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Time lapse video shows model’s Photoshop transformation, 2013 . YouTube
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ALEXANDER, E., 2011. All in the eyes. Vogue, 1 June
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ANON., n.d. BILLY NAME [viewed 6 December 2015]. Available from: http://billyname.net/about%20billy.html
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ANON., 2013. Disclaimer for airbrushed models: An effective solution? [viewed 3 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.about-face.org/disclaimer-for-airbrushed-models-an-effective-solution/
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MILLAIS, S.J.E., 1851. Ophelia[viewed 8 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-ophelia-n01506/text-summary
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Evaluation

 So, this unit is over and I have to admit I'm a little bit sad. This speaks volumes about my feelings on the Unit:

Unit IDUnit DescriptionYour Attendance %
(For Date Range)		Unit Avg. Attendance %
(Unit year to date)
FMS403Digital Image Production 1100%60%

I loved the hands on approach to this brief. There's only one part that I didn't enjoy but I'll get to that later. Chris' lessons have been great. All of them. I walked away from each of them not only with new knowledge but a million questions and ideas through what I'd been taught. 

The seminars were really engaging topics. The one that will forever stick in my head will be the post production one. It sparked debates within the lecture and it was something that we continued to talk and debate about countless times afterwards. It was a very honest insight into an industry that is about capturing the best and worst of someone.

I felt really intimidated at the beginning because I couldn't tell you the first thing about an SLR camera apart from how complicated they look and my photography skills were limited to a trip to Italy were my mum gave me her SLR camera and my selfie skills. I feel more comfortable now, I might have to have my notes with me but I don't think that's such a bad thing. Eventually I'll have it all memorised but because I don't shoot as much as I should, it's not something I've learnt by heart.

Feeling uncomfortable in front of the camera was something that I knew was going to be a natural thing. I'm in a group with people who are absolutely beautiful and know their angles and then there's me: little miss naturally awkward. It's interesting how people know how to pose and how natural it is to some people. It became apparent when doing test shoots in class, that some lighting suited some people and how it wasn't as flattering for others. I know how to adjust this now.

The lessons we had on lighting are probably my favourite. I've spent hours poured over photography books in the library just learning how the lighting works. It's still something that I'm yet to be comfortable with. My problem throughout this brief is that I become really frustrated with myself. I have a million and one ideas rushing through my head and I know how I want the outcome to look but I lack the knowledge to achieve it. I had to lower my expectations to my actual skill level and that was something I struggled with.

Once I got rolling on a shoot it was so much fun. You pick up on little things like a dress strap being twisted, or a single hair getting stuck to the lip gloss. I enjoyed trying to capture the moments in between my model posing. Some of those photos are the best I have (In my humble opinion.)

As always, I've loved researching about the photographers and I adored watching 'Rankin: 7 photographs that changed fashion' There's tonnes of books, articles, videos and model testaments about the photographers and I realised that the photographers almost seem more famous than their photos.

The only thing I wasn't overly keen on in the brief was the Photoshop element. I've never used it and it seems absolutely terrifying. There's so much to learn and I felt completely overwhelmed. I don't feel as though I was given enough time in the last few IT sessions to get to grips with the basics (ie Healing tools etc) This is something that I've got to try and do in my own time over Christmas so I can feel more confident in the New Year with my new brief.

Time management is so crucial. It can take a while to get the lighting right and I struggled with this to begin with. On my first shoot I was so nervous about getting everything wrong that I began to over think things and I didn't think that trial and error would be a good approach but in actual fact this method worked in my favour.

All in all this unit was an incredible eye opening experience. You don't realise how much work goes into a single image until you've got 6 to edit. Chris was a really helpful and understand tutor that never made me feel stupid about my lack of knowledge and he really helped me when I needed it and for this I'm extremely grateful.




I love the vibrancy I was able to capture. Billie has a really expressive face and I think that she suited what I was aiming for.

The only thing I would change about this are my post production skills (or lack of) This is something I hope to improve on over time.







I'm really, really happy with my photographs. I think that I captured the mood I was aiming for.

If I were to go back and do this again, I would try and get a softer light on the face to really capture the Hollywood Glamour aspect.
Billie Shoot.

