Sunday 27 June 2010
Thursday 24 June 2010
Wednesday 2 June 2010
note to self
British
the exploration of all things linked with being typically british.
specific topics:
hotels, b&b's, beaches, food, markets, british flag, cafes, binge drinking, city girls, country girls, council houses/ estates, cups of tea, live gigs, bull dogs, famous british landmarks, caravans,
(all within a fashion context, the location for the image etc)
the exploration of all things linked with being typically british.
specific topics:
hotels, b&b's, beaches, food, markets, british flag, cafes, binge drinking, city girls, country girls, council houses/ estates, cups of tea, live gigs, bull dogs, famous british landmarks, caravans,
(all within a fashion context, the location for the image etc)
Wednesday 26 May 2010
Words
Eco warrior
Animalistic
Green
recycled
Organic
Rainforest
Tropicana
Inside out
Peace
Renewal
Au naturel
Remember me
Choloola
Vender
Wolf girl
Dreamer
Nightmare
Psychedelic
Animalistic
Green
recycled
Organic
Rainforest
Tropicana
Inside out
Peace
Renewal
Au naturel
Remember me
Choloola
Vender
Wolf girl
Dreamer
Nightmare
Psychedelic
Tuesday 25 May 2010
For a long time now, i've really been wanting to do some fund raising for some wildlife charities, in particuar the WSPA and the WWF. Another thing i've been wanting to do is organise a photography exhibiton with the idea that it will help raise money and awareness for a specific charity or cause. this has yet to be decided upon.
Choosing to support an animal charity rather than a human charity is something that has deffinatly given me a headache as I feel as though I am restling with a moral dilema. However, although most people would proberly choose childrens charities or homeless peoples charities, I just feel so annoyed at people in general that I think is disgusting how we treat our plannet. We as a race have destroyed it and as a result the environment and the animals that live in it are suffering.
I have always loved animals since I can remember, and when I was small I remember saying that I either wanted to work as a vet or for the WWF (lol). I've spent my whole life rescuing animals, like my cat, smudge and the ridiculous amounts of birds he catches, the hedgehogs on my front lawn etc etc. I just feel like its my calling in life, and to be honest i've always thought that. Now is a great oppertunity to actually do something. I can host an exhib at uni, hopefully with the help of other students and raise as much money as pos.
Another thing I saw that would be like my biggest dream ever is this:
http://www.wspa.org.uk/helping/raisemoney/overseaschallenges.aspx
basicly its a horse trek for 11 days through mongolio. camping it out as you go. I have wanted do this since i can remember, and now its an opportunity that I can't turn down.
the aim is to raise a minimum of £3600
"We ride sturdy Mongolian horses for 200km through the remote valleys of the Khangai mountains of central Mongolia, witnessing the traditional herding lifestyle of the Khalkh Mongols. We follow tracks through valleys and mountains, crossing rivers and passing round felt gers before finishing our journey at Kharkhorin, the historic centre of Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire. This is a rare opportunity to experience the beautiful, untouristed landscapes of the ‘land of blue sky"
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Choosing to support an animal charity rather than a human charity is something that has deffinatly given me a headache as I feel as though I am restling with a moral dilema. However, although most people would proberly choose childrens charities or homeless peoples charities, I just feel so annoyed at people in general that I think is disgusting how we treat our plannet. We as a race have destroyed it and as a result the environment and the animals that live in it are suffering.
I have always loved animals since I can remember, and when I was small I remember saying that I either wanted to work as a vet or for the WWF (lol). I've spent my whole life rescuing animals, like my cat, smudge and the ridiculous amounts of birds he catches, the hedgehogs on my front lawn etc etc. I just feel like its my calling in life, and to be honest i've always thought that. Now is a great oppertunity to actually do something. I can host an exhib at uni, hopefully with the help of other students and raise as much money as pos.
