FMP Week 6

Weekend
Did my final shoot for the second image of Mae, it was quite hard to get the hair looking right so we decided in the end to cover it mostly with flowers- I think after some touching up in Photoshop it should look fine. I think I definitely need to be more invested in planning the hair beforehand as it is a very important part of the image. After we had shot the pictures I needed we made use of the makeup and the sun outside and did a few more shots just for fun of fairies in the wild. Shooting outdoors is great because it allows much more room for spontaneous ideas and inspiration because of the environment you're in. It differs a lot from being stuck in a studio, but of course then you can meticulously plan your photos and lighting which yields a different kind of result.

Tuesday-
Did more editing and had a conversation with Tom. We had a pretty long conversation about what I wanted to say with my art. He brought up the fact that I shouldn't just be regurgitating what I hear in the media etc but actually show my own views- something that really makes me tick. I had a think about it and I came up with this:

In fact I'm not really going to go in to details as the reason I'm a photographer is to communicate through imagery and not through writing this blog post! I tried to write it out many times but it just felt kind of wrong and wasn't me, the short story is I got thinking about my real motives for this project and I'm now considering that while editing these images.

Wed/Thurs-
More editing today- now I'm getting so far into it I'm starting to be less happy with the images. Perhaps I'm overdoing it or heading down the wrong path? I will talk to the tutors again tomorrow.

Friday-
Talk with Othello and Chris- realised I need to reshoot with a simpler concept. Othello was saying he really liked my 'Bleed' and 'Flightless' images for their simplicity in visuals and concept. I decided to look through my Pinterest board where I save all of my inspiration and noticed that most of the pictures I've pinned recently are simple, delicate portrayals of the female form. I then got sketching and came up with the idea to put the gold liquid like I had for the 'Flightless' image on the female form in different positions- and no extra frills. I think this should work much better and raise more questions. Luckily Ailsa is free to shoot over the weekend, so fingers crossed this goes well!