27 JUNE 2008: 69 FASHION SHOOT
A two day fashion shoot crammed into one!! This briliiant, high energy shoot really did push my creative juices. With so many clothes to get through and a set to build the photo shoot turned out to be an adrenalin rush, alongside this I undertook the large task of building the set. This had changed from my initial ideas of using a n arts studio, mainly as the last issue featured a fashion shoot in what appears to be more of an artists studio!! Therefore a quick concept change, and inkeeping with the swim-wear theme I bought 100m of muslin fabric and hung it layer after layer, draping it to create shape and with the lighting set up imitating daylight, the aim was to produce a series of images that were airy and light, summery and flowing.
I included various props as the shoot went on, draping a chaise long, using a chair, crates, picture frames and a japanese parasol, combing these with flowing fabrics and beach hair, the set, styling, make-up and hair all worked well together to pull off a real summery swim-wear shoot! Although ideally this would have been done at a beach in a hot country, you can never rely on British Summer time!!
Some of the images are featured in Hair and Beauty and the Fashion portfolios on my site.
Make-up: Jessica Nurse
Hair: Tete A Tete Art team, Leicester
Stlying: Chris Ward 69 magazine
Thanks to the team for bringing it all together on the day, I can't emphasize enough the importance of having a excellent make-up artists (like jess), hair stylists and fashion stylists to make a fashion shoot happen.