Another thing I saw that would be like my biggest dream ever is this:
http://www.wspa.org.uk/helping/raisemoney/overseaschallenges.aspx
basicly its a horse trek for 11 days through mongolio. camping it out as you go. I have wanted do this since i can remember, and now its an opportunity that I can't turn down.
the aim is to raise a minimum of £3600
"We ride sturdy Mongolian horses for 200km through the remote valleys of the Khangai mountains of central Mongolia, witnessing the traditional herding lifestyle of the Khalkh Mongols. We follow tracks through valleys and mountains, crossing rivers and passing round felt gers before finishing our journey at Kharkhorin, the historic centre of Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire. This is a rare opportunity to experience the beautiful, untouristed landscapes of the ‘land of blue sky"
x
Sunday 25 April 2010
Thursday 22 April 2010
So i'm currently in the process of resizing all the images before they get sent to print etc. My pc is the most annoying thing in the world though because it takes like 10 days just to make one change in photoshop :/
Whilst putting together the selection of images chosen by the group I have come to realise that in a way im in a predicament. Mainly because of difference of opinion, although i am perfectly happy with the choice of images for the project I feel that the images don't always flow or fit together properly like they should. This is because the images were taken by two different people, so I find that for in the future i'm going to note to self that I prefer to work alone. I feel that this defect in the ability of the images to gel together is what will cost us in marks, I want to get the best possible marks I can but sometimes this can be hard when you work in a group because ofcourse it is very difficult to remain objective when it is your own work under screwtiny from the whole group. this isn't a complaint as such, I just felt it necessery to mention within my blog because i didn't have enough room to say so in my essay.
Whilst putting together the selection of images chosen by the group I have come to realise that in a way im in a predicament. Mainly because of difference of opinion, although i am perfectly happy with the choice of images for the project I feel that the images don't always flow or fit together properly like they should. This is because the images were taken by two different people, so I find that for in the future i'm going to note to self that I prefer to work alone. I feel that this defect in the ability of the images to gel together is what will cost us in marks, I want to get the best possible marks I can but sometimes this can be hard when you work in a group because ofcourse it is very difficult to remain objective when it is your own work under screwtiny from the whole group. this isn't a complaint as such, I just felt it necessery to mention within my blog because i didn't have enough room to say so in my essay.
Wednesday 21 April 2010
I personally don't like this image, i think it is better without the little man photoshopped in. The teacher was right, it would be hard to make it look right because of the difference in light on each subject. this image isn't going to be used as one of the final ones, however i think that it was good to try it, i think if i were to have another attempt at this i would know exactly how i would go about it. its a shame really because i actually like the original image but its a little pointless without the small man...Friday 16 April 2010
so here are some images, i've edited some differently to show the group next week so they can choose which they prefer best.
I kind of feel like the studio images and the on location images don't fit together. But I guess we'll see what the others think... plus i haven't seen any of emma's images yet!
I kind of feel like the studio images and the on location images don't fit together. But I guess we'll see what the others think... plus i haven't seen any of emma's images yet!
Thursday 15 April 2010
Friday 9 April 2010
Thursday 8 April 2010
different model
Unfortunatly the model we had chosen (shown below) was unable to shoot with us in the end, as she became a little unrelyable so we decided best to choose someone more suitable.
this is the model we have decided to go with now:
i think her look is a little more quirky than our original choice so this could work extremly well in our favour. However what i prefered about the first model was the way she looked naturally taller and more typically 'model like' in her images.
we have rescheduled the shoot for next week so hopefully third time lucky things will happen!
this is the model we have decided to go with now:
i think her look is a little more quirky than our original choice so this could work extremly well in our favour. However what i prefered about the first model was the way she looked naturally taller and more typically 'model like' in her images.we have rescheduled the shoot for next week so hopefully third time lucky things will happen!
Thursday 1 April 2010
Tuesday 30 March 2010
The model for todays studio shoot wasn't available so we have re-scheduled for next wednesday. Tomorrow is the big shoot at the model village... we're still awaiting confirmation on whether we get to shoot in the village when its closed or open to the general public. so either way we will get to do some photos. hopefully the weather will be nice, although rain has been forecasted :(
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Had another group meeting!
we chose a model which we thought would fit best with the brief and we also spoke about the negociations that are going on between ourselves and the lady who ownes the model village, she is currently asking for £350 for us to do the shoot, which is not going to happen at that price, so we'll soon see what happens with that.
