Mini Shoot - Rosie & Faye

I did a mini shoot with Faye and Rosie, I decided to do this to have more experience photographing people. I let the girls pick what to wear themselves so they felt more comfortable and tried to keep it simple, its the first time either of them have done this so they were quite nervous, I got a few good images from it, I think next time they do it for me they wont be so nervous!

Studio Dance School

So, Friday I did Photoshoot for a Dance School in Salford, I was 'hired' to take group photos of a Dance School Students for their Show Programme - http://www.thestudiomanchester.co.uk - The owners of the School are Lucy and Alexandra Marchant (image below) - Group photography is harder than I anticipated but I hope some of the images are usuable.





This week I plan on doing a mini photoshoot with a couple of girls I know - I have asked them to wear what they deem their 'most fashionable' outfits for the shoot. Once complete I will upload the images.

Also this week I need to arrange and decide on my portrait assignment where I am photographing my Nana in the style of Photojournalism.

Photojournalism/Documentary Photography

So college work has been piling up!! I have, however, managed to finish my Contextual Studies Essay based on the photography work by Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans during the Great Depression in America, where they were hired to document the FSA (Farm Security Administration) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_Security_Administration

My new assignment is 'Portraits' which I am pleased about, however, I am going to move away from 'fashion' photography and I am going to document the day to day life of my Nana, similar to KayLynn Deveney - http://www.kaylynndeveney.com - this should prove to be an interesting series for others but to me its just the norm, saying that, I watched the Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens DVD and I quote her saying "something that didn't seem as though it was anything is something" which is why I decided to pursue this even though I will probably struggle to see anything artistic about it!

I have added a few of Kay Lynn Deveneys work below, I particulary like the one where she captured him closing the curtains, I like the lighting: