She's Going To The Chapel...

This weekend my very good friend, Hester, dressed up as a bride for me and braved the arctic conditions to help me with a test shoot for uni.

As part of my dissertation I'm writing about alternative weddings, so I thought I'd do some traditional wedding shoots as a practise.

What do you think? She looks beautiful, doesn't she?!

Photography Website

FINALLY got my photography website set up! Check it out by pressing on my photography tab above or this link! 

Back Catalogue

Today I've been looking through my back catalogue of fashion shoots to decide what to put onto my website. Here's a little preview!

 Mirror Shoot - Exploring reflections in fashion photography for university

Fantasy Fashion 

I found my first go at fashion photography, for media A Levels! I miss those tights. 

Fifties fashion shoot in Ziggy's Diner, Aldeburgh. 

90's Grunge Shoot

Sixties shoot for a fashion photography website I created for my uni course.

Please don't use these images without my permission, if you'd like to use them drop me an email! :)

BLOG SALE - CANON 550d DIGITAL CAMERA

BLOG SALE!

Well it's just one item for now, until I get my own ebay account sorted!

My brother is selling his digital camera - Canon 550d Digital SLR Camera PLUS 3 lenses and accessories.

He's only had it for 6 months and used it a couple of times, so it's in top notch condition!

UK ONLY!

Head over to his ebay account to bid. Or email me directly (and I'll get him to email you back) to buy the camera, lenses and accessories all for £375!

Book Wishlist

This week has been super busy, so sorry for not posting as regularly as I normally do. I've started back at work and we've been getting ready for our mid-season sale and change over of stock.

I also started my Friday internships at Velvet Magazine in Newmarket which I love! So great to be getting some hands on experience writing and being involved in the team. Today we had a meeting about the fashion show they are putting on in September - looking forward to helping with that! Look out for more blog posts about it.

I've been compiling my book wishlist for my third year of my degree (keen I know!) and here it is so far:

Miles Aldridge's coffee table book looks amazing! He photographs fashion images with a hidden, dark twist. In one, a model is eating a salad, which is actually made up of raw meat! Very cool!

Tim Walker's Pictures book has been on my wishlist for ages, but it is super expensive. He has to be my favourite fashion photographer with his fantasy inspired photos. I love images that have a narrative, I'm so bored of seeing studio shots with a model looking moody.

And last but not least, Norman Parkinson's book. After watching a documentary about him I really want to find out more, he seemed like one of the instigators for narrative fashion stories. Amazing photographer. 

What are you reading at the moment and do you have a favourite fashion photographer? 

Don't Stop The Party

How amazing did Cara Delevingne look at Cannes!? 

Before

After  

Must have been some night eh, Cara? 

I think it's important that these images get seen, as much as I think Cara is an amazing model. I think young girls need to know how much work goes into making those models look they way they do on red carpets & shoots. And how much post-production is done afterwards. 

Stunning photo!

All images from the Daily Mail website. 

Photo-shoot Inspiration: Dawson's Creek

I've been watching so much Dawson's Creek recently! I was a bit too young to watch it the first time round and I needed something to take my mind off uni work before bed.

They haven't got the best style sense these teens, but the 90's look is in right now, even if I hate it!

What really gave me the inspiration for a photo-shoot idea is the creek itself! It's so idyllic and pretty. I really want to do a shoot over the summer with four Dawson Creek lookalikes (I've got an idea of who I'm going to ask to model, I just hope they agree).

I'm planning to shoot it at Thorpeness Mere where I've shot before. It's so pretty with the little green islands and brightly coloured boats:

What are your summer plans? 

All about me!

A little bit of self promotion here! I guess if you can't do it on your own blog, where can you!

Some of my photography work has just been showcased on the gorgeous new Southampton based magazine - Lost & Found.

Also, a couple of articles that I've been working on during my internship at Velvet Magazine have gone up online, so check them out! If you live in the Suffolk area, try popping into The Suffolk Carver for some yummy lunchtime treats, or if you're getting beach body ready, try Jazzercise in Newmarket.

Tips to become forties fabulous

Today I'm going to explain how to recreate the 1940s make up look from my recent photo-shoot.

1940s makeup was glamorous and decadent. The face was pale and the lips were a bright red. Makeup was an important part of the war effort. Women were encouraged to look their best to keep up the morale. Even though clothing was rationed, women made sure they kept up with the latest trends my remaking clothes and painting lines on their legs to replicate scarce stockings.

How to recreate the...

Eyes: Brows were incredibly thin but shapely. Draw a rounded thin line in eyebrow pencil to highlight the eyes. Lots of mascara should be applied and you can add a flick of eyeliner to the corners of the eye. For a bargain eyebrow pencil try Rimmel, £2.99. 

Face: The face should be pale and powered to perfection. Powder was popular in the forties to decrease shine on the face. In an era when women began to work in factories and on fields, face powder became a makeup stable. A rouge on the cheeks showed health and vitality. Face powder, also Rimmel.

Lips: Slick on a bright red lipstick to be a real forties siren. For a super vibrant red try Sleek's True Colour Lipstick in Vixen, which I think can be found in Superdrug. I was given it as a sample and it's too bright for my skin tone, but looks great for shoots. The blusher is by L'Oreal. 

And here you have the completed look - the perfect wartime woman: glamorous, strong and beautiful. 

1940's Photo-Shoot

Here are some photos from a recent shoot, in a 1940s theme. My friend (and the model) Katie Smith edited these ones and they look like gorgeous faded photos from the era! Beautiful!

I'll put up the originals soon!