My brother left a little UV lamp at my Studio and it sparked an idea for a photoshoot.  I wanted to do a UV beauty test shoot.  So I checked-in with my fav MUA/Hairstylist and set up a date to shoot at my photographic studio in Hackney, London. While casting for a different photo-shoot, a [...]

Creative Director, Photographer, Retoucher : Margaret Yescombe (M.Y.) Hair & make-up directed by M.Y., applied by model Styling: M.Y.: Red wow maxi dress by Next.co.uk & gold beaded bracelet from local charity shop Photographed in Margaret’s East London Studio: www.studioandlocationhire.com Model : Loren Peta

What equipment is used in a professional Photographer’s Photographic Studio? Firstly, if you’re a regular reader of my photography blog posts: lovely to see you again!  If you’re a newbie: please let me introduce myself…. Hi, I’m Margaret Yescombe, I’m a full time self-employed freelance Photographer & Retoucher based in Hackney, London. Most of my shoots take [...]

Want to find out what photographic equipment a professional Female Photographer has in her camera kit-bag? Hi, I’m Margaret Yescombe, I’m a full time self-employed freelance Photographer & Retoucher based in Hackney, London. Most of my shoots take place at my lovely East London Photographic Studio / Location : www.studioandlocationhire.com in Hackney. This is where I [...]

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…CONTINUING ON FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG POST : PART ONE   Behind the scenes of the catwalk prep in the Ones to Watch at Fashion Scout…. Hair by Tony & Guy sessions team. Make-up by Body Shop     Backstage behind the catwalk runway: Fashion scout runway catwalk photos Thursday February 2013 Check out my [...]

Happily my brand new Canon 5D MkIII camera arrived so early in the morning, I was able to leave my 5D MkII behind and head out to shoot Fashion Scout (London) on my new photographic equipment!  :-)     Arriving at Fashion Scout there was long queue to get in the front…   Most people [...]

While the agency model was getting her hair & make-up ready for the beauty shoot, I wanted to try out a few different studio photography background colour options. I’ve had this mannequin since I was a teenager (I used to do dressmaking).  The years haven’t been kind to this old girl, she’s mostly retired, hanging [...]

Check out my debut UrbanityChic.com ‘Spotlight Interview’ Get up close & personal – find out more about me & my photographic work here: http://urbanitychic.com/2013/01/the-spotlight/photographers/spotlight-interview-margaret-yescombe-photography/    

Welcome to my stunning 1,636sqft East London NY style apartment/converted warehouse, in Clapton, Hackney. This Studio & Location features 4.41m high ceilings (lot’s of rooms to shoot!), with double height windows. The open plan kitchen is separated from the main space by a large black granite breakfast bar, with adjustable height stools and Hollywood-style illuminated make-up mirror, [...]

Are you looking for the best professional fashion model(s) in the industry to photograph your fashion collection on? Check out my Top 10 Model Agencies list* (in no particular order): Models 1 Premier FM Model Agency Nevs Model Agency M+P Models Elite Boss Models Storm Model Management Bookings Models First Model Management IMG Models  DNA Model [...]

I thought I’d share with you: my dream-list of Top 5 Famous Fashion Models (that I’d love to have the opportunity to work with one day) So here goes, my current top 5 models list… 1) Kate Moss (Storm) 2) Cara Delevingne (Storm) 3) Karlie Koss (IMG) 4) Lily Cole (IMG) 5) Gemma Ward (IMG) [...]

My photograph was published in Professional Photographer Magazine portfolio section. February 2013 issue You can’t miss the image – it’s the biggest (and with it’s yellow background, it’s also the brightest) image on the page! This ‘Summer’ image is from the Season’s beauty studio photo shoot. Photographer & Retoucher : Margaret Yescome Model : Lyvia Make-Up [...]

Editorial feature spread for Hello! Magazine (Pakistan)  Photographer: Margaret Yescombe MUA/Hair: Dorota Nowacka Photographers Assistant: Jake Newell Would you be surprised to learn that this is Samira’s first time working with a Fashion Photographer? (the only other time she’s posed for a Photographer was at her wedding). Despite Samira receiving tragic news during the shoot, she/we [...]

In the previous four seasons beauty photo shoot colour had played a large influence.  Each background from that image set was coloured differently, to help translate/represent the mood of each season. I wanted to retouch the extra images below in a way that gave them a different feel, allowing them to stand separately from the previous [...]

