Brand Photo Shoot

Today I did my photo shoot with my model to get the image for my brand, Dior.
I did the hair and make up how I wanted it and also set the studio up exactly the same as how I practised too.

Here is my photo call sheet -

		Date 11th March 2016
Leah Seymour Photo Shoot Call Sheet		Creative Direction: Leah Seymour E-Mail: 2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620

Assignment Title:  Brand Image ( Digital Image Production 2) Location Photography Studio: JM011, Southampton Solent University Concept Recreating the Dior look on my model, slick hair, bright skin, bright background and lighting. Minimal make up yet flawless skin and a darker eye look. Technical Requirements Using white background creating one image for a beauty ad – Miss Dior Perfume. Use different poses with the hands and keeping the face soft and natural. Skin bearing – ask has to link with previous photo shoot based on the word browse – so wrapping the model in newspaper to create a dress on the top half of the body. Landscape and portrait pictures to be taken in different poses but using the set technical set up – two lights with soft boxes behind model reflecting off white boards and one main light facing model above the photographer. Moodboard My mood board shows how I want the image to be taken, strong lighting, frontal face showing skin, soft make up, slick hair and the face to be soft and natural too.

Timeline: 3pm Model and team meet. 3-3.15 Make-up up and Hair, wardrobe selection, set up lighting on set, discuss shoot brief 3.15­-4.15 Shoot time in JM011 4.30-5.45 Break down set, tidy away kit, pack clothes.  Clean up. Team: Make-up and Hair Artist – Leah Seymour E-mail:2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620 Photographer – Leah Seymour E-mail:2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620 Stylist – Leah Seymour E-mail:2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620 Model 1 – AJ Greenwood E-mail: Phone:

Here are a few of my favourite images -

 

I'm really pleased with how everything turned out for the shooting today, Everything went well, the setting up the studio was good too as everything worked first time. I really enjoyed creating these pictures and I would definitely do it again!
These are my favourite images which I took, I did decide to do some images portrait and landscape too to get a variety of looks and images.
Over all, I am really pleased with the outcome!

Word Photo Shoot

Today I did my shoot for my word, I did the set up I practised with and the model I also practised with and the images turned out really well.

Here is my photo call sheet -

		Date 8th March 2016
Leah Seymour Photo Shoot Call Sheet		Creative Direction: Leah Seymour E-Mail: 2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620

Assignment Title:  Word (Digital Image Production 2) Location Photography Studio: JM011, Southampton Solent University Concept The concept of the image was based on a word – Browse. My final idea was based on newspapers and social media blinding society – newspapers were the first form of “media”. Hair will be slick and straight – like paper- behind the models ears, wearing the glasses wrapped in the newspaper, perfect base to the skin with a contour and highlight. The lips bold. Technical Requirements Using a white background, produce three colour beauty portraits emphasizing on the glasses, the flawless skin and lips. Three pictures will be front, side and ¾ shot of front. The set up will be two lights with soft boxes at the back facing the front reflecting off white boards, one main light above the photographer facing the model. Using a beauty lens too. Moodboard My mood board shows how I want my image to be taken, with the glasses on the face, strong make up, slick hair, bright lighting, a strong and bold lip, the news paper and social media represents our 'blindness' to normal life. Strong facial poses showing off the lips and the glasses.

Timeline: 12.30pm Model and team meet. 12.30-1.00 Make-up up and Hair, wardrobe selection, set up lighting on set, discuss shoot brief 1.00-2.00 Shoot time in JM011 2.00-3.00 Break down set, tidy away kit, pack clothes.  Clean up. Team: Make-up and Hair Artist – Leah Seymour E-mail:2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620 Photographer – Leah Seymour E-mail:2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620 Stylist – Leah Seymour E-mail:2seyml14@solent.ac.uk Phone: 07516123620 Model 1 – Olivia E-mail: Phone:

There are some of the images I liked the best -

 

 

There was a few things that didn't go to plan for my photo shoot and they were all to do with the set up of the studio.
The first thing was the backdrops weren't the right colour, I needed a white backdrop. I went to go find the student who was helping in the studios and she changed them for me but she didn't do it with a kind heart. She didn't seem like she wanted to help at all.
Once that was resolved we got to setting up the lighting, the flash wouldn't all connect to each other and the main light didn't work, in the end we took everything down and did it again this time it didn't work either. We then took away the main lighting on the wheels and stand and replaced it with a normal light set up with the beauty dish, raised enough to hit on to the model.
This wasted almost an hour of our time in the studio so we had to quickly get everything shot and put away.
The images turned out really well and I am pleased with them it was just annoying that the equipment wanted to go wrong on the day but didn't on any practice shoots!

Chosen Design

I have chosen to go with design 1, this is the face chart to my design -

I found lots of different inspirational things for this design and I feel it's very modern and a 'now' situation that we have. 

The glasses show how we're so addicted to social media and browsing the web that we are blinded by words and pictures. 

The first newspaper was brought out in England in 1665 - the oldest form of 'media'. This is why I have chosen to wrap glasses in newspaper as it's the eldest form of media, we still read and produce newspapers and you browse the newspaper too. 

The make up will be very on point, very modern and now with juicy lips, contoured, soft skin and slick hair. 

In my design I was going to have the hair wavey but behind the ears off the face, I have now decided that I want to keep the hair straight and sleek. 

I think this would go better with the look as paper is straight, computer screens and mobile phones are straight and we don't read or browse in a wave - we do it looking straight at something. 

Which is why I have decided to go with straight hair.

This is my final mood board for my design too -

Design 1 - Face Charts & Looks

This is my first design on my face chart -

Products I Am Going To Use - 
- Illamasqua matte primer
- Illamasqua loose powder
- Kryolan foundation palette
- Kryolan concealer palette
- Kryolan glamerous glow palette
- Illamasqua due palette
- Illamasqua or MAC palette for brows
- Supra colour palette

This design is based on the first idea I had, with the glasses and the paper over the top.
As news papers were first published on an orangey tinge paper I will be using the Financial Times news paper to wrap around the glasses as this will represent the first news paper being published which was in 1665 and the first form of public media.
This is how I can see the look going, I would like the model to be posed to one side as in looking over to the corner.
I think that is how I would like the model but will test shots I will figure that out.