Behind the scenes of todays photoshoot.

Today i shot my image for contextual studies, after HOURS of prep, making the head piece and chest piece, it was all finally ready to photograph. It was honestly one of my favourite shoots to date, i loved it!
I downloaded capture one yesterday so i took advantage of that and took my laptop down to Jesmond dene, which is where the photoshoot took place.
I found a tree and fallen tree covered with ivy, and so i decided to shoot there.
I took one flash head planning on using it but in the end it wasnt needed as it was a perfect day to photograph and it was giving the perfect amount of light.
We even tried smoke bombs! but unfortunatley because it was only a portrait it was hard to capture the smoke in the right places. but anyway I tried it and i really liked the effect it gave however it would of been better for a more full body shot.
This was all for our contextual studies supporting image, in which we had to create a photograph in the style of our chosen photographer. I hopefully captured Kirsty Mitchell's style, but my concept is mother nature. The contrast of flowers with the green ivy was really captivating so i was very excited to look at them properly.

I spray painted some of the ivy around her white, and entwined her hair in the leaves and flowers. It was a really pretty set when it was all put together!

here are some behind the scenes shots!

Amazing MUA, Toni Dent

Model: Danielle Connelly, one of my best friends, she was great! 

spray painting the leaves and entwining her hair

Using the smoke bombs..

As you can see its a really cool effect, and i will be using them again, but it was too overpowering for the look i was going for.