For this post I thought I’d share some behind the scenes photos, featuring the team doing some final tweaks to hair & make-up before shooting each look. Photographer: Margaret Yescome Model: Lyvia MUA: Sasha Cross Hairstylist: KT Stylist: Zoe Powell   These images are a celebration of all the seaons: Autumn Winter Spring Summer   [...]

Jewellery photography by London Photographer & Retoucher Margaret Yescombe   Cuff : Jeminee Jewellery See more of my product photography here

Photographer & Retoucher: Margaret Yescombe MUA/Hairstylist: Chrisitiana Howell Model: Cathy (Sapphires)     Thank you for reading my little photography blog post.  If you found my post interesting/useful, please do share the link with your friends & followers.  I’d love to hear your thoughts, drop me a message in the comment section below.  Tell me [...]

Photographer/Retoucher: Margaret Yescombe MUA/Hairstylist: Christiana Howell Model: Emerald (Oxygen)

Last weekend I caught the train up to Nottingham to photograph R & T’s Wedding. I met up with the Bride, Groom and wedding party, to go for a rehearsal at the beautiful little church just outside of town.  As their Wedding Photographer I used this opportunity to recce, check the ambient lighting, have a [...]

I was invited to come down to Saville Row to photograph Pure PJs design competition presentations. On Friday night, the top three selected Fashion Designers presented their designs to a panel of judges: Jamie (Founder, Pure PJs), Jo Hawtree (Creative Director, Gunsmoke & Lavender) and James Cottrell (Head Cutter, Welsh & Jefferies). The winner will [...]

Photographer & Retoucher : Margaret Yescombe Shot @ Margaret’s Studio, Hackney London : www.studioandlocationhire.com Make-Up Artist (MUA) / Hairstylist: Dorota Nowacka Model: Anna Oxygen Models   Ok, so you know the shoot team, now let’s start with a few behind the scenes photos: of Dorota doing last minute tweaks of the hair/make-up on our Model… Here’s [...]

Recently I’ve been working on a project with a publisher who approached me to provide all the photography for a book of wearable hand-crocheted items by and American designer. Each page will have an image and instructions on how to make the crochet item. We shot two and a half days with four different models, [...]

I’m very excited about this new website, feels like finally moving from rented accommodation into my own home. So happy I was able to set up hosting and connect to wordpress, import my old blog, have a live twitter feed, and most importantly of all – full screen images and portfolio slideshows that work on [...]

Staying in the beautiful olive grove / cyprus tree covered hills, I couldn’t help but dabble in some travel / wildlife photography, in our little slice of heaven. This little scorpion was in found in my bedroom on the first night!  I photographed it in a glass before putting it outside (luckily I didn’t come [...]

Pure Pyjamas asked me to provide photographic coverage of their presentation to fashion designers competition for their marketing: Events photography by London based Fashion Photographer & Retoucher: Margaret Yescombe

Andy who runs Photographers.co.uk invited me to come on a little photographic jaunt. We met up at a Pub with other Photographers of all different levels/backgrounds/specialities.  The evening was organised by Fruli, who gave us Photographers a list of things, that we had to interpret, find and photograph something to represent each item on our [...]

There’s no ‘i’ in ‘team’ but there is a ‘me’, if you chop it up & flip it around For this little shoot, I decided to be the ‘me’ in team… Be me own muse To a-muse myself For this shoot the Credits read: Photographer: Me Stylist: Me Make-up Artist/Hairstylist: Me Model: Me Photographer’s assistant: Me In other [...]

I often get asked ‘where did you study Photography?’, as if the few years under tutition was what gave me the style I have today.  One doesn’t take a course to get an accreditation to become a Photographer, then stop learning. Photographic world is constently changing and evolving, the industry and the technology. You are [...]

Photograph by Margaret Yescombe, taken on Hasselblad H4D with HC 80mm Lens Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec, Aperture: F/11, ISO Speed Rating: 100 “The Hasselblad H4D-60 is probably the most expensive digital camera in the world. This DSLR camera has an astonishing 60 megapixel 40 x 54 mm sensor. Aided by the Absolute Position Lock processor, [...]

My brother gave me a breadmaker recently.    Today I used it to make Seeded Rye Bread (poppy seeds, sunflower seeds & sesame seeds). I thought I’d have a little go at Food Photography / Food Styling. It was already evening and dark.  I wanted to give the scene some lighting with a natural daylight [...]

When I studied Photography many years ago it was a different world!  We were told by our tutors: ‘specialize – don’t show anything in your portfolio that isn’t your specalisim – it will distract the viewer’.  After all, we’ve all heard the phrase ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ and if you’ve ever studied [...]

On Saturday I tweeted off topic, mentioning I was going to dye my hair Cyber Purple.  The response was surprising, people asked to see a photo of it.  Perhaps curiosity at the unusually named colour choice, or wanting to see the results to consider doing it themselves?Anyhoo, I decided to oblige, with a quick self [...]

Photographer & Retoucher: Margaret Yescombe Stylist: Caroline Bilkey MUA: Sharn Hunjan Hair: Mimi Model: Sophie Photography taken in Hackney, London at: www.studioandlocationhire.com  

Andy from Photographers.co.uk asked if I would like to donate a studio portrait photo shoot session to a charity fundraising quiz to raise money for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Vicky won the photo shoot, she liked my fashion images, so we gave it a fashiony edge to her shoot. Photographer & Retoucher : Margaret Yescombe [...]

  Photographer and Retoucher: Margaret Yescombe Hair and Make-Up: Sharn Hunjan Model: Felicity P

Hello and thank you for joining me again. Let me catch you up on what’s been happening in the last few months in my little world… The last few months have also seen me move into a new Photographic Studio / Location! We moved in just before Christmas, the official paperwork finally completed earlier this Month    [...]

Some massive changes have happened since my last blog post!  I really want to keep you all updated with what I’ve been up to – things are really taking off!   This year I’m going to make time for more regular blogging – letting you know who I’ve been working with, and show you the [...]

Andy from Photographers.co.uk referred Kate to me.  Kate asked me to photograph the wonderful selection of hand-knitted scarves and shawls she has decided to start importing to the UK. The shoot took place in Hackney, East London at: www.studioandlocationhire.com.

Pid’or (Actress) popped into my Photographic Studio, in Hackney East London, to update her Headshots. We worked together to product a range of Headshots for Spotlight and promoting herself. We arranged two photoshoots, a week apart, as Pid’or wanted to get her hair done in between, so she could show photos with different hair looks. [...]

EVOLVE MAGAZINE invited me to photograph TOCCARA JONES in my Studio for the cover of their anniversary issue and and editorial spread on the rising star from America’s Next Top Model. Photographer & Retoucher : Margaret Yescombe Stylist: Caroline Bilkey MUA: Sharn Hunjan Hair: Mimi Celebrity Model: Toccara Jones

Creative Director / Photographer / Retoucher : Margaret Yescombe Photographer’s Assistant : Dave Fashion Clothes Designer : Niki Charl Union Jack Dress by Designer : Christopher HofH Model : Tanja Make-Up & Hair : Tanja (under Margaret’s direction) Location : Clapton, Hackney, East London  

Today, my photographic challenge was to photograph a handbag against a white background, in my East London photographic studio. To give the image more interest, I placed white tiles underneath the hand-bag to echo its texture and give an appealing reflection in the foreground. String was tied from a boom arm to hold up the bag’s [...]

I was approached by a Designer called Rachel Antonio to shoot her AW11 collection.  It was off to a great start as she sent sketches and snapshots of her collection and a wonderful moodboard with lots of inspiring images. I offered to arrange the whole team.  I was very happy with the quality of models [...]

I’m always making little ongoing improvements here and there.  There have been quite a lot more lately, as after being in business for around six years, I felt it was time to review every aspect of my working practice.  This included reviewing the website, software, hardware, method and equipment for both shooting and retouching, admin/business [...]

Beautiful Lighting  Photograph by Margaret Yescombe, taken while sailing across the Atlantic in 2005 I wish I’d had a Canon 5D Mark II back then! I’m pleased say a new 40cm silver beauty dish (with optional honeycomb), and a heavy duty boom arm & stand on wheels have just been to add to the Studio [...]

This weekend was spent absorbing wonderful information and inspiring images – I’ve certainly come away with a lot of great new ideas…I’ve been watching Photographers from all round the world on YouTube discuss how they run their Studio and Location photo shoots, new lighting tips/techniques.  One Photographer that I found videos of was Peter Hurley.  [...]

Hello Again I’m a professional fashion photographer based in Hackney, East London, UK. The photos below are a few of my touristy travel photography snapshots from my recent trip to America… As some of you already know, I’ve been across the pond in America for the last month. I’m now back in the UK, and [...]