We also had a lesson soon after the meeting where we had to discuss our ideas with the class, i found it really helpful in terms of seeing what everyone else was planning to do, however no one really had any suggestions for us which was a little disapointing, but then again i guess that helped me in knowing we have a really good idea as the teacher seemed to like what we are doing.
we chose a model which we thought would fit best with the brief and we also spoke about the negociations that are going on between ourselves and the lady who ownes the model village, she is currently asking for £350 for us to do the shoot, which is not going to happen at that price, so we'll soon see what happens with that.
We also had a lesson soon after the meeting where we had to discuss our ideas with the class, i found it really helpful in terms of seeing what everyone else was planning to do, however no one really had any suggestions for us which was a little disapointing, but then again i guess that helped me in knowing we have a really good idea as the teacher seemed to like what we are doing.
Monday 22 March 2010
Todays group meeting!
So i put forward my idea about fashioning the model similar to the styling of Lady Gaga and everyone seemed to like the idea.
The meeting today was to make sure that the whole group understood and was happy with the idea that is going ahead aswel as a chance to really discuss the photoshoot. We decided that it would be best to have several different shoots which will in the end create our photo story, by doing this we will still have the photos we planned just incase anything goes wrong on the day for example the weather. By planning ahead with several shoot options i feel that we will be in control of the situation, unlike last time when the weather caused our whole shoot go off plan.
now that the group is all together we decided it would be best to ring the model village and enquire the possibilities of shooting there. the plan for each photo still remains however beacause we were luckily granted permission to shoot at the village we will also be encorporating that as one of our locations. Tonight we will find out whether there will be an additional charge for shooting here as we have been told that it would be better to shoot first thing in the morning, before the attraction opens. If all goes well in the confirmation for booking the location, then we will begin shooting next wednesday. This means that gathering props and clothing is our main priority.
Tomorrow afternoon before lesson we are having another group meeting to discuss possible models, the fashion students say they have several in mind and so are going to show us some photos of them for us to decide on for a group, or to even continue looking else where. As well as this, a hair and make-up stylist has already been chosen. Everything seems to be falling into place... :)
The meeting today was to make sure that the whole group understood and was happy with the idea that is going ahead aswel as a chance to really discuss the photoshoot. We decided that it would be best to have several different shoots which will in the end create our photo story, by doing this we will still have the photos we planned just incase anything goes wrong on the day for example the weather. By planning ahead with several shoot options i feel that we will be in control of the situation, unlike last time when the weather caused our whole shoot go off plan.
now that the group is all together we decided it would be best to ring the model village and enquire the possibilities of shooting there. the plan for each photo still remains however beacause we were luckily granted permission to shoot at the village we will also be encorporating that as one of our locations. Tonight we will find out whether there will be an additional charge for shooting here as we have been told that it would be better to shoot first thing in the morning, before the attraction opens. If all goes well in the confirmation for booking the location, then we will begin shooting next wednesday. This means that gathering props and clothing is our main priority.
Tomorrow afternoon before lesson we are having another group meeting to discuss possible models, the fashion students say they have several in mind and so are going to show us some photos of them for us to decide on for a group, or to even continue looking else where. As well as this, a hair and make-up stylist has already been chosen. Everything seems to be falling into place... :)
Thursday 18 March 2010
Just a thought
just had a thought, it could be fun to dress the (giant) model in clothing like what lady gaga would wear. ofcourse im sure that trying to get hold of that style of clothing would be extremly difficult...hmm....
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Group meeting!
We finally had a group meeting after several failed attempts which has helped put my panic to rest. Although Steph and Danielle couldn't make it, i still met up with Emma and Rachel which is a start.
I felt the meeting went brilliantly, as I really wanted to get underway with the project and leave the meeting with a clear idea of what we were going to do.
