Colorful And Classic Fashion Photography

I was impressed by this photo shoot. The light is so good; because it's so weak, you can see her body contour which is lovely. Her poses are so soft and delicate, intimate. The dresses are amazing and the colours exceptional ! I can't believe how good the contrast is! wow ! 

Mango SS '13 campaign

by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

Another shoot from Mango. The setup is simple but the photos are extraordinary. Miranda Kerr is brilliant whatever she does. The contrast is brilliant and she definitely knows how to pose. She's a professional, of course she knows.

The Muted Mood

by Michael Stuart Daley & Monique Lewis (Stylist)

Another shoot that I love. I have realized that now, after I have done the first set in the studio I find better shoots. Anyway, I like her poses a lot. However, I have noticed that she's got the same look/face expression in all the photos which is weird. The editing is good and I love how the photographer focused the light on her face to emphasize her cheekbones. She is definitely into it. Love the background !

Emanuela Naccarati S/S '13 Campaign

by Marco D'Amico

I like the shadows very much. They look really well with that light setting. Her face is not exciting at all but it works with the atmosphere of the shoot.

Beata Grabowska

by Artur Cieslakowski

Love this shoot. I love the clothes and the lighting is great! I love the background. It's similar to what I want in my photos except for the shadows. I love her attitude. She is really working the clothes ! She's got a goof profile and gestures! 

Zuhair Murad fall 2013 dark romance

I love the model. She's got a great face and her posses are very good ! The striking black looks so good against the white background. The light is amazing! The poses are quite straight forward as she has to look at the photographer and have that attitude and that's it. Not much effort. 

So ...

I don't know exactly when my next shoot is gonna be as I have to ask at work when I can have another day off but hopefully it's gonna be soon as I don't want to leave it to the last minute. :-s

Till then, I will do some more research on look books!!

Sneak peaks

I didn't want to put any photos from the shoot but I I have changed my mind. I will put some here, not the final ones,of course:

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First photo shoot in my studio

Mornin'! I woke up excited because today I have to choose my 5 photos from the first day of shooting!! Looking forward to it!!

So, yesterday was a great day!

Me and Andreea got on the train to Broadstairs from C'bury with..guess what...4 bags: one with shoes, another one with clothes, the third one with dresses and the last one with make-up and other accessories. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her with all those bags. She wasn't kidding when she said that she is excited and wants to do it!! People at the train station were looking at us very weird but we found that very funny.

On the train, it took us 20 min to get to Broadstairs. Andreea started to tell me all sorts of stories of hers which made my morning as they were very funny. Imagine 2 girls in the train with lots of bags, laughing so hard at 7 in the morning. It was hilarious!!

I had a backpack with things and my laptop as well but I tried to help her as much as possible with the bags when we got off the train! Honestly, it was hilarious! Then, we had to take the bus. Part 2: imagine 2 girls with lots of stuff sitting on the first 2 chairs of the bus. It was then when we were given looks, especially because we were talking other language as well. It was so funny!!

Next things to do, go to Tesco to buy all the food possible to be enough for the whole day for 2 people. Yes, we went to Tesco with all the bags. Guess what, after we finished shopping, we had 2 more bags. HAHA

I thought we were never gonna get to uni. Got there, found out that there was already someone else in there but everything was sorted out as the receptionist went to the studio and kicked him out (he pretended to have booked the studio when I was the one who booked it..Shame on him!!!)

So.. the moment of truth..Andreea started to do her make up..It took ageeees ! I thought that she would never finish with it!! In the meantime, I looked on the internet for some more inspiration, of course. In the end, the wait paid off as she looked gorgeous. She had a flawless skin and her make up was really good. The thing is, only then it took like an hour for the make up as for the next outfits she only had to change some things not the whole make-up so it was fine with me. I didn't want to rush her to ruin everything.

Before doing her make-up, we chose the outfit, then she did her make-up and then her hair. I was speechless! She looked soo goood!! I made my setup with the lights and all that and then checked the light, did all the settings and off we went.

Here are some photos with the setting:

So, I only used the beauty dish coming from her right, and then I used those 2 fake walls because I didn't want my background to be white. I wanted those shades of grey plus I wanted the shadows.  The floor part of the background is not straight in the images but I saw it after a while and managed to pull it to make it straight. I didn't use a tripod as I didn't need one, it wouldn't have been handy. Unfortunately, I couldn't borrow the 50 mm from Gavin as it was already booked. What a shameee!

For the first 3 outfits we took our time till we realized it was already 1 and we had the studio booked till 4. When we looked at the time and saw it was 1 we started to speed up. I was so lucky she knew how to do her make-up with every outfit and also her hair. Every time she had to do that, I was literally staring at her because she was so beautiful and she had such a gorgeous profile. She did everything in her powers to speed up with her make up and hair which I really appreciated. 

We managed in the end to finish 5 outfits, unfortunately but it's better than nothing. We did our best! Towards the end she was tired and at some point she didn't know how to pose anymore but we managed to do it in the end. I helped her with the poses, gave her some ideas, I tried to help as much as possible.

4 o'clock and we were out of the studio, exhausted. Who says that being a photographer is an easy job is nuts. Being in the studio all day long shooting is not that easy! We managed to get home safe and sound, both of us were in pain but we went to bed as soon as possible. 

So now I have to find another day when I am free to do the rest of the photos. Hmm..

What a day !

Back from the shoot.... WOW ! It's been such a loong day and I am so tired! Me and Andreaa had a great day in the studio! We had fun, we laughed but we also worked very hard.

All I can say now is that I will definitely need another day in the studio. I need more photos! So, at the end of this amazing day, I have got 5 sets of photos out of 10 which I am very pleased with!

I need to go to bed now. Tomorrow's gonna be a long day, choosing the best photos!! I 'll be back tomorrow with a longer post about today's shoot!

My projeeeect

Tomorrow is THE DAY !!! Tomorrow's my photo shoot! I am so excited!I just talked to my friend, Andreea and she said that she's packing for tomorrow. WOW! She is committed and I love that! It's a breath of fresh air!

We have chosen the clothes, we have talked about some ideas of make-up and hair styles like for ex:

We only need the power to do all the 10 outfits :s I am anxious, excited and cannot wait for the shoot! I have never been so excited in my life, I don't know why !! :)

Now I shall go to bed so I am fresh in the morning !!!

ZAC Zac Posen

Posen’s third line debuts

Erhm... I don't like how her face is lit. It's too much, I think it's overexposed. You can't really see any details on her face. The poses are nice but still I don't like her face. Her hair and her face don't really match the clothes. The way her face is lit is very distracting !! I like the background though. It's a nice shade of grey.

Valour / Vanderpuije

A/W ’13 look book

Again, the same kind of background. I am gonna have something like that. The attitude is right and the clothes suit her.

Twenty8Twelve updates the cool-girl arsenal for fall

I like the background and the shadow. I was thinking about that as well. I like the floor because it's coloured.  She has a good attitude, I like the hair and the fact that the lighting is quite soft and low key.

Mother of Pearl

AW ’13 look book

I like the ray of light coming from the left. It looks so good in the photos. Like her attitude, the clothes suit her. The 4th picture is fantastic. I don't know why I like it so much, it's probably the contrast that steals my mind. I have always been obsessed with contrast. It's always there in my photos. It's probably my trademark.