Foundation Degree: Digital Acquistions Project

Here are the 2 Final Images and my first ever video from my 2nd Unit of Coursework from my Foundation Degree. This unit was called Digital Acquisition and focused on Advertising and contained elements of Fashion, Editorial, Still Life and Videography.

The unit was split into 3 projects called Editorial Shoe, Upsize and Advertising.

For Editorial Shoe, we had to shoot a Still Life Shoe in the studio to be used as an Editorial image for a Advertisement. My idea was inspired by loads of photos I found during my research that show boots standing on leaves so I tried to create a Still Life version of this. For Upsize I had to shoot a Mid-Key Fashion image for John Lewis and enlargement an element of the photos. I combined this with a shoot I did with a Fashion shoot and enlarged the model's head as a "Think Big!" idea. The video was a collaboration with Amelia Read, in which we had to produce a 10-second video together advertising shoes with the subtitle; "Walk the Walk". Amelia was the Director and I was the Camera Operator, Lightening Assistant and Editor and I think we did a pretty good job together.

This was a very stressful unit which I didn't particularly enjoy, expect for a few parts like learning to shoot and edit short videos. I'm now planning a studio day before my college shuts and then a relaxing break over Christmas during which I will planning shoots and coming up with ideas for Spring and Summer 2014.

Amy's Studio Shoot

I love working with the gorgeous little Amy mainly because she's a beautiful little ball of fun and she usually dresses up. I've already shot her in Newcastle and as Raven from Teen Titans and Babydoll from Sucker Punch as well as many others. These are some of my favourite photos from our first studio shoot along with Ellen Hall Photography. These were loads of fun to shoot and I am really proud of the images we produced together and can't wait to work with Amy and Ellen again.

Lily the Little Vampire

I know understand why actors disliking working with children. Here are some of my favourite photos from my shoot called "Lily the Little Vampire". Lily may be adorable but on the day of the shoot it was pouring with rain so we had to shoot inside rather than outside in a cobbled backstreet and her cousin who was chchaperoninghe shoot was ill and couldn't sub-in as a victim of the vampire as we originally intended. Also Lily was initially very hyper and active but quickly became tired, I suspect a sugar rush was involved, and she refused to use the fake blood I had bought. However, we persevered and I think we produced a lovely set of images.

Simon Leech- Editorial Brief

The other week I was given a 1/2 day Editorial project by the London photographer Simon Leech who challenged use to go out and shoot 2 images showing the surrounding area as a travel destination. I open to photography Grey Street (Grey's Monument and Theatre Royal) in Newcastle in B+W, as I thought it would look good considering the weather and because Grey Street is regarded as one of the most beautiful streets in the UK and is renowned for it's Georgian architecture and is a popular spot for visitors because of the theatre and surrounding bars, restaurants and bistros. I am really pleased with these images and want to continue to do Editorial photography, as it's something I've never tried before but really enjoyed it when I did.

Serenity the Witch

Unfortunately most of my Halloween shoots were cancelled due to the models cancelling or the weather being very poor but I did manage to take some photos from my Witch shoot with Serenity in Jesmond Dene, despite it being quite grey, cold and windy. I loved this shoot and it gave me a massive confidence boost which I really needed. I'd love to get some feedback from these images so let me know what you guys think.

Mademoiselle Boo Shoot

Here are some of my favourite photos from my lingerie shoot with Mademoiselle Boo with makeup by Leanne Cowie. This was my first lingerie shoot and quite unusual for me as it involved a very tattooed burlesque dancer wearing very little in the cold, dark and wet woods of Gateshead. However, that just made it far more interesting and unusual for me. Overall, I really enjoyed the shoot and got some great photos from it, even if I had to rush there from my first degree handin and I was still late.

Foundation Degree: Hat Project

Here are my Final Images from my first Foundation Degree Project; Creative/Documentary Hat. 

This was a joint project; I had to produce an image of someone under 20 or over 60 wearing an object styled as a hat creatively. I choose to style a young model using a halo/crown of thorns made from Christmas lights so they would resemble an angel or saint, and shoot them in a wooded environment to give the image a feel of an angelic vision. I also used a reflector to lighten the model to make her look more spectral and angelic. 

I then had to produce a documentary image of someone wearing a hat on the street (preferably someone of the opposite age and gender than that of my subject from my Creative shoot). I did 2 shoots along the Quayside Market and around Granger Street and Market in Newcastle and overall I selected this shot of this lovely old man as my most successful image. This was quite a tricky project for me as I think the way I work is more technical than creative, but I loved the Documentary Project simply because I love Street Photography. 

This is just the first of many projects and final images from my Foundation Degree so keep your eyes peeled for more posts and probably a page when I've taken a few more. But until then; enjoy and let me know what you think of my blog and images.