I had a meltdown. A deadline creeping in and no photo shoot planned or booked. Billie swooped in and told me that she was free and that she'd help me do a shoot. I began to have the cogs whirl and started thinking up how I wanted her to look. At first I instantly jumped on the Tim Burton route, unfortunately I looked over my brief and I didn't think that I could have done this initial idea justice with the 'One colour' limitation. Billie has the brightest hair. I didn't want this to out stage my make up. So I just went with a really lightly defined eye with black eye liner flicks and a bright magenta lipstick. Billie can wear absolutely any single lip colour and I thought this just did the whole 'pin up' look justice.

 In pin up pictures, they tend to have a bright red lipstick on but this is me and I wanted to 'Nikkify' the idea, and my Dad has always told me to K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple Stupid) and I think I made the right choice.

 Ross has come in to give me a hand with the hair and for that I'm forever grateful. I would have ran out of time because I didn't realise how long it was actually going to take. It was an odd experience to do someone's make up while there is someone do their hair. You're trying to not get in each others way and it's working in a lot of weird and unusual angles. We worked well together though, we didn't really get in each others way too much and if we did we just laughed it off.

 We go into the Infinity Cove where I've booked the studio and there's no free studios. Which is odd, because I had definitely booked it. I peak around the curtains of the studios in use and when I get to the last one, there is just a bunch of people sat there watching another shoot. I politely ask them to move and begin pulling the lights above and setting up. I decided to go with a black Colorama. In technical sessions I've found it a challenge to get the lighting right because of her hair and I thought black would be a good starting point.

 At first the lighting was horrible. I didn't do it right. I adjusted the lights and I was really happy with the first lot of photos I'd taken. One thing I did notice was that trying to catch a natural pin-up pose with Billie was a challenge. She loves posing. She's good at it too but I didn't want it to look too posed. So I had to work extremely quickly to catch her when she was in between poses. I really eased up not long after the shoot had begun and I had a direction I wanted it to go in so I became really conscious of little things that needed to be adjusted in between frames.

 When I felt happy with the amount of photos I had taken on the Black Colorama, I decided it was time for a change. We swapped the black for a grey. I like this change it really made Billie's hair pop. I took some more pictures and then I wrapped the Black and White shoot.

The main studio in the infinity cove had become free so I moved all of the equipment over and decided to shoot the 'Colour Pop' All of the main studio is white so I thought this would work in my favour. After snapping a few test shots I readjusted the lighting because it looked too intense to start with. I found it was really easy getting the photos for this brief. I was more impressed with the results from shooting on the white background.

Something I have learnt from this session is that I need to learn to not get really stressed out when things don't work out straight away.








 'Curiosity'

 I guess you could say that this is the true inspiration behind this. Only two photos on this board show the models making eye contact. I love this. It makes you curious as to what they are looking at or what is captivating their interest and attention.

This is the mood board for the black and white segment of my photoshoot with Billie. Unlike the colour one, I didn't include things like lipsticks, lips or eyes. Instead I focused on the mood I wanted to create with the photos. I looked at 1940a photographs for inspiration as it was around this time that pin up was created. The lighting would be soft, and a lot of impact that the photos have on the viewer is because of the emotion in the eyes.

 Dita Von Teese was a great source of inspiration because in photographs like the one in my mood board, she gives her a sultry feel. I really like this era of photos because it makes me think it's the last of the Hollywood Glamour.




'Colour Pop'

 At first I really struggled with the 'One Colour' part of my brief. I felt as though it was really restricting and I wasn't sure how to go about achieving a good look and keeping to the brief. While packing up my make up kit, one of my lipsticks fell out and it was a matte fuchsia colour. I decided that I was going to use this colour for basis of my look. I was going to build a make up look based around a matte vibrant lip.

Seeing as there was a modern pin up twist to my shoot, I looked for photos of similar ideas to mine. I remember the first issue of Bizarre magazine that I purchased had a pin up style shoot in it and I've included those images on my board.

I made a point of putting the bright pink lipstick on my board because that'll the focal point of the shoot and the idea. The background is a of  pink, purple and blue feathers and I liked this because it reminds me of Billie's hair.
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