We decided that the idea of shooting at a model village would more than likely be unsuccesful, and apart from this it would be not pushing the creativity boundaries as far as possible aswel as being rather cliche. instead we are going to build our own set using minimal props to make suggestions to the narrative, something which had been mentioned in earlier lectures. We began by creating a narrative for the photostory which would be basicly about a girl from a normal family but who is gigantic (original inspiration) and how she goes about her daily life. the story will focus on how she doesn't fit in to society, litrally and metaphorically. The family of the girl will be styled in normal everyday steriotypical clothing, however the girl will be dressed in these amazing dresses which ofcourse she makes herself because of her size.
A film that links closely with our projcet is Dogville. it is this idea that a scene can be created and a stroy can be told but there doesnt have to be an actual set or location, just the suggestion of things. so this is why we are not going to build a lving room for example in the studio, we are however going to suggest a living room using chairs, tables, tv, window frame etc.
another thing that i thought could help with our shoot was the use of a tilt shift lens, i don't know a whole lot about them or even if i could get hold of one, but i remember a few years ago i found out about them and saw some of the effects that can be created by them. this being the effect to make things look almost like model villages. here is an example:
The shallow depth of field created by the tilt however could be digitally created using post production, ofcourse it is never going to look brilliant in comparison to the real thing but this is always a possibilty to consider when editing the images. Also in adition to this, maybe we don't need to be so drastic in the bluring, we could use this a basis that we could have a fair amount of gaucsian blur in a couple (not all) of the images.
we are meeting again as a group next monday.
I felt the meeting went brilliantly, as I really wanted to get underway with the project and leave the meeting with a clear idea of what we were going to do.
We decided that the idea of shooting at a model village would more than likely be unsuccesful, and apart from this it would be not pushing the creativity boundaries as far as possible aswel as being rather cliche. instead we are going to build our own set using minimal props to make suggestions to the narrative, something which had been mentioned in earlier lectures. We began by creating a narrative for the photostory which would be basicly about a girl from a normal family but who is gigantic (original inspiration) and how she goes about her daily life. the story will focus on how she doesn't fit in to society, litrally and metaphorically. The family of the girl will be styled in normal everyday steriotypical clothing, however the girl will be dressed in these amazing dresses which ofcourse she makes herself because of her size.
Ideas for Shots
- model looking through the living room window to her normal sized family sat in the living room watching tv.
- a washing line with clothes on with the girls ancles stood next to the line (mini pegs, barbie clothes on line)
- girl getting ready to go out, using mini hair brush and make up brushes in a mini mirror
- Picnic in the park
- girl drinking from a small cup
- girl holding her hand out with her boyfriend stood in the palm of her hand
A film that links closely with our projcet is Dogville. it is this idea that a scene can be created and a stroy can be told but there doesnt have to be an actual set or location, just the suggestion of things. so this is why we are not going to build a lving room for example in the studio, we are however going to suggest a living room using chairs, tables, tv, window frame etc.
another thing that i thought could help with our shoot was the use of a tilt shift lens, i don't know a whole lot about them or even if i could get hold of one, but i remember a few years ago i found out about them and saw some of the effects that can be created by them. this being the effect to make things look almost like model villages. here is an example:The shallow depth of field created by the tilt however could be digitally created using post production, ofcourse it is never going to look brilliant in comparison to the real thing but this is always a possibilty to consider when editing the images. Also in adition to this, maybe we don't need to be so drastic in the bluring, we could use this a basis that we could have a fair amount of gaucsian blur in a couple (not all) of the images.we are meeting again as a group next monday.
Sunday 14 March 2010
model villages
http://www.blackpoolmodelvillage.com/html/explore.html
http://www.southportmodelrailwayvillage.co.uk/
http://www.southportmodelrailwayvillage.co.uk/
Thursday 11 March 2010
Wednesday 10 March 2010
hakanphotography
this guy i found on DA uses simple narratives but extremly over the top styling, i duno how he could link in with our project yet, but i'd deffinatly say he could be inspirational.
see more here: http://hakanphotography.deviantart.com/
see more here: http://hakanphotography.deviantart.com/
Tuesday 9 March 2010
New Project
So we were given an item which is meant to kick start the ideas for this project. Our item being a really old board game, which kind of resembled monopoly.
