John Hooton Photography

Italian beauty Marisa Nitti taken in Milan 1967. Used a 35mm PC Nikkor on this one for extra leg stretch.

Image taken to accompany my TV interview 1966. Nikon F with 250 Motor Drive Back. 20mm Nikkor.

Taken in John Cowan's Studio 1965. Nikon F and 10.5mm Nikkor.

Jimmy Saville shot for my book at the end of a John Cowan session for National Benzole 1966.

Camera: Hasselblad 500C
Lens: 50mm Planar
Film: Tri-X
ASA: 400 rated at 200
Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/16
Lighting: 5,000 Joule Strobe in perspex light bank.

Model: Lucy Saunders
Make Up: Lauren Baker

Technical Details:

Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/9
Post Processing: Photoshop CS3

Socialite Liz Hooley taken at John Cowan's Studio 1966. Hasselblad and 150mm Planar.

No style? Just mess it up then. 1966. Hasselblad and 150mm Planar.

Julia shot at John Cowan's Studio 1966, Hasselblad and 150mm Planar

London 1966 in borrowed studio. Taken for Roz's composite and my portfolio. Yashica Mat Twin Lens Reflex 80mm.

Gemma Balman. Shot for a GHD hair show.

Model, singer and dancer, Sydney Jo Jackson.

Shot for a GHD hair show.

Miggy photographed in the style of Vladimir Tretchikoff. If you don’t know who he was you will certainly have seen his work. The painter of the ‘Chinese Girl’ and ‘Balinese Girl’ and other ladies from the Orient and beyond. Prints of his work hang in literally millions of homes throughout the world. He was reputedly the worlds wealthiest artist after Picasso!

Technical Details:

Main shot:
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: 18-200mm f3.5
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/125 sec at f /11
Lighting: Bowens Flash 500W Single Umbrella
Post Processing: Photoshop CS3

Technical Details:

Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: 24-120mm f3.5
Focal Length: 65mm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/250 sec at f /9
Lighting: Bowens Flash 500W Single Umbrella
Post Processing: Photoshop CS3

Lucy Saunders. Shot for a GHD hair show.

Model, singer and dancer, Sydney Jo Jackson.

Desise, my wife of 32 years to date. Photo taken in 1971 using a Nikon F with 10.5cm 2.8 Nikkor.

There was a constant stream of hopeful models visiting John Cowan's Studio, all wanting pictures.

Taken for Barbera's composite. Milan 1966. Nikon F with 10.5cm 2.8 Nikkor.

Julia and friend. London 1966

Model, singer and dancer, Sydney Jo Jackson photographed in the style of Irving Penn.

By the eighties, demands were not so subtle. Shot for Page 3,

Strictly speaking this is from the eighties. How times have changed! Page 3 style 1988