Fashion photography finals

I decided to display a variety of photographs which were produced throughout the processes of experimentation and exploration. By showing a variety of work I am enabling myself to engage with fashion from all angles, ranging from editorial to the studio, I am using these final images as an example of what I can do with just one model.

A few hours of Zoe- Editorial style

This second encounter with Zoe gave me the opportunity to explore the vast concept of editorial fashion photography. During these few hours with Zoe, we decided to be spontaneous and let the locations simply draw us in. Walking around in the bitter cold night we discovered empty laundrettes, sinister alleyways and strikingly photogenic train station stairs.  Being spontaneous, for me, provides the photographs with more life and character simply due to the fact that it was our first time engaging with these unusual locations. I am currently still very into exploring the different natures of expired film and therefore decided to use some e6 film from 1986, although the grain is very excessive, once overlooked it does provide the photographs with a electric array of colours which film the frame as if it were a painting. 

Expired film studio test 2

Further experimentation with expired film within the dark room created some interesting colours, creating an almost vintage style of bold yet slightly desaturated colours.

This photograph however was taken using the D3x, by using a large variety of coloured gels it enabled me to almost paint the backdrop with colour. Being a passionate film  photograph i've naturally added some grain to make the photograph smoother. 

Expired film test 1

This expired film test with Zoe didn't really turn out how I expected it. The film was dated from 1960 which other time must have altered the emulsion. Therefore the photographs came out heavily over exposed. Despite this it was still a practical session with Zoe.

Lara- Contact sheets and experimentations.

Drawing inspiration from the American Apparel advertisements within magazines such as Vice and Dazed, I decided to explore a variety of angles and scanning/editing techniques with Lara. Although my intentions are to mainly priorities my shooting time around Zoe, I still believe I can get a little more out of Lara before this project comes to an end. Different angles can evoke a different atmosphere, thus creating a different attitude or style. Personally I decided to stay away from American Apparel's overtly sexual approach to how the model should be portrayed. Instead I constantly kept telling Lara to do nothing with her face but express all her attitude from just her eyes alone; this within itself brought a variety of facial expressions along with it. 

I want to capture our youths culture at its best, its grittiest and its most rawest...

Fashion and colour- 90's baby

 Kate Moss by Mario Testino.

This week I photographed Rachael wearing a vintage styled jumper. Although this was just a quick shoot I thought it would be practically to experiment further with my final 2 selected photographs. Colour within photography should be treated delicately as it can often  make or break a photograph. By selecting Rachael's face (with the poly magnetic lasso tool) it enabled me to be able to do whatever I wanted to the image without heavily distorting or over exposing Rachael's face. 

Naturally my approach to fashion is to engage with the real and the surreal; I want my work to stand out, it must be bold and it must instantly remind people of myself. I drew a lot of inspiration from Boss modelling agency...Being signed to this agency, I believed it was important to produce work that was satisfying for the model, the agency and myself. I received an email from Boss giving thanks for the photographs. 

Reflection- Documentary 'The real blow up'.

At this moment in time I am very happy with the way the project is flowing; I am constantly producing new work and am seeking inspiration from everything. However, I do believe that there is still progress to be made.  I recently watched a documentary called 'The real blow' which gives you an entire insight into the lives and work of David Bailey, Terrence O'Donovan and Brian Duffy; these being the three gentleman who revolutionised Vogue and the face of fashion photography as we know it. In this I noticed that each photographer had their one model who, as a team, helped the other climb the ladder of success...
I have decided to focus a large majority of my time on a new Model. Her name is Zo Violet, she's an extremely talented singer, model and general character who I have instantly worked well with. Other the duration of this project I will now explore the wonders of fashion with Zo, however, I still may use another model every now and again to keep things spontaneous.