left – and Sally Vate – right) prepare to “Zorb” down Devil’s Dyke! What’s an Orb? See here.. www.orb360.co.uk. For those who have asked for the technicalities behind this one; This was taken with a Nikon D200 and Nikon 10.5mm f2.8 DX [...]]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/battle-of-the-balls/

This shot was taken during a group ‘Strobist’ meet at an abandoned hospital in Harold Wood, Essex.]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/monique/

Band shot taken in 2011 with Tunbridge Wells based ‘Fall Of Yesterday’ – who sadly split up the day after this shoot Post processed using my Lightroom ‘Grunge’ technique which will shortly be republished as a tutorial – watch this space.]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/the-fall-of-yesterday/

Magnus is a masseur and healer and I wanted to try and encapsulate the power of his hands in the most graphic way possible. This is a shot I had planned for several months and on one cold and windy Sunday evening in 2010 everything fell into place and I came up with this. You can read more [...]]]> http://www.stevecollinsphoto.com/magnus-the-masseur/