Photo Shoot!!

Wooo the photo shoot is complete! What a day.....what could have gone wrong...went wrong! The make-up artist pulled out last night, the studio was fully booked for the morning slot which only left a 3 hour slot and last but not least there was more problems with the studio when we turned up.

But this WAS NOT GOING TO STOP ME! After all the preparation that I had put into this day I was not going until I had all the images that I needed. And i did it!! :)

It took a lot from all the people involved in the shoot and a huge amount of organisation and no messing about but we got there. Holly Wentworth was my hair and make-up artist, Tiffany Atwill was my dresser and general photo shoot assistant and Roland (a Photography student at AUCB) was the Photographer.

From what I saw of the images on the camera the pictures look great but I will only tell for sure when I get them to view in full size. Sooooo....images are to come :)

What a relief and how exciting. All in all this day has taught me that depending on others to form a shoot such as this one can mean problems arise, but having a back-up helps and organisation is key!

Shoot Progress

ok...so the shoot is going ahead this Friday...that 2 days away! eeekkk! I have my team sorted and I have all the clothes and accessories...just have to nip and get a few extra cosmetic bits and im set! So excited but nervous at the same time! I hope that I get what I need from this shoot!

Project Progress

Im very excited about my project because of my photo shoots. I have started planning them and if the studio is free then the first shoot will be going ahead on Friday! This means that I have to organise all the clothes, accessories and my team. There is a lot to do and such little time. However, I am very excited about doing the shoot! It is going to be so much fun! :)

Hallensteins Innovation: Virtual Changing Room

Virtual changing rooms....explained! AMAZING idea!

YouTube Cisco Augmented Reality @ retail fitting rooms

This video shows the new technology of virtual fitting rooms....the future, an easy way to shop! Interesting for my project because its all about changing your look!

Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude (Explicit)

WARNING: This video has swearing :)

This music video inspired me with my professional project because It shows a dark look which I would love to recreate in my photo shoot as one of my identities. The spikes on her lips are ace!! But I can't find them to buy anywhere :( also, this black bob is what I wanted the wigs to recreate! Attitude.Drama.Dark identity.

Fashion as a Forum

Today we had our first session for the Fashion as a Forum unit. I was a bit unsure as to what exactly this unit would involve but I was very happy to find out that it is getting taught to us by Sarah James. My initial thoughts about the brief are that it seems like a good way to get us prepared for our dissertation but the essay title itself I am unsure about, just because I don't know where I am going to take it and what I am going to study.
The team project we have been given seems like a good way to come up of ideas for this essay and will be a good opportunity to explore new technologies out there.

Tutorial with Sarah James

Today I had a tutorial with Sarah James which was very beneficial and inspirational. It was our first tutorial speaking about our professional projects so before hand i didn't really know where i was headed with my work.
I now have a direction to take my work down and in terms of the word revolution, my project will be 'an overturn of expectations' I'm still not completely sure of what will exactly be included in this piece of work but at least i can start the research around the subject until I can talk to Anya about the idea in further detail.

Day to London-Exhibitions

My Three Ideas for my pp!

Idea One:

• based around 1940's
• war period
• visit past, present and future of the revolution
• do really styled photo shoots
• photography in a studio
• focus on both male and female but maybe more male to make it unique to me
• graphic based
• clean and nicely presented
• following the look book of jack wills!
• story telling

Idea Two:

• Dress me up.Dress me down
• a project based on the old fashion cut out dollies and clothes you got in books and magazines
• do a book based around the life of me
• me being the model
• take images of natural,no make-up in a plain outfit to start and then really dress up and go all out there on the clothing
• do garments to cut around
• have an actual cut out fold out page in the middle of the book

Idea Three:

• A mix of them both. Use both ideas and all the elements in one and come up with themes and different outfits war based?? and really go to town on both, using old revolutions and making them something new and amazing.
• look at the future of trying on clothes and magazines?

Revolution Ideas

Katy Perry's music video-1940s war
50s
80s
time in history
something new!

Who I Need To Complete Photo Shoots

• Make-up artist
• Photographer
• Location
• Model
• Clothes
• Assistant
• Stylist

To Do:

• Analyse existing Look Books
• sort through photography research and develop
• look at all 3 placement options Sarah gave
• Fashion magazines-branding
• learning agreement
• 5 year plan
• plan exhibitions to see
• find favorite photography or examples to influence work
• decided on which project idea to do
• amend CV and covering letters
• search local fashion and pr companies-industrial estates

inspiration

I happened to come across this photographer while doing my research and his editing of images is incredible! I absolutely LOVE this guys work and i would love to produce something like this for my own work! what impressive images!:

Third Year Discussion

I am still unsure as to whether i am going to do the 3rd year at uni or not but after my chat to Sarah i am a bit more clear on the options that i have. For now I am going to start the Fashion as a Forum unit so that i can go on and do the 3rd year if i want to. We also discussed placement options which seemed very interesting and a good idea....so i am going to look into these further and see if i could work with them for a while.

Learning Agreement tutorial

right......my last learning agreement wasn't the best so this time as its such a big part of the mark I am going to get this right!!!! things i have to do are:

• look back at manifesto from 1st year
• personal, individual and passion need to be shown
• look at my best bits of writing look at feedback from work
• guidelines and template on blackboard
• Sarah doesn't like I---say it in more interesting ways
• time plan- go back and say what i actually did in that time
• do it as I'm going along and analyse my own work and my time plan as I'm going along so i dont have to write a massive evaluation at the end.
• i can include more than one idea...but set myself a date as to when i should know which idea i want to go with! did i do it???

ASPIRATIONS

Within this second year it has become very clear to me where i am headed and what part of the industry i want to be involved in when i leave Uni. after talking to Anya i now know that the title of the work i am seeking is PR and marketing. Although I am not restricting myself to this title and i have a love for advertising and also photography. I want to be the one helping to bring everything together with advertising e.g. working on photo shoots.
The idea of being a 'runner' for a company organising things and sourcing clothes for shoots, being assistants etc is something that is very appealing to me just to get an overview of each section within the line of work i am interested in and to gain experience within the industry.
My passion within this aspiration is so strong that i am sure i will succeed in a career related to this.

Chat with Anya

Blogs and diaries should clearly shout our driven goals

things i need in my project:

• sketch book of research
• portfolio- magz, video, mp3?
• finished item

think of a theme and try and fit in revolutionary!!!

Jack Wills book inspirational- story at front, font and solid colour, modify font

The look book front cover is a shop window

CREATE BRAND- logo,colours and font

Paul Smith and Animal

think of the way i want to take my book- retro, high market, ethics, charity ect

men, accessories and home is something that people haven't focused on before!!!