Ryan Williams's Blogger: Professional Practice photo shoot

Below is a powerpoint presentation slide show of research, ideas and inspiration that i'm sending out to models, make up artists and hair designers. Producing this slide show gives me a better and much clearer understanding of what type of shoot i am going to do.

This also gives a better understanding of what i am after in terms of lighting, locations, outfits, make up, hair and even the style or theme i am after. It also shows the model or hair stylist what i'm thinking of doing and what it is thats on my mind. Doing this will give them more ideas and maybe help me come up with some sort of strategy or plan.

Below are slides of the presentation.

1st slide

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2nd slide

Screen shot from google maps. this is a location which is about 20mins away from my house.

I have visited this location about four times now and it can be scary at times. As its a screenshot from powerpoint and also a screenshot from google maps its not really blown up and is difficult to see but the building on the left is not like this now. It looks really old and is abandoned. The windows are all boarded up and does look rather creepy at night.

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3rd slide

Another screen shot from google maps but this time from a different angle. Am trying to give the model or the people that will be working with me, more of a general view of the area and what the location will look like. I always feel its really good to do this as it shows you are interested and motivated to do well. Doing this also gets you talking to the model or who it is your collaborating with as then on the day you both are not feeling uncomfortable. Another screen shot. The hole building is joint together and the location we will be shooting in is at the other end, to the right. Again it doesn’t look like this now.

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4th Slide

yet another screenshot from google maps at another angle of the location am going to be shooting my professional practice. Again this looks like its a new building but its not.

To get inside we climb through a window which is located at the other end of this building.

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5th slide

This photograph on this slide i found on google images when searching abandoned places with models.

What i like about this is not the location but the lighting, make up, hair and out fits. The pointy shoes the model on the left is wearing are amazing and i really wanted them for my shoot. I didn't know how i could get them or what the shoes where called but i done some research and asked around and found out that they're called ballet boots/ballet heels. They are very expensive and prices range for £90 to £120 pounds.

http://www.alternative-footwear.co.uk/shoes/extreme-ballet-heel-shoes.html

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6th slide

After producing this slide show i sent this presentation out to the people that are interested in working with me. The model looked at this presentation and come up with an idea or concept about having news paper as a outfit. I then started to think more on this idea and then found this photograph.

I do feel this type of outfit would fit my idea really well.

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7th Slide

The make up for my shoot is very important and this shoot needs to be the best as its for the professional practice assignment. In my case i am going to look for make up that stands out and is powerful.

As i want this shoot to be low key but also have a lot of detail, sharpness and good compression then the make up needs to be good. Am thinking of this but maybe more dramatic. Maybe in black as I think it would be more moody and eye catching!

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8th slide

The movement, positioning and poses need to be different to any photo shoot i have done before. This shoot needs to be different and also challenging. With this idea in mind i would like a lot of blur and motion to my photographs. using long shutter speeds with increase my motion and i will start to get movement within my photograph. The positioning needs to be very controlled but also surreal.

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9th slide

lighting and outfits

The photographs on this slide show are photographs from a photographer called Andrew Farrington.

Not only is Andrew Farrington one of my favourite photographs but his work motivates me when its needed. I look at his work and i find the lighting and composition amazing and for this assignment i am going to look at his work and start to think about how i can change and experiment with lighting. Andrew Farrington also has a way with the style of his work and i feel one of his strong points is the location and the out fits.