fashion illustration.

I used a couple of images from shoot one to try out my first image of fashion illustration, using Photoshop. I played around with opacity, the drawing tools (crayon, pastel, chalk etc.) I think it is okay for a first attempt, but I will definitely try another fashion illustration from other shoots, and consider using fashion illustration for my final piece.

james dawe.

James Dawe is an Illustrator & Image Maker who grew up and still operates out of East London. James specializes in contemporary photo collage, working both digitally and analog with a tendency to assemble imagery in the form of portraits.
Pride is taken in composition and interpreting the everyday in a surreal and fantastical way. Since graduating from the University of Brighton James has regularly freelanced with Village Green Studio and has worked on a diverse range of projects which include: Financial Times international billboard campaign,
Guardian Podcasts Campaign, artwork for Fabric Nightclub, covers for G2 and The Guide, Sky Sports Epic campaigns and a music video for The Maccabees.

deviant art.

I like the series of images here and the black corner affect. I will try this is one of my shoots.



This mood board stood out for me because it has a ruined affect, with lots of overlapping images with ripped edges.

shoot four edits.

I was really pleased with the results of this shoot because I managaed to capture some brilliant photos and thought I considered the styling well and decided on a suitable outfit for the theme. We found a suitable location in Tockington where we took on the shoot. However, by the end, the day was getting dark and obviously, since the location was in an enclosed areas, there wasn't any light available. So we had to finish and head back but I wanted to continue developing the images by changing the outfit and using different forms of light around. So the bottom image shows lighting from my car front lights. I really like the affect that it gives and may even consider it if I ever do a shoot where I need half of the face lit up. Overall, I really like the edited image of this shoot.

shoot four.

1) landscape mode, f. 2.8, 1/8, ISO 80 2-11) " 12) normal mode, 1/15, ISO 800 13-18) " 19) 1/30 20) sports mode, flash, ISO 250 21) 1/5, no flash, ISO 400 22) 1/13, ISO 800 23) 1/20 24) 1/8, ISO 400 25) " 26) 1/20, ISO 800 27) 1/13, ISO 400 28) f. 3.9, 1/6 29) f. 2.8, 1/13 30) 1/25, ISO 800 31) 1/13, ISO 400 32) 1/25, ISO 800 33) 1/13, ISO 400 34) f. 3.0, 1/25, ISO 800 35) 1/13, ISO 400 36) 1/25, ISO 800 37) 1/13, ISO 400 38) " 39) 1/25, ISO 800 40) 1/15, ISO 400 41) 1/10 42) " 43) f. 2.8, 1/6 44) 1/8 45) food mode 45-53) " 54) normal mode, ISO 800 55) " 56) 1/6 57) 1/8 58) 1/6 59) 1/8 60) " 61) " 62) 1/5 63) 1/8 64-94) " 95) 1/10 96) 1/20, ISO 1600 97) 1/30, flash on 98) " 99) flash off, 1/8 100) " 101) " 102) " 103) intelligent mode 104-109) " 110) flash on, ISO 400 111) f. 4.8, 1/125, ISO 250 112) f. 2.8, ISO 640 113) flash off, 1/8 114) ISO 800 115) flash on, ISO 100 116) f. 3.2, ISO 500 117) f. 2.9, 1/30, ISO 100 118) landscape mode, 1/8, flash off, ISO 80 119) normal mode, f. 2.8, 1/50, ISO 1600 120) " 121) " 122) 1/13, ISO 400 123) 1/15 124) 1/8 125) " 126) " 127) flash on, 1/30 128) flash off, 1/8 129) 1/10 130) 1/8 131) 1/13 132) 1/8 133) " 134) " 135) " 136) 1/13 137) 1/15 138) 1/13

ramdaq.

Ramdaq, otherwise known as Peter Wormleighton, is not only a photographer, but a music producer, artist, stylist and creative director aswell! He is based in Cheshire where he has his own studio. I really like his work, particularly these three images below.
I like how the model is holding a flower the same colour as her outfit - I shall try this idea during my shoot. I also really like the overall styling of the model - the clothing, hair and make-up! I like the bold fashion and the craziness of it all. Ramdaq named the collection as his Alice in Wonderland images.

shoot four plan.

For this shoot, my inspiration is Ramdaq & I want to create some images with bold, crazy fashion... Alice in Wonderland style.

