down the rabbit hole.

I did an Alice and Wonderland themed photo shoot today, for Zoe's 'Useless Technology' collection.

Tea & Cake.

On Sunday I went down to Nexus Art Cafe, to see Teacake Design in action. There was an exhibition of some of their work, and also live screen printing. I love Teacake's design. It's so minimalistic and forward thinking. Here's a few images of their work that I really like.

simplicity

I love simplistic book layouts. I have been researching them for my photography books.

auntie fashion

I did some photographs in the studio today for 'The adventures of auntie fashion'.

something for the weekend.

I came across these interesting images by JeanYves Lemoigne. Lovely surreal, vintage feel.

http://www.jeanyveslemoigne.com/

Selection

These are my favourite shots from the drop dead gorgeous shoot. I'm in the photography studio tomorrow, making this work as a comic book story.

Alice in wonderland

The next shoot I am doing for Make do and mend features a huge knitted clock. I want the photo shoot to be inspired by Alice in Wonderland, set in the 1940s.

A shoot Annie Leibovitz did for Vogue is a huge inspiration.

Comic books

I had a tutorial with Lenore today. We talked about how to develop my 'Drop dead gorgeous' project. She thought that it would look really good as a comic book, which I like the idea of. I am going to do a photo shoot in the studio with my models to make more of a story.

drop dead gorgeous shoot.

Today I did the shoot for 'Drop dead gorgeous' in Castlefield, with two models. I used this location as I wanted it to look quite eerie and rundown.I set up the models to look dead, depressed or looking like they were going to kill each other. I really like how the images turned out. The daylight worked really well for this shoot.

I need to decide if I want to take this project any further than these images.

drop dead gorgeous

Today I was preparing for my shoot tomorrow. I put together some style sheets, then I did some experiments with hair and make-up. I want this shoot to be completely over the top, with wigs and bright make-up.



















TASKS THIS WEEK:
Bookbinding friday
Style sheets for festival fashion photo shoot
Style sheets for drop dead gorgeous photo shoot
Masters application
Edit and select favourite make do & mend photographs
Buy props for drop dead gorgeous shoot

Drop dead gorgeous shoot
Make do & mend book 1 mock up
Make do & mend book 2 photo shoot development

bookbinding

yesterday I went to a bookbinding workshop, to talk to Lucy about how I want to develop my books for 'Make do and mend'. There was a simple fold out book, with a small section that I can use to add my text/illustrations, then an A2 fold out sheet to show all my photographs.

Over the rest of the weekend I am going to finish my style sheets, for my 'drop dead gorgeous' shoot on monday. I am also going to try and finish my masters statement.

open days & photo shoots

Yesterday I went down to London, to the MA fashion photography open day at the London College of Fashion. I was considering applying for October, so thought it'd be useful to go down.

We had a talk with the lecturer of the course, which gave a great insight into the course. They like photographers who push the boundaries of fashion photography, and use their images to give a message. It is a hard course to get on to, and very competitive. However, I am definitely going to apply and see what happens. Over the weekend I am going to get my portfolio together.

The projects that I am working on for the rest of this year are:

1.Make do and Mend - Fashion photography books (explained more below)
2. Drop Dead Gorgeous - A conceptual photo shoot in reaction to the inhumane conditions at clothing factories
3. Festival Fashion - A photo shoot for a fashion design student, based on festival fashion.
4. Personal shoots/portfolio

Today I did a photo shoot for my Make do and Mend project. This is my main project, which is a series of fashion photography books, documenting the back catalogue of my friend on the textile design for fashion course's garments. She is producing adjustable fashion, which is a modern 'make do and mend'. My photo shoots have a 1940's feel, to link with the original make do and mend in the war. The photo shoot today was in a church, which had the vintage feel that I was looking for. I really like how these images turned out, I just need to select my favourites.