Milk Magazine | smudgetikka

I often prefer fashion photography of kids outdoors, I feel its a more natural place for them than stuck in a bare white studio but weather often dictates no other choices.

I love these shots for Milk Magazine from Karel Balas even though it looks like a grey day and one where you would normally retreat inside I think the greyness only adds to the amazing textured effect of the grasses. It looks as if the grass has been de-saturised while the clothes have been pumped up in colour.

Karel Balas Milk Magazine, a grey day but with a little brightness too.

Karel Balas for Milk Magazine, kids fashion photography

Karel Balas for Milk Magazine strong photo effects for this set of pictures

Karel Balas for Milk Magazine, children’s fashion photography

Another Karel Balas shoot with strong landscape use

Karel Balas kids photography with a different landscape use – all inspiring

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A great set of kids fashion pictures from Milk Magazine by British photographer Mark Shearwood which reflect a personal touch as his mother always dressed him and his brother alike, although they weren’t twins.

Stylist Rachel Caulfield however did have twins in her family so the shoot had meaning for them both and many of the children come from Mark’s native Manchester. Quite how Rachel managed to collect 2 and 3 versions of the same outfit from sample collections is a mystery, it can often be hard enough to get just one. “It took 3 weeks of emailing and phoning ” she said, to pull it all together but it certainly made for a memorable set of shots.