A while back I did a fairly simple shoot with Caroline a friend of mine from school…a looong time go!

Anyway, there’s not really much to say about these, just a simple set of portraits playing around with random looks and items. I enjoyed the chance to just piss about a bit rather than focusing on a pre-designed shooting idea.

Well the spookiest time of year has been and gone. Facebook is already awash with drunk zombies, flashing vampires and pirates um..pillaging? I thought I might as well upload some of our house party.

We were going to go to torture garden again, until we looked at the prices. £35 a ticket for non-members! Now I know that’s not a massive price for a holiday club ticket, but if you’re a couple (which we are) and you spend £80ish on a costume each, plus a fair few drinks once you’re inside, it quickly becomes around the same price as a weekend away, obviously just with less BDSM. Well, depending where you go for your weekend away

I should point out I was pretty drunk when taking these, and didn’t actually take the one with me in (surprise, surprise) but still, here’s us at halloween. I was meant to be the crow, I’ve just not got the wig on here!

The extra’s to this set can be found on facebook in a few minutes.

Happy Halloween!

I did a photoshoot recently where we played around with some strange poses and body shapes in the dark. Fuck it, I have nothing interesting to say right now. Just look at the damn photos.

and for something a bit bigger, I put together a collage of those images. I’ve got this at some stupidly high resolution, so might make a full size print of it for exhibition at some point. Not sure. Click the image for a detailed version.

Oh, and one more for an older photoshoot that just fits:

What do you get if you mix Janis Joplin, Courtney Love and a healthy amount of the crazies required to be a blues musician? Probably something like Laura. I’ve known Laura for a number of years and I’m really pleased to see her musical career taking off. She’s supporting Skunk Anansie soon, so be sure to go check her out.

In the mean time, just enjoy the photos we’ve created for the upcoming album.

I’ve begun to get a little bored of uploading photos here, I have such a backlog at the moment. Add to that the fact that feedback seems to have dried up somewhat and I’m struggling to be bothered to upload more.

Anyway, I’m dragging myself up to post something, so here’s a few portraits from the studio. Remember, if you want to model, email me at neb8neb@gmail.com (my ben@benbale.com email is playing up at the moment – sorry if you’ve tried to email me on it in the last couple of months, I wont have got it!)

I don’t know why this post has come out so blue, but go listen to 5000 Years by Recoil.

As I said in my last post – it’s time we went back to torture garden, especially since it’s at a new venue this month. So with that in mind I thought I’d upload a few photos from randomnights out (and in) to get people in the party mood!

There’s a story behind every one of these, but that’s something for another time. So instead, here’s a photo of the worst haircut I’ve ever had.

Well as a few people have talked about coming with us to Torture Garden next weekend, I thought it might be time for an update on here that’s a fetish related.

Of course it helps that I’ve just finished a photoshoot like the one below…

If everyone turns up at torture garden that has said they want to come, it should be an interesting evening. I’ve never been one to shy away from mixing work and personal lives – I don’t see the point of pretending to be someone else at work. Having said that, this will be the first time a number of people from the office have come down to TG with us…

Anyway, here’s a quick set of some random photos I’ve taken in the past that don’t really fit in at all with this post

Oh, and there’s far more from Priscilla coming soon, I just need to get round to uploading them!

A while ago I uploaded a photoshoot which was a little bit of a mix between a fashion photography lady gaga glam mix and rough and ready rock and roll.

Well this one is a bit more Parisian boudoir I suppose. We redecorated our bedroom a couple of weeks ago, so I got a model round to give the purple walls something to look at! I think the mix is perfect, but then I’m biased.

Verdict?

Oh and here’s a candid one from while I was setting up, I think it’s quite fun

The models I’ve worked with over the years will probably all tell you different things about working with me, but I imagine one thing that will get repeated a bit is the fact that I never really stick to the idea we started with.

That’s certainly the case with this photoshoot of Zoe. We started working on the idea of someone carrying their virginity around as if they were tied to their childhood before spinning off wildly into ‘Mindless Self Indulgence’ album titles (prizes for the first person the get the link).

So the first half of the photoshoot started a little bit like this…

Zoe was a really interesting model to work with, and certainly someone I’d like to work with again some day.

Anyway, the second half of the photoshoot went a little off topic:

Am I the only one that always thought it was odd that Dr. Frankenstein started off by making a 7ft tall guy? Personally, I’d have gone sex slave, then home help. Although taking another look at the orignal film, maybe he was just both

I’m pretty sure that the result of those two – Lady Gaga and Steel Panther – would probably come up with something that looked and sounded a little like a bad Ratt b-side. However luckily this isn’t an audio post. This is the glammed up results of my photoshoot last night with Sophie. The second half was a little bit more luxurious than the glam/sleazy/hippy photos below and I’ll post those later.

What do you think?

Hmm, maybe with a bit of Cheryl Cole and Glastonbury mixed in as well.

Ironically I hate pretty much everything I’ve referenced here – other than Steel Panther, I’d get my tits out for them any day.