Photographs from The Pony Shoot!

I've got back the photographs and I am actually ecstatic about these! My computer has been hating me recently so it was taking so long to download them but I could see the thumbnails that I very nearly fainted from anticipation! Anyway I think you can probably see why! One criticism I have on myself is some of the pinning is showing so this is something I really need to improve on.

A huge big thank you to the amazing photographer Lotte Simons, the beautiful model Cyan Cheung and the stunning make-up by Lucy Parker. Hope you like x

Behind the scenes at the Cliff Shoot!

I had the Cliff Shoot this Thursday and I'm happy to say that the shoot went really well and the weather was defiantly in our favour!

The team was fairly small with photographer Bella Kotak, make-up artist Lydia Pankhurst (who I have worked with previously) and Megan Waters modelling.

We started mid morning at Bella's house where Lydia did the make-up whilst me and Bella went through the clothing. I am so pleased that we did this as I actually forgot my styling kit which would have been disastrous if I hadn't of checked. Luckily I live very near so was able to quickly pick it up. That's something I will hopefully never do again!

We then set off to Ovingdean, a small village on the outskirts of Brighton with beautiful rock pool beaches. I had checked the tide times so that we were there for the 12.55 low tide.

I haven't done a beach shoot before (crazy considering I live next to two beautiful beaches) and I was amazed at how much we had to use and the opportunities that were available to make some really fantastic imagery.

I had the idea for this shoot to really start playing around with fabric after just touching on it in last weeks Pony Shoot. I bought a body from Topshop which I then experimented by draping pieces of material over the top. This worked so well as we were able to change the position of the material when the wind and sea moved it. I also bought two maxi dresses shown above which I think really enhanced the natural surroundings of the location and added colour.
Overall I had a really fantastic day despite it being long and tiring. It was defiantly worth it and was great to work with such a lovely team of people. I hope you like my behind the scenes photographs (they were limited as the shoot was very involved so didn't have much time to take pictures). For more behind the scenes photographs visit Bella's blog.

I'm so pleased I found such a perfect opportunity to use the headpiece I bought from Glastonbury! I was determined to have it and I'm pleased I spent the £20 for it...money well spent!
Final Edits up soon x

Brighton Inspiration take II

I've been in Brighton again this summer and I happened to be in the Laines and noticed the building that I took a photograph of last year in my Brighton Inspiration Post!
Like I said previously it is amazing how easily your surroundings change and how you can get inspiration from one image! Tip: Notice the small things

Image from Sept 2009

Image from Aug 2010

Cliff Shoot Inspiration Imagery

I have another photo-shoot coming up next week which is going to be on the beach with the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters (Sussex) in the background. The photographer wants to create a contrast against the neutral backdrop with bright clothing.
I originally started looking at a very high-end polished look but after a lot of conversations I think we are going to go for the shipwrecked cast-away look. She wants to use a lot of lightweight, floaty dresses with a mixture of accessories and headpieces.
I've therefore collected some more inspirational imagery, please note the change from the original bright look to the slightly softer, bohemian type look after the few photographs the photographer showed me.

Behind the scenes at the Pony Shoot!

Yesterday I styled for Lotte Simons for the pony shoot I recently blogged about. This was the first photo-shoot I have travelled to do and I was really nervous, however it went really well and it was actually really exciting travelling somewhere unknown to do a job.

Like usual I organised all of my clothing on a rail, I mainly collected long evening dresses made of silk and chiffon.

I started the day early as my train left Brighton at 7.32am and arrived at Sandling Station (Dover) 9.43 where Lotte picked me up from. We then drove to the location where the horses were based and were met by published model Cyan Cheung and her partner and make-up artist Lucy Parker.
The day started off with the model in make-up and also the ponies in make-up.
Once everyone was ready, I put the model in the shortest of the dresses first as it was a cold day and I wanted that dress out of the way before she got too cold.
The shoot took longer than usual as working with the ponies proved difficult as they obviously don't take direction well and at one point we did have Cyan being pulled across the field in high heels.
Despite this and the threatening rain we had a really enjoyable day and everyone got on really well. It was defiantly one of the most funniest photo-shoots I've been on!
The photographer had also brought along some Chiffon which added really well to the photographs although the ponies were a bit spooked by it. (I have a photo-shoot coming up next week which is based on the beach with a lot of material and maxi dresses so I feel really reassured how well the material shots came out!)
Another tip which I think is fantastic is that Cyan came with her dressing gown, this was so helpful as it kept her warm and cosy whilst changing and setting up etc, I will defiantly be investing in some dressing gowns for my models as I think it was a brilliant idea!
Anyway I hope you like the behind the scenes photos, and I shall be uploading the final edits soon!

Amazing website!

A friend of mine recently showed me this website for Wrangler which I can defiantly say blew me away! They have taken the simple use of film and photography and combined it together so that the viewer can not only watch the images but also interact with them. From zooming in and moving the picture around you can also drag the models backwards and forwards. I particularly like slide 10 for bluebell...you can probably guess why!

Bird shoot for Battle Antiques

So it's taken it's time but I have finally put up the photographs from the continued Ornithology project from the original Entomology and Ornithology project that I did the beginning of this year. I decided to re-do the shoot as I wanted to work with make-up artist -Lydia Pankhurst and I also wanted to develop the project from Studio to Location.

We used a small beautiful antique shop in Brighton called Battle Antiques but unfortunately the owner changed the times so we were very limited on how long we could shoot for. We therefore did a selection of photographs in the ground's of Brighton Pavilion (sometimes you have to compromise)

The reason for the delay of the editing of the photographs was due to the fact that the photographer not getting them back to me in time and also the fact that once I received them I was very disheartened. I think this will go down as experience but I'm defiantly going to do test shoots for my next projects, whilst the photographer was very lovely she was also very new and didn't have any direction nor the knowledge of composition and lighting. Whilst we may have a few photo's I am pleased with it was a shame that the location and the set wasn't used to its best advantage!

Despite that I am pleased with a few that I can use for my portfolio!

I hope you like them!

Thanks to Lydia Pankhurst for the make-up and Katie Roberts for her beautiful face.