Emma and I have not yet met to discuss the project with the other group members, however we have talked about some initial ideas from which i began to brain storm.
- chess board: checkered prints on the clothing, game board themed clothes and accesories
- in the game: massive playing cards, chess pieces etc so that model is shrunk into the game
- previous idea leading into alice and wonderland inspiration, shoots such as antm with the fairytale themes. however if im honest i don't like these photos at all, as i find them boring.
- This then leading shoots by annie leibovitz
- we then got to talking about the first of the three images above by Leibovitz, and we found that maybe this is the direction that we should go for. a giant model stuck in a small world. there are so many reference points where this has been done before, and so without trying to come across too clichéd, maybe we could really make a go of this idea and create some visually stunning images. Emma and I then discovered that there is a model village in Blackpool and maybe this could be the location for our shoot, providing we ascertain permission. below is some more inspiration linking with the size idea:
shirlaine
what i discovered about this photographer was that she has used the Blackpool model village herself in these photos which makes our goal seem even more achievable. However i feel her choice of clothing in these images terrible, and although u can see what she was trying to achieve with the highly saturated images, i just don't personally find this apealing. perticularly from a fashion and styling perspective.
Brian Edwards
- but then last night i had a new idea, i'd been thinking so much about the whole alice in wonderland idea and how to use this as an influence without becoming too over the top and actually having alice in the photos that i started thinking about other characters, for example the queen of hearts. HOWEVER, when i thought about this from a fashion point of view i realised that the only reference to the queen of hearts would be the title. e.g. the shoot could be completly open, but it would be mostly about the styling and so the clothes featured would be all about heart shaped prints, heart shaped bags and accesories as if it was a feature for a magazine on the newest trend. heart prints.
there for the title being 'The Queen of hearts'.
this idea alone sounds pretty lame but then i got to thinking about david lachapelle and courtney love.
Emma and I have not yet met to discuss the project with the other group members, however we have talked about some initial ideas from which i began to brain storm.
- chess board: checkered prints on the clothing, game board themed clothes and accesories
- in the game: massive playing cards, chess pieces etc so that model is shrunk into the game
- previous idea leading into alice and wonderland inspiration, shoots such as antm with the fairytale themes. however if im honest i don't like these photos at all, as i find them boring.
- This then leading shoots by annie leibovitz- we then got to talking about the first of the three images above by Leibovitz, and we found that maybe this is the direction that we should go for. a giant model stuck in a small world. there are so many reference points where this has been done before, and so without trying to come across too clichéd, maybe we could really make a go of this idea and create some visually stunning images. Emma and I then discovered that there is a model village in Blackpool and maybe this could be the location for our shoot, providing we ascertain permission. below is some more inspiration linking with the size idea:shirlaine
what i discovered about this photographer was that she has used the Blackpool model village herself in these photos which makes our goal seem even more achievable. However i feel her choice of clothing in these images terrible, and although u can see what she was trying to achieve with the highly saturated images, i just don't personally find this apealing. perticularly from a fashion and styling perspective.Brian Edwards
- but then last night i had a new idea, i'd been thinking so much about the whole alice in wonderland idea and how to use this as an influence without becoming too over the top and actually having alice in the photos that i started thinking about other characters, for example the queen of hearts. HOWEVER, when i thought about this from a fashion point of view i realised that the only reference to the queen of hearts would be the title. e.g. the shoot could be completly open, but it would be mostly about the styling and so the clothes featured would be all about heart shaped prints, heart shaped bags and accesories as if it was a feature for a magazine on the newest trend. heart prints.there for the title being 'The Queen of hearts'.
this idea alone sounds pretty lame but then i got to thinking about david lachapelle and courtney love.
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