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

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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

Day of the Photoshoot

The model's were prepped in their outfit and had their hair and make up done before we entered the photography studio. 

We decided to go for a simple white background so that the images were more focused on the models, what they were doing and wearing. 

Tear outs of inspiration and how we wanted some of the poses were laid out for both the models and Dave (the photographer) to see, so they understood what we were trying to achieve. 

 Re-arranging the model and garment.

Sorting of the hair before photo's were taken.

Different poses the model's did.

We all came up with different positions that the model's could do to make the images look better and the models were lovely as they co-orporated so well. 

We had one outfit change that required more styling to the hair and make up because the look we were going for with the outfit was more dramatic and edgy.

Overall, the photo shoot was a great success, we managed to get quite a few different poses in each outfit. We were all satisfied that we had taken a few good images. Also, the day ran smoothly and we managed to shoot 4 different outfits quite quickly.  

-Sophie

Preparation for the Photoshoot

Two days before the photo shoot, we all met up with the models and put together 4 different outfits. We roughly planned out the hair and make up when the outfits were modelled and put together. 

Our first look was an elegant light blue dress that had a beautiful lace detailed front, cowl draping back and detailed side slit sleeves. We however, decided to wear the dress back to front because the draping looked better at the front along with a beaded necklace for added elegance.

The next look comprised of a nude-ish tutu-like-skirt, paired with a tartan blazer which relates to the royal/Queen theme. Our model will also be wearing knee high boots to complete this look because the Queen likes to wear garments and accessories suited for the countryside.

Outfit number 3 consisted of a bluey-grey shirt worn with a sequinned skirt; we liked the look but felt that something was missing from it so we played around with the outfit, pairing it with different accessories but nothing seemed to work.

Until we paired the outfit with this burgundy,gold metallic jumper. We popped it over the shirt and tucked the collar and sleeves out. This outfit is slightly quirky and different, which we all liked and we decided to use it in our shoot.

The last outfit we put together was a simple white shift dress, which we all felt suited to our 'appropriated' image theme. Different blazers and jackets were paired with this dress till we felt happy with the look. In the end we decided to go with a different jacket than the one below. Our chosen jacket is a red velour/velvet blazer. The two colours contrasted well together.

After a play round with the clothes, we were all happy with the final selection of outfits for the shoot on thursday. We also made sure people knew what to bring for the shoot i.e hair and make up items, fabric, props etc. As well as tear outs for poses and lighting.

On the day of the shoot, we will have two models, one female and one male who will wear just a suit because we want to mainly focus on the image of the 'Queen'

-Sophie