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Today I had a test shoot with the Elinchrom Quadra portable lighting kit that we had the workshop on with Rick Kelly and Simon Weldon a few weeks a go. I set it up in the atrium of the Richard Steinitz building at the university. I set it up in front of a huge openContinue reading “Elinchrom Quadra Kit – 8 test”

Today we had a Peer Review session with Gregg. We each took in turns to present some work we had recently done and try to give each other some feedback and guidance. I presented my work I had done before Christmas of the model poised on the floor and the orangey/yellow over colour over castContinue reading “Peer Review with Gregg”

Today I attended a location lighting workshop with Rick Kelly and Simon Weldon. Together they demonstrated how to use the Elinchrom Quadra Kit – 8 that is available to hire out from the University. The kit consists of 2 x 400w flash heads on stands that connect to a portable Quadra PowerPoint where you canContinue reading “Location Lighting Workshop with Rick Kelly”

Today I printed my completed dissertation, Fashion Models, Body Image and the Promotion of Eating Disorders in the Fashion Industry. In my dissertation I explored the idea that the Fashion Industry plays a role in promoting eating disorders. Many people and Fashion fans are aware that eating disorders are very common amongst models with casesContinue reading “Printed Dissertation”

As a break from all the had work we had been doing my University took a trop to Amsterdam to visit some of the exhibitions they had displaying at the time. One of theses exhibitions and one of the most memorable was the Foam Museum and Foam next door which was presenting the new FoamContinue reading “Amsterdam”

For my second Interim Exhibition I chose to use to print an image from my most recent shoot. I printed at A2 and on gloss paper. Once the image was up it began to show that the paper choice was probably not the most suitable, it was reflecting the light too much and was givingContinue reading “Second Interim Exhibition”

Over the last few weeks I have struggled with a creative block, I was struggling to get models and couldn’t come up with anything work. After becoming frustrated with my creative block I called upon a friend who is a fashion student at the same University as me and we conducted a spontaneous shoot toContinue reading “Would you like a bag with that?”

In order to move my work up a level I thought it was key that i keep up to date with recent work in the industry. Hopefully by doing this my creative mind and knowledge of what the industry is expecting stays fresh. Vogue magazine releases an edition every month and the university library providesContinue reading “Vogue”

From researching in to Elaine Constantine I came across two photographers who have a very similar style to Elaine. These photographers are Allyssa Heuze and Gemma Booth. Heuze did a project titled Pop. This work has the “more in the world” feel about it that I mentioned about Constantine’s work. The quality and techniques ofContinue reading “R&D Project two”

After a one to one with my photography tutor following the first interim exhibition we decided that now I could do the basic catalogue style fashion shoot and that I had figured out the issue with my own camera and lighting and how much difference was made when changing what equipment I used that itContinue reading “Elaine Constantine”