The summer solstice brought us the longest possible day of cloud that the fabulous British weather could muster, plus a few showers, to notify us that we had reached mid-summer here in London. Models, cameras and photographers don’t like to get wet, so we moved our Portrait Photography Workshop indoors to 4th Floor Studios in Whitechapel. Once the general east-end grime had been negotiated and a few flights of stairs had been climbed we were treated to a huge light filled and characterful room which was perfect for portrait photography. Our model, Chloe-Jasmine Whichello did her usual sterling job, while Rossella Vanon passed on her boundless talent to our seven attendees.

A few backstage images by Dave Kai Piper show what actually happened: