Throughtout the course of 2011, I launched a new element to my Portraiture portfolio - Alter-Ego & 'Reel-You' Portraits.  A few of my favourite people hopped on board and got their gladrags and favourite props out to pose in front of my lens.

Over the course of the next few posts I'm going to feature a few of them one at a time (didn't feel it right to block them all in together) so to kick it all of, I'll start with a particular favourite of mine - Steve.

Steve's mad for photography of most kinds, but his heart specifically lies with Lomography - a passion in which I, myself also share.  

When I asked Steve which angle he'd like to take on for the shoot, he was pretty flexible but having had a look around his place there was no way I wasn't going to incorporate his lomos and his own unique collection of shots taken on them.

He pulled out a few of his best bits from the wardrobe too and we got shooting.

These were the results....

Thanks goes to Steve for being part of the Portraiture launch.

To see more of Steve's gallery or view the rest of my portraiture portfolio, simple follow this link: http://www.jillcherryporterphotography.com/reel-life-portraiture#!__reel-life-portraiture

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Over the years, I've been lucky enough to capture the weddings of couples who I have not only really liked, but hugely admired.  

The stories of these people have been wonderful and getting to know them as part of their special day has been a privelige.

In honour of those couples, here are a few of my favourite shots from over the years:

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Laura & Mark 

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Jillian & Mark

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Helen & Duncan

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Jacqueline & David

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Well, it's a lovely fresh sunny freeeezing January Sunday today and Matt and I currently have the pleasure of dog-sitting our family dog.

Her Deets:

Name: Molly (Mol, Molski, Mollypops...the list is endless)

Age: 10 years old

Likes: Biscuits, her orange bone, any ball, Matt

Dislikes: being left alone, not being given a crisp, anyone who comes near her garden

Special Party-piece: she has many, but we especially love it when she sings along to the CSI LV theme

Mol has always been a pup full of character and fun.  She has boundless amounts of energy (although she does a fantastic impression of an invalid when there is any sort of treat or sympathy on the table..) and could not wait to get out into our garden this morning.

Due to the nasty storms of late, her fencing back home has been destroyed so it's been a while since Mol got a proper safe bound about.

As always, I couldn't resist getting the camera out, so here's a few snaps of her enjoying the fresh Scottish freeze.

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For my third installment of the Portraiture Launch, I'm featuring someone very special.

Alison was the youngest to take part in the launch and she was one of the first.  

Much like the other folks, she hadn't had an experience like this one before, and given her age (16... almost 17 now) she was an absolute treat to shoot.  She really relaxed into the shoot and was able to pull some perfect poses with an ease beyond her years.

Alison adores Twilight but her heart truly lies with Harry so, with her shoot, we set out to capture a few shots that would show just that little hint of magic.

She was a star and we had a lot of fun.  I had some props and costume on set and she really committed to the Alter-Ego part of the day.  

Alison is currently studying for her standard grade exams and consistently aces the board with 1's and A's - she has a fantastic singing voice to boot.  

As I think you'll agree when having checked-out her shoot, this is one young woman to keep an eye out for...

Lots of love and massive thanks goes to Alison for being such a superstar and really pulling it out the bag.

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