Shoot inspired by Lady Gaga

Model, Mua, Styling - Katie Ness Asissting Lee Dillon

Self Portraits

I tried some self portraits of myself with a different style. I'm looking too be shooting this next week with Katie Ness. Rhianna inspired me with this shoot, lately more androgynous fiery, high fashion photography is appealing to me and I want to try quirky things. I am also looking to upgrade equipment and start shooting fashion with a short depth of field as I am really drawn to this style.



Also I am going to be putting a shoot together based in water, this is me experimenting. The plans of this shoot are still in process.
It is a plan of an image in which will be part of a set, (for a project on my fears) I look forward to starting this soon and may have this project in conjunction with a fashion element.

Graduation

Yesterday I graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a bachelor of arts with honours in photography (BA Hons) the ceremony took place at The Guild Hall in Preston.

Change in issue, Practical Photography + further work

My work for Practical has now been moved to the October issue. I have also been offered further work with the magazine to show how I put my work together for a forthcoming magazine.


I have been to Australia and Dubai for a month and got back on the 9th July. I have taken lots of background photographs and I am quite excited to put some works together, I have finished university and passed with an upper second BA Hons and graduate this Friday the 17th.


Australia was a great break and Dubai was lovely too just very hot reaching 45 degrees but it was great too see the difference in cultures and the difference in places in comparison with one another and England. I got to have some great experiences, swimming with dolphins in the wild, holding a koala, seeing waterfalls and a natural bridge, eating at an outback oz cafe, feeding kangaroos, having a hot drink at a bar made entirely of ice and much more. Ready to get back into my photography so I will be uploading some new projects hopefully soon.





I also enjoyed the preview night of the final yr exhibition at London's Truman Brewery before we went away to Oz. Lots of people came down and I enjoyed seeing the end results, the hard work paid off as there was quite a bit of interest in the show.






stand with more work on and work on loop on TV screen

London Exhibition 09

11th-15th at the Truman Brewrey in the Boiler house, Brick Lane, London, all welcome.

Feature in Practical Photography July Issue

My last images for the Oxfam Vintage project will be featured in July's issue of Practical Photography magazine. This will include 4 images and a blurb about the work and myself etc. Following this news, I have finished the images for my final project 3 of which will be exhibited in London and Preston (please contact me for details) here are the final selection of images still with some editing to be done but shows the basic layout:

Further Ideas on Final Project

This image was a test within my final project, although I will most likely be changing the location. My images have an illustrated style because of the use of textures, layers and colours in photoshop, with influence from tarot cards I will be focusing on childhood outlook on old locations in which I will look back on.

My work will be in exhibition in Preston Media Factory building on Cold Bath st on 12th June this year along with other fellow 3rd yr photographers. We are all waiting on reply to see if we will also be exhibiting in London Brick Lane, the Trueman Brewery in the boiler house this will also be from the 12th officially for 5 days. My images will be large scale between A1 and A0, I am still looking around at different types of image presentation.

My work will be focusing on natural and man made as a mixture with present and past and the different personalities in which comes when surrounded in different scenarios/ atmospheres. Its is very much fairytale themed with a sense of dreams/ unrealistic point of view, bringing back the magical outlook on things as things once seemed when we were children. I am hoping to have the images finished as a whole in 2 weeks in which I will then update my feelings on the final images.

I have a photoshoot coming up for this project including collette doing makeup and modeling will be, Jonanna Bower, Sophia Skoutella and Janine Mccauley. My last shoot for this project included of Daniela Restaino doing makeup and modeling by Olivia Gauch and Rosin from Preston. I have the ideas now I just need to get everything together and wrap it all up within the next fortnight.