5th April 2010

I had a nice easter break and been working on putting the work down on boards and editing my research. Last week i went shopping for styling for my final shoot. I have decided to do a location shoot, the uni is shut for another week and it is so hard booking studios for long enough anyway. I have decided to introduce colour back into the styling..still very muted tones, very feminine and slight touch of intimacy running through the styling, soft pastels and nudes very spring/summer. I also went to the the National theatre and hired a few authentic pieces. I am working with one model this time...i need to bring it back to the self and women's anxieties over the fashion/beauty industry. I intend to do 6-8 stylings on location. Again i will be editing the images to create the mind/ body concept...the phantom of a voice inside but only in one image. This shoot is going to contrast against the last....my last shoot was quite androgynous, awkward and morbid. i want to have a bit more of a positive energy in this shoot. The subject is quite ambiguous so i want to contrast the pretty stylings with the pose and expression of the model. We battle with the idea of self discipline over our bodies everyday and usually liberate the idea... but deep down we have anxieties and negativity over the constant surveillance we are under most formally from ourselves. It becomes a lifetime obsession....we are scared of our beauty dying and our beauty dies before our bodies die. I photographed with a friend some of the styling pieces i will be using for her display project....it was a beautiful sunny day and we were enjoying the sun and working.

I have a model confirmed a girl i met at a show i was working at, she's quite brazilian looking....i am still going to go with contoured browns shaded on the skin, with a bohemian untouched look to the hair....very key for summer looks this season as well. This look will really suit the model too. I did this hair and make-up look for the last shoot but with pale washed out skin. This time i am going to do the same effect on a bronzed skin, as i think it's key for this season.

We only have about 6 weeks until hand in on the 14th May. It is quite scary when i think that i wont be a student anymore. I have a lot to offer in industry, it's just the getting noticed which will take the time. I am eager to do whatever it takes. I have definitely decided i would like to work with a magazine now, i believe i can offer a variety of skills. Even though my discipline has been hair and make-up, i feel i have a knowledge over all disciplines of the fashion photograph. I am an image maker, from start to finish i drive the concept right through to the production with my work. I would love to work in a team, learning from others. I enjoy that creative energy that you get off a room full of creative people it inspires my own imagination to run wild and break free.