Today was my photoshoot for the 'Perfect Base' project which I feel was very successful. Prior to my booked photoshoot one of my models cancelled on me the day before which was a little disheartening, but I made my efforts to ask for help the Solent network page and also messaging friends and classmates which was helpful as I managed to find someone else to help me out and model last minute. My contemporary Elizabethan makeup partner Rebecca happily helped me out with my shoot as an assistant as I had helped her with her shoots too. Before my shoot I had the chance to do my models make-up looks which were very simple and took me about 15 minutes each to complete which was more then enough time to create my looks. Straight after doing my models hair and make-up I set up my stupid equipment and began taking photographs. During my shoot I only ended up using a soft box and a reflector to create my photographs also using the reflector as a fan to play with movement in the images. I started off with my neutral make-up look first, at first the directing was a little awkward as even though I had brought a book with inspiring images and had my plan all set up, when I began shooting my mind went blank. Although, after taking some random shots and making my model feel more comfortable the shoot fell into place.
It felt good to touch up and direct my models so that they could see the vision I was trying to create, but I have defiantly learnt that it is important to properly communicate with your model so that they understand what you need. Although the photo shoot and brief were quite straight forward, I did find it it tricky to not make my images look like passport images and create a mood at the same time, because of this I just encouraged my models to pose and move how they wanted as a lot of the images I captured are natural caught off guard ones. Overall I found the photo shoot really fun and successful and think that the images I have taken will be good for the final submission.
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