It’s a great month for me with this my third published shoot in a row to be released. Iridescent Pop was shot at the back end of Spring with the support from Hasselblad. The images were submitted not long after and I received confirmation that they would be published in the 2nd edition of Posed Magazine, towards the end of July. I have been holding back this project since then knowing that it was going to be published, all the while wanting to share it with everyone! It eventually reached the shop floor last week! I have a 4 page spread in the in-print magazine and received a copy in the post only yesterday! Below is the layout from the shoot along with some sections from the front cover featuring Amy McDonald and the title page from Iridescent Pop, titled ‘Child’s Play’ in this version.
For the full project and credits from the original shoot please go to my fashion pages. In the mean time if you have £5.00 to spare buy yourself a copy from their online store and enjoy all the other fashion, art and music editorials featured in the magazine.
Just on another note I’m leaving for Japan on Monday and eeek alarm bells ring!! I wont be shooting any fashion or beauty here in the UK for the next year or so instead taking my projects overseas. I am setting up collaborations in Perth, Melbourne, LA and New York whilst we travel. I plan on actively submitting what I shoot as well as feature it in my portfolio on here. I’m really excited about all of this as well as quite simply experiencing the world and having the chance to feed this back into my work. I can’t wait! Please do email or comment on our blog whilst we do all of this!
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A month ago I organised a test shoot for a fashion editorial submission with Kismet Magazine. Bringing together models Tamar and Stephanie from Oxygen, make-up artist Jessica Nurse, hair stylist Leighanne Regan (from Tete-a-Tete, leicester) and fashion stylist Corrine Kaenzig. What resulted was a collaboration of vintage fashion, autumn trends in clothing and make-up, and hair that echoed the feel of the 70′s through to modern day volume. The shoot entitled ‘The Era of Vulnerability’ is due to be published as a 16 page spread later in October and I will publish the final shoot in my fashion portfolio. The final edited images have been left with minimal editing and have quite a raw/editorial feel. Perhaps the biggest editorial piece I have worked on, the concept was to involve elements of FAMOUS but with a fashion edge and to allow for a strong communication between the images… no matter who the celebrity is there is always a vulnerable side, often documented by the worlds media, but also hidden from the cameras by those who deem themselves to be strong. I loved working on this shoot and can’t wait to see the final published series. Tamar really brought her acting/dance background into the shoot as it was important for me for the models to fit into a role, adopting characteristics of the arrogant, the tame, the shy and the glamourous. Below are a few shots from the shoot preparations along with some final images not used for submission.
Big thanks to everyone working with me on the shoot, including Dave for his time on the digital production side and to John Brightmore for use of his wonderful studio. John also offers very competitive rates on studio hire!
No doubt I will blog about this further when the magazine is published…I also had news last week that ‘Iridescent Pop’ is going to be published this week in Posed Magazine, so I will be able to release the project gallery along with tear sheets for that shoot ASAP!
Earlier in the summer I shot my second hair shoot with Leicester’s quirky salon Tete-a-Tete. They are yet to launch a website, I have been informed this is happening though so as soon as it does I will link to them. It was a full on day with around 15 models to work with both in the studio and on location. The creative team wanted to mix it up a little, offering a style that would suit a teenager through to an adult, so we had to think about adding personality whilst also keeping it appropriate to their target audience. Leighanne Regan leads the creative team at the salon and having been selected for the GHD styling team 2010 she has some strong ideas and is now fully versed on the shoot process. Fortunately for me I’ve been working with Leighanne on my own shoots since I went freelance, so I’m lucky to have her on board! With both male and females to style, we managed to create a fun and insightful series of images. A series that says something about Tete-a-Tete, the stylists that work there and their clients. Full on but good fun, and perhaps on one of the hottest days of the year!! Still I like what we shot, some of which is below and others have been included in my portrait gallery. Thanks to Lucie Kerley for assisting on the shoot.
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