seeing in black and white…

these are both digital images that i then converted to black and white.

I took these images using 35mm 400iso colour film, I wanted to experiment with different types of lighting and how they would look n film so i used fairy lights. I had to wait until the sun was starting to set so that there would be enough available light still but that the fair lights would be visible (long exposures weren't really an option because the people wouldn't be able to stay perfectly still during the exposure). Here I have tried converting one of the images to black and white after i scanned my prints in to see what effect that would give the image. Although I did like the results i got from this shoot I know i need to develop the idea further, i may try long exposures with darker surroundings as i feel this will give a lot more emphasis on how the image is being lit and you will see the effect that the fairy lights give more clearly.

Fashion Photography

The theme for this shoot was a combination of the story of Adam and Eve and Alternative fashion. I wanted to create a parallel between how Eve was shunned for eating the forbidden fruit and how the way individuals choose to dress cause society to judge them. I used a velvet back drop to create a slightly seductive feel, i decided on green to keep re-enforcing the theme of the garden on Eden. I had to source a snake from the animal care department at college and made sure that the model i wanted to use wasn't scared of snakes!