Words

Eco warrior
Animalistic
Green
recycled
Organic
Rainforest
Tropicana
Inside out
Peace
Renewal
Au naturel
Remember me
Choloola
Vender
Wolf girl
Dreamer
Nightmare
Psychedelic

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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photos of clothes etc

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.

more photos

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...

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!

studio images

sneak peak from todays shoot

... rest have yet to be looked at

here are some photos that i forgot to include at the start of the project.

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!

another shoot has had to be rescheduled due to the stupid weather conditions, this will take place next wednesday after shooting in the studio. Hopefully the weather will be some what better and allow us to get our photos.

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 :(

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.

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... :)

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....