PHOTOGRAPHY RESEARCH. . .

4th April

As I explained on my FMP proposal, I wanted to produce a book creating art through the power of hair and makeup to showcase my talent as an artist. Throughout my book I wanted to keep the focal point purely on the makeup and the hair, to really signify the colour and the shapes I created with the hair.

To create this, I thought the best thing to emphasize the colour would be to have a black back-drop for all my shoots as they are all being taken in studios and this would help all my images to have an even flow throughout my book. Also with the intense black background, this will really help the colour stand out more with each image. In my proposal I explained my inspiration from the book Alex Box by Ranking, a book that demonstrates the raw talent of make-up artist Alex Box and her individual flare of makeup. In the book there is a mixture of studio and location based shoots but with the mood board I created (as seen on the left) I collected images from the book and also Illamasqua’s previous campaigns, which use this similar technique to represent the colour and texture in each image. By creating this mood board also, I could clearly describe to my photographer the kind of images I wanted to capture for each of my shoots, with the addition of hands to show the nail art, so by doing this this has helped us communicate to each other our different visions on how to really capture the colour of each image. With a combination of this and a trial of studio lighting I feel confident that my shoots will go well. Ive learnt from past shoots and over my past 2 years at uni that its always best to be over prepared and to practise than to not be sure!