Wax Work Will

I know this really isn't going the way the rest of the blog is going but i found this and i just had to put it on the blog, as i was checking today's news on my emails, i saw this... wax work Will, its a wax work of Prince William which will be exhibited in the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, the wax work of Prince William is called 'Engagement', its the famous photograph of one of the many when Kate Middleton and Prince William got married, the wax work is just of Prince William and has a replica of Kate's engagement ring attached to his arm so fans can have their photo taken with the Prince and that famous engagement ring!

It would of been really nice if this had been exhibited before our photo shoot as we could of taken inspiration from different Wax Work poses as this one of Prince William is rather comical.

Prince William's Wax Work and a fan with the Engagement ring on.

Final images

Ok, so after doing the powerpoint, I asked Nicolleto send me the images which had finished editing sent me a bunch which she believes to be the best out of all of them so that I can add them to the powerpoint. I've whittled them down and the ones I think are the best are below. Tell me what you think and whether you agree with these being the final images !??

Do people agree ? if not PLEASE please say because there are still more to choose from.

Edits

Nicolle has done a really good job of editing the photo's; i agree with beth, one of the edits is slightly too harsh but i really like this one. However, maybe the eyebrows are slight too over done? But that might just be blogger.

-Sophie

The edits so far

I really love the edits which Nicolle has been working on, and like the fact that there is a wide selection for us to choose from in terms of what style we want to aim our photoshoot at. I think the first image of Sarah in the red jumper is a bit too harsh, but I like the version which Nicolle has updated which is slightly more subtle, and doesn't actually look it has been photoshopped too much. In a way I still think the eye liner is still a bit too dark, as it gives the photoshoot and the look we were going for for Sarah quite a twisted look, which I know is sort of what we were going for, but in comparison to the image of her in her blue dress is quite regal and calm.
This is just my opinion, and it would be good to know what everyone else thinks.

ORIGINAL IMAGE

FULL EDIT INCLUDING HAIR REMOVAL

FULL EDIT WITHOUT FULL HAIR REMOVAL

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Nicolle

Blogger seems to overexagerrate any shadow and highlight on the images, so im going to add another image that has less highlighting on the cheeks, it doesnt look this way on a higher quality image and im pretty sure its just blogger that does this!

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Nicolle



Another edit of Sarah i did was a much more toned down version, this is one of the more formal and natural poses so i didnt edit the skin tone too much, i cleared up some areas of discolouration and stray hairs and added light and shadow, i kept the left hand side of the photo quite dark as i felt it made her eyes pop and worked well with how her hair fell.

I also darkened the hair, i think making her hair darker gives her a very sensual and pretty look.

I added pale pinks to the eyes, cheeks, nose and lips to give a flushed healthy glow.

Original image:

I also cropped a version of the edited image as part of me feels the image is slightly too long and should show more of her profile as the length of the dress is distracting.

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Nicolle



Edit of images

After the photoshoot, i started to play around with the editing of the images.

I enjoy retouching and i found this particular image of sarah quite challenging as i wasnt sure what direction to go in with it, i could go all out and cut and stick on backgrounds or make it more of a beauty image as it shows off the makeup and hair so well.

This is the original image:

I removed all the of the hair from her forehead, i think the flyaways made the hair look nice but it looked a little too messy in parts, i smoothed the skin and added new light and shadow to her cheek bones, i added makeup in photoshop to make the lipstick and eyeliner look darker and more defined. I added more structure to her eyebrows as i always think sharp eyebrows give off a vibe of power and authority.

I lightened and darkened parts of the jumper and hair to give it more of a contrasted feel.

I wanted the image to appear dramatic so i added a cool blue filter which i toned down to give the image the look of ''popping'' out from the background.

I didnt do anything to the backgound as i felt the white really made Sarah stand out.

Im fairly happy with how this turned out, i was initially going for a more beauty style edit but i started making it mroe dramatic and almost gothic looking which i felt added even more drama to what was already a strong image.

Sarah as a model has been really fun to retouch her angular face allows for alot of play with lighting and shadow to add more drama and emotion, alongside this darkening her features overall makes her look more powerful and even slightly eerie and intimidating - im sure a must have for any royal.

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Nicolle

Background ideas

Using photoshop i played around with different backgrounds to see different effects i could create.

Here i used a picture of Buckingham palace to create a regal effect and changed the contrast and brightness to make it stand out.

I decided to make our model black and white in this picture to symbolize her not fitting in with the of the royal persona.

Lindsey

Trial edits

After seeing the final images from the shoot, i decided to to experiment with different editing techniques on photoshop to see the different effects we could create, and also find new ways to present our final images.


Before

After

Image 2

Before

 

 After

 Lindsey

..Photoshoot +  ideas

I think the outfits we chose for our final images were all very different. Two very classic, elegantly posed images, styled to resemble how the royal family actually dress. Then two styled completely differently - edgy and rebellious. It in some ways shows our 'Queen' as having two different personalities. What the public see's and how they really are. This reminds me an awful lot of Prince Harry and all the bad controversy he has caused over the past few years. Being a prince, he is supposed to be seen as charming and honourable, and yet he still has all the characteristics of any young person his age. 

 


These two images show the different sides of a royal's life.. Our Photoshoot has a similar concept !

It was interesting way of 'revealing' the lifestyle of a true royal ! and their two very different lives !

..My personal Favourites

I love this image, it looks really professional. Our model Sarah is wearing a long nightgown, instead we thought it would be a nice idea to wear the dress on the opposite side, just because it hung better and looked  classy. We added a pearl necklace because it looked too simple, this piece made it seem more expensive. Her shoes are very simple - basic nude toned heels. Our male model Mehdi wore a black suit with a white shirt. Very simple and classic. In most of the images he plays a gentlemen.  

   

I love this image because it looks so real. We thought it was important to get some real shots as well as professionally taken images because if you research the royals you will find many real life images. They both look casual, yet so beautiful. In this image Sarah is dressed in a plain white dress with a red, velvet blazer, and a pair of clean, black shoes. Sophisticated is the word to describe this styling.  

  

This is my favourite image taken when using this outfit, I love the composition and the model's attitude. For these images, we added to the make-up (blusher, darker eyes and black lipstick). We also added to the hair, as you can see we added some blonde extensions so the hair was thicker and we was able to put her hair up, rather than having it down to create a variation. We added a crown which we had taken from previous research of Lady Gaga. In these images, Sarah is wearing another blazer, but rather than keeping up with the sophisticated style, we added a tutu and some boots. I think this is strong image, it's like she is letting herself go, maybe it's her secret identity!

I love this image because you can see how much the chemistry has changed between the two models. It's a lot more fun. Here, Sarah is wearing a red jumper, a blue shirt and a sequin skirt. For some of the images we removed her crown, I think I prefer this outfit without the crown because maybe it was too much.    

This image is beautiful, it's a close up, so we can see the make-up and the styling of the hair.

All in all I think our Photoshoot was very successful, we produced a lot of strong, final images. 

Photoshoot

Our photoshoot went really really well, we all came prepared with images of poses and lighting to show to Dave, and he was able to show us these techniques. The models delivered exactly what we wanted, and we're all really happy with the results of today's shoot.

It has taken a more 'edgy' route than we had planned, but we were glad about this direction.

There were 200 shots taken today, which I have uploaded all of them on my facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=599741&id=831125579

I have posted 25 of which I think are the best, onto the blog...

Our next step is to select which images we think we should use, and edit if them if necessary.

- Hayley