My first client

My first ever client was back in may when I started putting my portfolio together and I can say it went very well. Thanks to Amy who put up with me as I was unsure with direction and suggestions. The photos were fantastic from this day as this was my first proper photo-shoot. Now looking back on photographs I have produced I know I have developed more skill and gotten better along the way. I still use my first ever shoot in my portfolio as the quality is to a standard.

Now about Amy: I met Amy at a shoot where I was working behind the scenes for a friends clothing range and we just got on well. Amy is a beautiful stunning girl who is very confident and she only needed a little direction on the day of the photo-shoot I done with her. She knew all the right angles, expressions and movements which amazed me that she has only done few modelling shoots. I would defiantly work with Amy again and I was pleased that she was my first ever client and I was very happy that my first photo-shoot went so smoothly :)

My Final Project Pt 2

The second part of my assignment was to make a website showcasing my 12 photographs from part 1. This section of the course i fully enjoyed as i could design any type of website i wanted and pick a particular style which reflected my personality.

(The website that is about to be shown is not an official website. This was just made in dream weaver without being put onto the web) I am currently working on a website at the moment so when my website is done i will fully announce =]

The first page was my index which i wanted to create a teaser of photographs to make the audience enter my website to see these photographs up close.

The next was my home page which i used a photograph of myself walking away further into the distance with the words "Come and follow me through the extraordinary vision of imagination" which reflected the style of photographs i had created.

The online gallery was the most irritating page of all because this page had to be created 12 times with the 12 different photographs within the thumbnail which had to be relinked many times. I like the outcome of this page as i think its set out differently to other websites with the thumbnails being above the photograph all in center.

The next page which i think looked the messiest was my artist statement (manifesto) which the majority of photographers have on their websites.

My biography page turned out better than i imagined with having a good selection of photograph which went with the page well. I liked how i have used a candid photograph which reflects people my personality and sense of humour.

The last page was my contacts which i wanted to use a selection of details with a photograph on the page so the page doesnt seem blank and empty.

My Final Project Pt 1

In my final year of university i mentioned my assignment just before i disappeared. Now i can share with you my final idea i done and submitted along with a website i designed to showcase my photographs as an online gallery.

My origional idea (Alice in wonderland) didnt go to plan as i wanted to do something different as that style of photography is quite common so with me being from liverpool i wanted to collaborate the elements within my final project.

The 12 photographs consist of the same idea i had but using Liverpool landmarks as my main backdrop/concept for these photos.

The Albert Dock

The Anglican Cathedral

The Catholic Cathedral

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Liverpool Echo Arena

Liverpool Museum

Liverpool Liver Building

Liverpool Lime Street

Liverpool Tunnel

Radio City

Liverpool Royal Court

St Georges Hall

I'm Back!!!

Hiii everybody! I am back from a very busy couple of months! I was so busy finishing my studies and now i can proudly say i graduate on Wednesday (20/07/2011) after getting a 2:1 on my Media degree :D


Since finishing university i have bought myself a camera and other equipment to start up my own photography business. I have been learning how to use it and i am still learning now along the way but i love it! I am still coming out of my shell with using directions on my models as direction can be quite tricky when first starting out as a photographer.


I have loads of stuff to catch up on which i will be sharing with you along the way sharing the ups and downs of transforming myself into a pro photographer.

Inspiration

I have come across somebody who inspires me to be a lot like them. I love how their fascination with photography continues to grow and the knowledge they know influences me more and makes me even eager to learn. I know my knowledge on photography is quite vague but i know this is what i want to do. There is so much to learn and i know its not just about taking a photograph, its about studying what you are using and who you or what you are dealing with.

Photography is about producing a lot of your own work which can be quite challenging as it is an independent job and you have to know what and who you are working with. Photography can be seen as a threat because every piece of work produced is your own form of art which can be quite personal, people may like it others might not it all depends on each individuals taste as everybody are different and it can create a variety of interest.

A lot of photographers inspire me and i know i haven't seen at least half of the amazing talents out there. I mostly come across photographers through Magazines, Internet, Television and photography lectures and i know that isn't enough.

Here are a few of my favourites at the moment and i am going to see if i come across the same throughout each stages then i know i am really intrigued with them and not just their work.

Charlie Waite - Landscape
Peter Carr - Freelance
Tony Howell - Landscape
Susan Burnstine - Fine Art and Commercial
Stephen Eastwood - Beauty and Fashion

Photoshop

I've been spending a lot of my time on Photoshop lately learning techniques and tutorials from online resources. I finally realise and understand how professionals feel when undertaking a photograph to retouch and manipulate any type of photograph. I enjoy how you can create and do just about anything using this particular software. My wrist is sprained by spending so many hours on this which i could not stop myself from the satisfaction i get.

It makes me question do professional photographers use this to a great extent to create something better from their original images or do they just enhance what they already have captured to keep it as natural as they can. 

Here are some of my creations I have learnt. They are not perfect as this is just the beginning of a beautiful masterpiece =]

Before Airbrushing

First learning how to airbrush and applying it to create more of a perfection.

Secondly i learned how to change the colour of my eyes.

 Then i followed other tutorials of how to change the colour of my hair which is basically the same rule as changing the eye colour.

 

Another thing i have learnt to use was the liquify tool which allows you to make parts of your body thinner or bigger.

This certainly clear things up for me now from how models in magazines and photographs always look perfect and how they are betrayed in the media. Even though most models are not far off from what they originally look like but it still creates an un-realistic look and this has a major impact on the public who see these images and are persuaded and manipulated to look this way and puts pressure on them even further.

Photographs shown below where edited by a very good friend of mine who enjoys and is interested in photography like me.

Assignment

This year in photography I have to produce work which involes creating a series of 12 figurative and semi figurative photographs based on a combination of portraits and landscapes. These photographs also have to be in black and white whether its something I do from the camera or take it in colour and change it into black and white in the editing process.


I have one idea i have in mind but i am not sure on the concepts and elements of this  i just like the idea of it whether it would work or not. I had an idea that i would make myself small into a borrower and having 12 photographs as each stage, fighting through obstacles in life.

This is just an example of how i would present myself into these photographs. Another concept i want to get my point across which is very personal to me is that i feel like a failure and feeling small is how i feel 99% of the time so on each stages i would continue facing my fears and the more i face my fears the more i grow in these series of photographs making me appear bigger in each photograph and the very last photograph of the series i would come across as if i was a giant.


I would have to come up with 12 stages of my life but not having the last photograph of where i am now but where i could end up in 50/60 years time. So this helps me be creative and imaginative for the stages i havent even passed yet. This could form and create some realistic and unrealistic views also each photograph will probably contain elements of fear as life is no piece of cake.


The idea originated from me but once i done a bit of research on this, this reminded me of Alice In Wonderland where she appears small and big throughout the film.

The main thing i like about this idea is that it shows Alice In Wonderland is creative and very imaginative which will allow me to have a lot of fun with this assignment.