May 2008

Welcome to May's update of Declinegothica and in this update you will find a couple more images from January's Gore shoot entitled "Terminal Choice", March's dark "Sacrificial" shoot, as well as three images from my trip to Cardiff to work with the beautiful Welsh model RYO.  It's been hectic in the last few months, putting in five shoots recently including the two mammoth group events you can read about below.

I've been keeping my prop maker Paul Smith very busy recently with several projects including my "Sacrificial" shoot where he made me an intricate goat's mask and dagger.  The shoot had a 1970's Hammer Horror style to it and featured Alrune, Ravenstar and Chackra along side my old friend and veteran Declinegothica model; Sapphrine.  It had been years since Sapphrine and I had worked together but it was great to have him there and he was as good a model as ever! 

Dave Charsley, Chackra, Alrune, Ravenstar and Sapphrine

"Sacrificial" shoot - March 23rd 2008

April saw me pay a visit to London again to work in the "Steampunk" genre, a style I've been very interested in over the last year.  My "Whitechapel Gods" shoot featured a team of Demondaz, Araminta, Ravenstar, Angel Serenity  and Giselle Bourignon.  We picked an old railway bridge in north London as the location and not only did it prove the perfect Steampunk backdrop, it also sheltered us from the rain when the heavens opened!   As usual, Paul the prop guy created us something special in several very tasty props including the mini gun you can see below.  I think Demondaz liked the gun, a little too much!!  More on the next update.

Demondaz, Angel Serenity, Giselle Bourignon, Ravenstar, Araminta and Dave Charsley

"Whitechapel Gods" - April 27th 2008

My next update of Declinegothica will be on July 1st and will feature images from the "Whitechapel Gods" shoot and upcoming "Weekend of Horrors" joint shoot with Darkest Angel photography.