Costume- Big bows
- Tophats
- Patterned tights
- Tutu skirt
- Leather gloves
- Bold makeup: long eyelashes
- Colours of makeup depend on colours within clothing
- Plaited hair

Location- Fields
- By tree trunks
- By flower bushes
- By a garden shed
- Forest/wood

Shooting Techniques
- Bright, sunny day so middle ISO (400)
- Experiment with different camera modes
- Consider composition really well to keep the Alice in Wonderland style

shoot three edits.

I really like the final results of this shoot because they portray the feeling and mood that I was hoping to, whilst keeping within the vintage styled photography. The editing at this point was just adjusting the brightness and contrast, as I plan to develop the editing further on in the project. My choice of model was good because she can pull off that "beautiful woman from the olden days" image.

shoot three.

contact sheet & film log.

steven meisel.

I really like Steven Meisel's photography. My favourite pieces by him are his black and white 60s/70s fashion. Here are my favourites:















Generally, I have chosen images where the models are smoking. Smoking had a big impact on the 80s - everybody was doing it & was classed as a glamorous thing to do. Hense these feminine images with models smoking. Although I am aware that smoking is known to be bad for you nowadays, I can't help but like the affect they give vintage fashion photography. Therefore, I am going to do a shoot on black and white 80s fashion, including cigarettes. I like how Meisel has portrayed 80s fashion through glamorous, feminine women to add a sophisticated feel to such an erotic/shocking image.

Steven Meisel is an American photographer, born in 1954. He has been shooting Italian Vogue covers since 1988 and is well known for his Madonna photographs in 1992 for her book, Sex. He is considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry. His fascination for fashion and beauty came from a young age when he used to draw women, getting his inspiration from magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He studied Fashion Illustration at the High School of Art and Design, where he learnt most of his skills and techniques for his recent work.

shoot three plan.

Steven Meisel is my inspirational artist for this shoot. Therefore, this shoot is going to focus on 80s fashion.

Ideas:
- Black & White for an old affect
- Cigarettes as they were popular at this era
- Hair up: buns?
- Long gloves
- Diamonds/pearls
- Large sunglasses
- Large hats
- Makeup doesn't have such a big impact on these images as the shoot will be in black & white but pale makeup whilst highlighting eyelids and lips with dark eyeliner/eyeshadow and a glossy lipstick.
- Revealing clothing
- Old/rugged bed, dirty looking sheets
- Old cars: rolls royce
- Old buildings
- Studio: dark background
- Busy street
- Cafe

shoot two edits.

Layered edited images to create ghostly affects:







My favourite edits here are the black and white layered image as the layers look ghostly which suits the whole mise-en-scene which is snowy with a flowy dress - all very elegant. My other favourite is where the model is standing on the bench. When the shoot moved outside into the snow, there was no wind so the material of the dress didnt move much but by model posing in ballet positions, it created a sense of movement and flow in the material which is very similar to the movement affects.

shoot two.

Contact Sheets






Film Log:

1) Sports mode, f. 2.8, 1/80, ISO 800 2) " 3) 1/125, ISO 100 4) 1/80, ISO 800 5) 1/60 6) 1/30, ISO 100 7) ISO 400 8) f. 5.9, 1/8 9) 1/40, f. 3.9 10) 1/80, f. 2.8, ISO 800 11) white balance (light bulb symbol), ISO 400, 1/40 12) 1/30 13) " 14) 1/60 15) 1/80 16) 1/40 17) 1/50, normal white balance 18) 1/40 19) 1/30 20) 1/25, f. 2.9 21) 1/30 22) 1/20, f. 4.8 23) f. 2.8, 1/25 24) 1/30 25) ISO 400, f. 3.0, 1/20 26) 1/25 27) " 28) 1/20 29) f. 3.1, 1/15 30) 1/13 31) " 32) 1/30, f. 3.4 33) 1/15 34) " 35) 1/25, ISO 800 36) 1/15 37) 1/8, ISO 400 38) 1/6, f. 3.8 39) f. 3.4, 1/10 40) 1/20, ISO 800 41) f. 3.0, 1/10 42) " 43) " 44) 1/5, ISO 400 45) ISO 800, 1/10 46) f. 2.9, 1/8, ISO 1600 47) ISO 800, 1/5 48) 1/4, ISO 400 49) f. 3.3, ISO 400, 1/4 50) f. 2.8, 1/8, ISO 1600 51) 1/30

stephen eastwood.

