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Geoff & MJ

geoffreyrowe.solomodels.com ....It is better to be dead in the US than alive in the UK...

About Me


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Thought for the day...... "You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because you love her."


I am desperately old fashioned in my 'philosophy' of photography.... I want to eventually be known as a commercial photographer who 'dabbles' in portrature (like Testino!), and if you look at the four people who have influenced me the most, my best friend, Douglas Bizzaro, Clive Arrowsmith, and Ben Kanarek, they all have a 'beauty' about their work. I can't leave off talking about my influences without mentioning LaChapelle, sometimes his work is so completely 'off the wall' that I just can't understand, other times his work is classically beautiful! That is why he's a superstar!
They also have phenomenal lighting control and excel in allowing their emotional side to shine through. I have too much of a technical background and think that my work still somehow demonstrates a 'cold' look. Lets say that I've been unable to let lose enough inhibitions to really allow my emotions come out, a typically Brit.... however I've been working to try and rectify that...!
I DEEPLY LOVE beautiful images of beautiful women. I think that is how commercial advertising works.... it appeals to women and to men as women have a far greater affinity for another beautiful woman than a man does for, say Brad Pitt....... I know that may be appear to be a sexist comment but really, I am amused at how often I've overheard a woman compliment another woman. To me women should *always* look unfeasibly beautiful in images.....
I shoot digital, of course, but I do retain a film camera or two... I like film! Most times though you can't beat the immediacy of digital!

My Interests

errr..... Photography LOL!!!! Also Motor racing and a combination of motor racing and photography... and especially ALMS and F1!

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I'd like to meet:

Already met her and her name is Mary Jo!!!!

Music:

Humm very wide range actually... from The Mediaeval Baebes, to U2, Enya to Deep Purple, my only 'lacking' of interest is country but Shania Twain has been working overtime on me to try and fix that... and Faith Hill... ooo those two are naught little minxes!!!

Movies:

Movies I've seen recently, Transformers, Resident Evil: Extinction, Casino Royale, Bourne Ultimatum, Stardust (GREAT movie), Live Free or Die Hard, Spiderman III, I am Legend,Fav movies, well this changes all the time The Aviator was a revelation, Stardust is great, The Princess Bride (omg, how could ANYONE not love that movie!) so many more....

Television:

Desperate Housewives, Stargate SG1 to.... documentaries from National Geographic and Discovery....

Books:

Just reading the Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J Anderson which is pretty good, also I am a big techno thriller fan so Clancy is god!

Heroes:

I can't pass up an opportunity to mention the passing of one of my photographer heros, Bob Carlos Clarke. I only recently heard that he died at the end of March this year. A wonderfully 'alternative' photography mind has passed. He created several iconic works but the one that sticks in my memory is the girl who was covered in molasses and not a great deal else...
So others, all my photographer heros are masters of light and shade, Douglas Bizzaro, Clive Arrowsmith, Ben Kanarek.... you'll have to look them up! of course David LaChapelle is god, iconic, iconoclastic...
Okay I am a big motor sports fan so Aryton Senna has to figure, Mario Andretti... I remember the old Lotus with which he won the Formula 1 championship!

My Blog

Focus on Imaging 2008

So Focus on Imaging is billed as the largest Photographer show in Europe and with an attendance of over 30,000 that might be a true claim. Certainly the big name manufacturers seem to like the show a...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:59:00 PST

New MySpace profile and all that ’stuff’

Some of you might have noticed that I am in the process of separating my photo 'work' from this profile to a new profile - Aperito Photo. So if ya get a friends request from me that is the reason why!...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:47:00 PST

The Differences Pt 1

As those who know me will testify, I am somewhat interested in the massive differences between America and the United Kingdom. These differences are not just in language but run to yawning chasms in t...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:05:00 PST

The British Prime Minister

I cannot let this pass. I have heard that there has been a strike by prison officers in the UK, in spite of the British Governments attempts to have the strike declared illegal, effectively the Britis...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:12:00 PST

So... this is what Rodeo Drive looks like.....?

So... FINALLY I get to "visit" Rodeo Dr. in good ol' BH.... I didn't see celebs, I am gutted! PARIS!!! where were you! I was ready, poised, camera in hand "cocked" as t'wer! Oh well, lets face it whic...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

Santa Monica!

I have just got back from a little trip to So-Cal and here are some of the results of said trip.This is lovely Santa Monica, California.Actually, and anyone from LA can correct me if I get some of thi...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:08:00 PST

Lordy, it is hot!

I find myself once again in Phoenix Arizona and it is around 114 deg "out there" which in my book at least is officially HOT! Met with a friend at a Starbucks and we were FORCED to sit outside because...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:38:00 PST

The most non-girly blog in the world.... ever!

Whilst I am a photographer and take pictures of ladies advertising... well things, like clothes and shoes and stuff. I therefore have a more than passing acquaintance with things like lip gloss and fo...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:44:00 PST

London Graduate Fashion Week 2007

London Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) for those who don't know is when graduates of the UK's premier fashion colleges get a chance to strut their stuff and the quality of their work just goes on getting ...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:41:00 PST

okay, this is going to be serious....

And for any Brit wanting to read this, I suggest you cover your eyes.... Any American's reading this you might get your eyes opened a little as to what life REALLY is like in the UK.Now those who know...
Posted by Geoff & MJ on Sat, 19 May 2007 08:44:00 PST