Back in December, while she was visiting me on her way back to Australia, Aureole agreed to pose for me while I experimented with all 3 of my cameras to see how they all performed. The Holga won, hands down, creating some beautiful atmospheric images that now form an important series in mOnOchrOmic, the exhibition open now. But the Canon G3 and 300D did OK jobs too. I just posted a few of the better ones to flickr - go take a look at Aureole in the bath....

It was fun doing this. We tried to make the water all milky, using bathsalts and, well... milk. But when she put her head under water, her hair dye ran turning the water a dark red. She is really comfortable in front of a camera, and being as tattooed as she is, she's a popular subject for her photographer friends. It was a great setting to do an experimental shoot like this, because it was really relaxed and casual and I got to play with cameras and settings and light and so on in a really comfortable atmosphere. I'm looking forward to her next visit so we can try out something new.

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