OUR GROUP PHOTOSHOOT

I wanted to document the process of our photoshoot for our execution process brief. We were given our editorial shoots which were analysed. We had Juergen Teller as the photographer, New Nomad as the theme and shoes as our object for our photoshoot. We had to create a series of three different photographs showing our theme and ideas in them all.

Our main idea was to create a story running through our images so we decided to show a 'night out in Nottingham' taking inspiration from the glitter party taken place at Rock City around freshers week. Our first image showed the getting ready part of the night out with clothes all over the floor, representing a typical girls bedroom before a night out. This was probably the most difficult image to get right purely because we had to do it indoors and were limited to how creative we could be in a little uni bedroom and kitchen! We chose many different patterns and textures to contrast against the classic black court shoes which we used throughout all three photographs. in the end our favourite image ended up being one that was taken by mistake! A happy accident.

We then decided to move on to one of our chosen locations which was right outside one of my favourite places in Nottingham- Ideas on paper! The courtyard space around this little shop was the perfect creative spot for ur second shoot. We wanted this image to represent a break in the night out with a girl either taking a cigarette break or just needing some fresh air!

We began distressing and 'ruining' the shoes a little bit by adding glue, confetti, glitter and dirt, this was supposed to represent what would have happened to a pair of shoes after they had been walking around a glitter party for the night. I really like the overall effect of this particular shoot and think that the strong colours from the confetti picked out subtle colours from the background, linking it all together and making it an overall stronger image. We tried many different poses and backgrounds but my favourite are the ones sitting down on the bars.

Our last images were probably the least visually appealing but they definitely told our story well! This photoshoot represents the end of the night out, the model has gone which adds an element of mystery (much like Juergen Tellers shoot we previously looked at). We wanted it to look like a messy night out so we broke the heel and chucked them near some bin bags- this gave both of them connotations of 'used trash'. We tried to take these images at nighttime to depict the similar timing and brightness of the images which I think worked well.

These are my three personal favourite images:

As a group we all picked the three images together and presented this: (the post it notes were positives and negatives from our fellow coursemates).



The images were set out in a similar way to Juergen Tellers shoot which we took inspiration from. We liked how they reminded us of disposable cameras and affordable, relatable family holidays so we decided to use a disposable camera on our photoshoot which we got some very good images from for our sketchbooks. We then also added the date on the bottom of each image just like a disposable camera would have. We changed the date throughout the three images showing the transition and journey of the night. Overall I really enjoyed this execution part of FCP as it allowed me to be more creative. Our shoot turned out well and I was happy with how it went in the short amount of time I had to create it.

Thankyou for reading,
Love from Georgia
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