Check Point 5

For this check point I'm showing all my work as selected for submission. There is still some editing to be done on some but the selection is somewhat final.

Enjoy.

1. Choose a product type and research existing advertising material particularly that which follows a particular campaign strategy and produce 4 different location shots with people/actors/models that individually tell a story. There should be a consistent strategy applied to the 4 photographs and a combination of male and female models used.

 2. Approach a local designer and produce a series of 6 location photographs of different garments, including the models of course. The garments should have a bearing on your choice of location.

3. Construct a rationale for a narrative fashion series and produce 8 photographs to tell the story.

 

I have removed 1 photo from this series in exchange for the UN Comp.

4. Produce a series of 7 studio fashion shots which include at least two couple shots and one group shot. At least two of the shots should include males.  

I have removed 2 images from this series in exchange for the UN comp

 

UN Comp images:

Forest Hero 


In this image I celebrate the work of small scale sustainability. The Gundaroo Common is the largest common left in Australia and is actively involved in the protection of native trees and grass land. It is projects like these that will ensure the survivability of our forests and bushland for generations to come. 

Issues and Solutions  

From where I stand the major issue affecting the sustainability of our forests is humans and the solution comes down to humans also. In this image I show a young lady at home in the forest. It demonstrates my belief that when we finally realise that we need to include the forest in our lives that the forests will be safe from destruction.

This is my forest  

As a child my family went camping a lot and my most vivid memories involve me lying around with my family in the middle of nowhere staring up at the sky and dreaming. Sometimes this would be in the desert, sometimes in thick forests, but always with my family by my side. In this image I’m showing that we sometimes just need to lie back and look at what we have, for it is when we realise what we have that we will realise what we need.

Check Point 4

For this checkpoint I am submitting my editorial story. It is based around a 1940's air race and the female aviator, Ruth Nichols. I had the fortunate opportunity of using Dick Smiths Airfield in Gundaroo so my editorial changed from an initial concept of 1920's movie star.

Here are the images from this shoot.

Stylist: Irene Pavlovic
Model: Ellis Blaike
MUA: Shamyla Satti
Assistant: Dannica Clayton

I had an absolute ball shooting this one and am very pleased with the images. I've worked with Irene, the stylist a couple times before and I think we are learning to work as a team. This editorial game really needs the assistance of a talented crew and the one I used on this shoot was great. 

Check Point 3

For my third checkpoint, my submission has changed somewhat. An opportunity came up to shoot an editorial for a new magazine starting up in Perth. For this editorial I used clothing from local designers so that I could fit both my brief for the submission but also the brief from CIT in the form of my shotlist.

I have selected six images from this editorial to show for this Check Point and included 3 from a label called 'Little Sparrow'. The designer, Dani, graduated from the CIT fashion course just a couple years ago and is creating a lot of interest in the fashion scene with her collections.

I am more than happy with this shoot but if I shot it again I would start a little earlier and enforce time limits per shot as I ran out of light for the last couple shots and have used Photoshop to bring them back to what I wanted them to look like. The background has been shot again in the correct light and stitched into the original shot for the last two shots in the below series.

Check Point 2 - Handbag Shoot 2

As previously mentioned, my initial idea for the handbag shoot has changed to allow me to play with more of an editorial story feel to my shots. With this in mind I drew up my story boards to see how I wanted to play out the story.

So with my rudimentary story boards I headed out to the Canberra Theatre and proceeded to replicate my ideas onto film (or sensor in this case).

When casting for this shoot my model had blond hair so it came as a bit of a surprise to have a brunette. This turned out well for the Canberra Theatre shots but her hair does get lost a bit among the trees. Blond hair would have added some welcome separation. Saying that of course, the shots worked out well and I am happy to submit these shots for my Check point 2 images. A couple notes here, two of the images are composites and spot the subtle hand cuffs (more noticeable on full size image).

Check Point 1 - First Shoot, Shot List Task 4

My first shoot for this semester was planned for last week yet people for free are never a guaranteed thing so I tried again for this week and out of a possible 5 models I had 3 turn up. Not too bad as I was able to continue on with the shoot and I think it has turned out well.

It was shot as a homage to Lindbergh and his 'Paris de Couture' shoot he undertook in 1996. I used his style (lighting, background style) and modernised it somewhat so that it would fit in with the current editorials being produced for major labels.


I had a rethink about how I want the images to look as my initial thoughts were almost black and white yet editing the images I found I really liked the look of deep blacks, crisp whites and a lightly washed colours. Below is my submission for Checkpoint 1.

Makeup and Hair - Vivian Leschen
Models - Tim Knight, Ellis Blaikie, Alice Coggan (all from Elite Models)