BOOK LITERATURE. . .

COVER GIRL. . .

DIGURU PRINTERS. . .

As I have never printer a book before, I really needed to do my research. On different occasions I went to the library and also spoke to my tutors about different set books and had a feel and got an idea of the sort of thing that I wanted my book to be like. In regards to paper I think satin/silk would be best as it will give the images an extra polish feel but won't be too shiny so won't lose quality of images - and where as a lot of people who I have spoken to have gone for hardback I thought about going for paper back, as somethig different that will stand out. A book that has been a great inspiration to me throughout my project has been Caroline Saulnier by Rankin! Size wise it is slightly bigger than the size I am going for (280 by 240) but I'm regards to the layout of the images it is incredible! With there being quite a lot of negative space on the pages throughout the book, this really keeps the focus on the makeup which is exactly what I wanted my book to be like.

By speaking amongst my classmates, many of the girls who are making books/magazines have gone with Indigo printers who charged a bombor a printers on London Road which I haven't heard great stuff about. I did my research and tried looking into printers just outside of Southampton and I came across Diguru printers based in Eastleigh. After speaking to them via email and getting quotes on how much it would cost to print my book I have decided to go with them as they only have a turn over of a week - I am aiming to send my book of for print on this coming Tuesday 22nd which means I shall receive my printed book on the 29th. They quoted me £145 for one copy which seems alright and for 3 copies £195 which I am quite pleased about as I really wanted 3 copies - one for me and one for both of my parents!

By their website and at how quick they are at responding to emails they seem like a good company to go with and I haven't heard of any complaints - I'm excited to finally get my book sent off to print, now for just all the fiddley work inbetween on inDesign!!

FINAL IMAGES EDITING. . .

SHOOTING TIME . . .

After many weeks of planning an endless nights of preparation and worry, the final shoots have come round in full swing and I can not wait! As an artist, it really is incredible to see what was once just a dot on a page and a brief thought, into this journey of creativity resulting visually into something that I am so proud of.

As I have started my shoots on the last day of the term, I will be shooting over the Easter holiday which I think will work in my advantage - as most people will be home I will have the makeup studios to myself and easy access to the pgotography studios in the basement. I find myself working better when my surroundings are quite and I can really focus so by doing all my preparation and practicing before hand for each shoot I feel very confident that my shoots will go smoothly.

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By practicing the hair techniques which some were quite intricate, this helped me with my final shoots in regards to time as for some of my shoots I was on quite a right schedule. By aiming to do 2 shoots each day, and with my photographer only being available between 12-3, I was really under pressure to turn the beauty look I to avant garde and as the hair took me the most time, by practicing this helped me in the long term. The main thing I have learnt id say from my shoots so far is to really utilise my time to guarentee a quick change over which is something that I will definitely remember for future shoots.

CAROLINE SAULNIER - RANKIN. . .

VISUAL BEGINNING. . .

4th April 

So today I finally started shooting my FMP final images. with a build up of nerves I was also incredibly excited to start visually putting my work together, especially after many practise runs of the hair and makeup design. I had a clear idea in my head which I think I will sketch out and post on my blog to show my thought process of the set up of the shoot. As I wanted my images to focus on the hair and makeup, to keep the focus on this I thought a black backdrop for all my images would be best to really make the colour stand out on each look. With a trial and error of lighting which my photographer worked on, the images from my first shoot which was 'Pride' came out brilliantly - down to the shadow and silloette of the face really being defined creating quite a dark, earey feel.

For the hair I stuck to one of my designs that I have practiced many times before and knew exactly how long it would take time wise. As I didn't have much time to do my beauty look to avant garde - by practicing the hair this worked to my advantage as I knew time wise how long it would take me which helped my nerves as I knew exactly what to do. Same as the makeup - with the lighting effects some of the images are just focused on the hair, with the lighting really bouncing off the balls and shaped created by the hair which I think will look interesting in my book.

I am incredibly happy how my first shoot went and can't wait to crack on and shoot the other sins whilst still trying to figure out the name of my book - hoping when I least expect it it will just click to me!! The image on the right is one of what my model took whilst doing the avant garde makeup - quite a nice action shot I think!