some 'editorial' style shots

A few weeks ago i was assigned the portraiture assignment for my photography degree, i've shot a few shoots already but the other day i randomly had an idea for some more 'editorial' looking images that would maybe advertise the cosmetic side of fashion photography. Here were a few of the shots i took yesterday for it, but i've booked out the studio to experiment with using professional lighting etc. for later this week.

some of the images require a bit more photoshop but overall i'm very happy with them! I wanted to show the feminine aspect of beauty with the floral head band/crown (that i made myself may i add) and the glimpse of the shoulder which, to me, i think is a lovely part of the female figure which adds to the femininity of the images. I also went for fairly natural looking face makeup, but with smokey neutral eyeshadow to highlight the eyes, which is what i wanted the main feature of the images to be.

my recent photography degree photos!

So i currently have 6 assignments on the go, i know it's crazy! I have: Still life assignment (due this week) Colour assignment (due in 2 weeks) Materials, Techniques and Processes (due in april) Portraiture (due may) Professional Practice (due in 3 weeks) and Digital imaging (unknown when due).
And i'm being given another assignment in 2 weeks as well! Crazy! Luckily i can handle the workload, so i find it okay, but i thought i'd show you some of the work i've been getting up to recently!

Still Life Assignment 

Studio shoot - experimenting with different lighting  and editing for an advertisement 

Lighting experiment - back lighting 

Colour Assignment 

Colour 35mm Film - scanned in and edited on Photoshop

digital shoot - outside in natural lighting 

I also used my diana f+ camera with 120 (medium format) film for this project, this was my outcome! 

I have also shot some black and white film for both my colour project and my still life, but unfortunately i haven't scanned them it yet, oops!

Portraiture Assignment 

I have only just been assigned the portraiture project last week, so this is what i have shot so far. I plan to do some studio shoots for the portraiture assignment - and experiment with applying garish makeup on boys. I also plan to experiment more with the idea below, with sleep & dreams, as self portraits but also with other people too!

what's in my bag, uni edition #2

bag #1 

ilfrod b&w multigrade paper // folder - where i store my negatives, prints, and paper // digital printing photo paper // purse // uni ID // 3 sketchbooks & notebook // slide film

I use this bag to store all my books and folders etc. which wouldn't fit inside my other bag, the bag fits everything in perfectly and is great for using to carry my work round.

bag #2

sunglasses // compact heart mirror // pencil case // kindle case // kindle fire hd // keys // headphones

makeup bag includes: real techniques contour brush to apply powder // kate moss lipstick // lip balm // clinique hand cream // rimmel stay matte powder // hair brush // l'occitane hand cream 

I carry all my 'travel essentials' with me in this bag, so i can easily grab them when i'm on the train to uni. My purse is usually in this bag, but for some reason i photographed it in the other bag (why i do not know). Everything fits in really well, and is a great bag to carry everything i need round in. I usually store my lunch in this bag too.

What do you take to college/uni with you? 

Photography degree (update)

Dark Room & Colour Darkroom

Previously, in my recent assignments but also when i studied a-level photography i have studied black & white film/ analogue photography, and i absolutely love it! I still find it so exciting with developing the films and waiting to see how they've come out. However in the recently assigned projects i have been asked to experiment with colour negative film that is 35mm in the colour dark room at uni, i also have to experiment with medium format (120) colour film which i have been testing out on my Diana F+, and also large format film. I find printing from colour film even more fun than black & white, you have to print in complete darkness, and get the levels of magenta and yellow correct after numerous test strips to get the correct levels.

It ends up taking a fair few hours to get one decent print from the colour dark room, but it's definitely worth it!

Digital Photography

We have also been assigned to use digital photography partially in our projects, which i've obviously studied before, i enjoy using digital for the still life assignment as it's easy to connect to the studio flashes. In digital photography i've learnt how to fully set up a professional studio, with different lighting (such as Tungsten Red Head studio lamps) with different flash heads such as beauty dishes and soft boxes. I've also learnt more on Photoshop, like how to edit and print a very high quality image at a high quality standard on PhotoSpeed paper (matte, lustre, glossy, etc.) on epson printers.

More Toning - Duotone, & Ilford Art 300 Paper - Hand Tinting

I've also experimented with toning again, such as sepia, copper red, blue etc. and duo toning with two different colours of toner on b&w prints as well. I also tried out printing on Ilford Art 300 paper in the dark room which has the feel of watercolour paper, so you can paint on a print afterwards and hand tint it. The paper had a really nice texture and i wish i could of used more of it but unfortunately it was quite expensive compared to the average Ilford glossy that i currently buy for the b&w dark room.

Recent photos taken on a car journey:

 tested out the cheesy 'effects' bit on my Nikon D5100, to try out selective colour on these signs