Photography has always been a hobby of the American photographer, Stephen Eastwood, since the age of eleven. It has only been the past ten years that it has become a career. His overall favourite subject of photography is beauty but he also enjoys high end fashion, glamour and some shadowy art modelling work. He generally prefers digital photography and has his own digital darkroom where he does much of his own post production and retouching still life photography especially skin and higher end fashion work. When Eastwood was younger, he liked to draw but he found that it took too long to create what he liked as a result and was hard to make look good so photography gave him a somewhat easier way to create a realistic interpretation of what he saw. Stephen taught himself photography by reading lots of magazines and "lots of trial and error". In similarity to Trevor Brady, both photographers experiment with studio and location shoots. Eastwood believes that studio shoots are easy to set up and have more control over the ideas and concepts of the shoot. But location shoots can be affective with fashion photography. However, daylight creates issues that need to be dealt with, more power to overpower daylight is his normal option and sometimes considers cutting the light. Eastwood also thinks thats the location may not be perfect for what you want so you have to work around it. Timing on a location is rarely as free as a studio and the fact that everything must be brought in - lights, generators, computers, clothing press/steamer etc. As I am going to be taking fashion shoots in certain locations I shall be taking Eastwood's advice and statements on board so create the best images I can. Here are a couple of Stephen's images that I am taking inspiration from for my next shoot on movement.

shoot two plan.

For my next shoot I would like to focus on movement within fashion so this shoot is going to be elegant and feminine. A photographer called Stephen Eastwood is my inspiration for this shoot as he has some beautiful images with movement and fashion that I liked. Here are my ideas:

- Dresses & tops with lots of soft, flowing material: silks & cottons.
- Light/pale colours such as pink & white.
- Either high heels or bare feet.
- Must use a slim model with long legs to suit the quite of images I have in mind.
- Pale makeup: light pink lipstick, bage eyeshadow, pink blusher & a little mascara.
- Plain, white background or pale, light surroundings.
- Use studio lighting like Eastwood has.
- Try using a fan to create movement within the fabrics.
- Try shooting outside to see if the wind has an affect on the flow of the material.
- Perhaps try some bleaching of the best prints as this can create a nice affect on an image with a limited colour palette.
- Editing: layering of the images & bring down the colour hue/saturation.

shoot one edits.

My aim in editing these urban styled images was to bring down the hue and saturation, erasing the bright colours, making the images dark and gloomy. Some images also have a vintage photo affect to have a variety of different edits & to see which works best in terms of an urban style. I would say just decreasing the hue and saturation is better at creating an urban feel but the vintage styled photos are also affective and may be a technique I wish to use in future shoots. I also tried some layering to see what affect this gives (below) which looks quite interesting.





This image above has layering but it hard to see - perhaps the opacity shouldn't be so low.

shoot one.

Here are scans of my contact sheets for this shoot.









Film Log
1) Landscape mode, f. 3.0, 1/20, ISO 80 2) " 3) f. 3.2, 1/8 4) " 5) f. 2.8 6) 1/15 7)1/8 8) " 9) " 10) " 11) " 12) " 13) " 14) " 15) 1/15 16)1/8 17) " 18) Food mode, ISO 400, 1/20 19) 1/30 20) 1/15 21) " 22) " 23) " 24) 1/15 25) 1/30, ISO 320 26) Landscape mode, f. 3.3, 1/8, ISO 80 27) " 28) " 29) " 30) " 31) f. 4.2 32) f. 4.4 33) f. 3.0 34) " 35) " 36) f. 2.8, 1/25, ISO 800 37) " 38) 1/20 39) 1/15 40) 1/20 41) f. 2.8, 1/10, ISO 400, normal mode 42) " 43) " 44) " 45) 1/15 46)1/10 47) 1/13 48) 1/8 49) 1/10 50) " 51) " 52) 1/13 53) 1/10 54) 1/8 55) landscape mode, f. 3.1, 1/8, ISO 80 56-65) " 66) f. 2.8, 1/8 67-71) " 72) f. 3.0 73) " 74) f. 2.8 75-81) " 82) f. 2.9 83) f. 3.0 84) f. 3.2 85) " 86) f. 2.9 87-91) " 92) f. 3.6 93) " 94) " 95) f. 3.0 96) f. 2.8 97) f. 3.0 98-101) " 102) f. 3.4 103) " 104) f. 3.6 105) ISO 800, normal mode, 1/10, f. 2.8 106) " 107) " 108) " 109) 1/8 110) 1/10 111) " 112) 1/8