Alicia- weldone guys !

Just come back from our presentation and it feels like all that stress has paid off! Weldone guys! Im just putting some photos on a disc for louise now :)

Imogen

we are all in the library, just waiting for jo and paige, we are going through the power point and also talking about the photos and also magazine covers , the photoshoot yesterday seemed to go well and we have got some really good photos , they have a green tint and this shows envy and jealousy which resembles the quote xx

Melissa

Dazed and confused. Sunddas asked for me to do a cover for this magazine.. I've never heard of the mag before so im not sure if it is right i've just gone off the images i can find on google.

Sunddas - My attempt at editing an image on photoshop...

Imogen

we are all meetin up this morning to finalize everything & to make sure we are all happy with the photos and also the powerpoint xx

Alicia- My favourite five.

advertising the necklace

advertising the cream dress and brown shoes.

advertising the short black dress with sleeves, wedged shoes and grey socks.

advertising sleevless black dress and brown shoes.

advertising long black dress.

I put a green filter over them, I think green because green represents jealousy and envy, which is what i imagine Geishas to feel especially from the quote that we used for the origami "We do not become Geisha to pursue our own destines we become Geisha because we have no other choice." and it goes along with the theme of bondage and how Geishas want to break out but can't. I also think it fits better to the dramatic music we previously chose. (look at melissas music post)

Sunddas - Lancome Make-Up Artist Simon!!

Thanks to my amazing friend Simon (Lancome make-up artist) who created this gorgeous geisha make-up for our model Janet.He has had many years experience in make-up for fashion photography,and has produced a thoroughly modern and extremely high-fashion couture geisha look which worked perfectly for our editorial shoot!

Simon & Janet: (Final Make-up look!!)

Backstage - getting make-up done:

We asked for cupid bow 'heart' shaped lips and pale skin and this is what Simon created! He really played up the blusher which worked really well in our images.

Melissa

and a Love Magazine cover..

Sunddas - Dr Geisha!!! My favourite images!!

The shoot went amazing,and Janet looked gorgeous!! The make-up, hair and styling turned out great and I believe we created quite an edgy alomost high-fashion couture editorial that would work in Vogue, LOVE and Dazed & Confused magazine.
Here are my favourite images:

Melissa

Just thought I'd do a quick vogue cover so we can use it for our powerpoint tomorrow.

Sunddas - Powerpoint

Hey guys iv'e nearly finished the powerpoint, so tomorrow all we need to do is add our final images and music. I've sent it to Alicia now who is going to do the devolopment and styling slides xx

Alicia_blue or green

Just thought id post my views on here as weve been talking about it alot. I think i prefer the green photos mainly because i think you can tell that the blue ones have been cut around I also feel the photos look more quirky and fun which i didnt think was what we were going for and is completly different to what we were going by on our first photoshoot. I think the green ones look alot more dramatic and I like the different shades and lighting in the background. Green also represents jealously and envy which i think is an emotion that fits well with the quote that we were looking at "We do not become geisha to pursue our own destiny we become geisha because we have no other choice". I know everyone else has voted for blue images, I can see why people prefer them and im hoping they are going to grow on me. Will speak to you all tommorow for our final meeting at 9.30 at the library.

melissa

front on head shot

Alicia

I liked this photo that jo also picked ao i gave ago at editing it.

Jo Kabeya

The blue background pictures are nice but I'm not too sure about the bottom one it looks abit weird

paige

spoke to melissa cant seem to think of another background colour that would work with the photos im happy with the pictures at the moment x

paige

on the phone to melissa as i write and we have both agreed on the same five , the blue background is wikid thinks it makes the pictures look so different and innovative, great job guys , glad we agree melissa see you girls tomorrow for the final . x

Alicia-potential head shots

Melissa

I have just edited the five images i liked the most from today.. I have change the background from green to blue on photoshop as i though blue fit in with the film better due to the whole precepection of water being this powerful thing. I hope you like them.

I created these images by cutting out the model and editing the variations to change the background colour, i then pasted the model back into the photo and changed the levels and curves. I also used the burn tool to darken her eyelashes and eyebrows and i used the dodge tool to lighten the circles that where under her eyes. I then used the sharpen tool to make the eyes and the lips stand out more.

I think these images work as even though originally we were going for the dark edgy look we have still sort of got that idea in terms of the styling and the chains. I also think the blue is a good contrast against the darkness of the geisha life (a life they dont choose). It also represents the water idea.

Sunddas - initial inspiration mood board

Jo Kabeya

5 images I like

Imogen

hey guys how was the 2nd shoot? i hope u r all okay, only jiat finished work x

Alicia and Melissa

At the studio, Sunddas is on her way with the model who has already had here makeup done. Everyone is here except Imogen who is unable to come due to work and Natalie said she is going to try and come later.

Alicia- photoshoot take 2

Mellisa has organised another photographer as Dave was unable to help this afternoon but has kindly agreed to set up the lighting in the studio for us. I am going to pick the studio keys up at twelve and we have it until five. Sunddas has got us a model and know a make up artist that she is taking the model to first and then bringing her to the studio at around one. I am bringing the old dresses along with me as well as the old ones just incase we want to reshoot them.

Melissa

Good news guys. Myself and Alicia have sorted the studio and the photographer for the shoot today! X

Sunddas - Photographer Research

Here is my research of photographers and their work I like:

Photographer: Terry Richardson    http://www.terryrichardson.com/

He works regularly with vogue. Below is a photoshoot he did for French Vogue November 2010

 Photographer: Tim Walker    http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/

Here is an image he did for Vogue editiorial:

I love this image and how he likes to shoot women and animals - which juxtapose each other yet he manages to draw contrasts. I also like how in the photo above she has geisha-influenced makeover, with more of a focus on flushed rosy cheeks.

I love this image

source: www.timwalkerphotography.com

Photographer: Helmut Newton http://www.helmutnewton.com/

 I love how this image gives me connotations of women being powerful and dominant, yet still with an extremely modern take on the 'powersuit' workwear. This would also work for our photoshoot to portray geisha as being powerful and dominant.

 I love these black and white shots by Helmut Newton. I like how black and white can be just as intriguing as a colour photo yet adds mystique.

Photographer: Mario Testino http://www.mariotestino.com/

German Vogue
source: http://www.mariotestino.com/

Photographer: Juergen Teller

Source: http://www.designscene.net/2009/03/pamela-anderson-for-vivienne-westwood.html

Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 2009 Campaign

Melissa

Just spoke to Paige on the phone and she mentioned she liked one of the pictures Alicia posted so i have had a go at editing it...

paige

x hi girls as some of you know silly old me gave louise my pen drive with all the pictures on so havnt had a chance to edit any pictures and i know we said melissa was going to do most the editing as she a pro and has photoshop , im glad we have all had our imput thought i will be attending the meeting tomorrow for another go at the shoot with a new model i will also be collecting some pictures of melissa to edit some photo my self x

Melissa

Hey girls, so here's the plan (hopefully). On Monday Sundas has arranged for both a model and makeup artist to come after 12, so I've emailed Dave to see if we can have both his assistance and the studio. Also for the outfits Alicia has unpinned the black dress so we have 1 outfit there and hopefully Sunddas' model will still have the black dress she is wearing in the photo because I think it could fit our theme... Obviously I know the pictures are going to look different to our previous ones so we are also going to bring along the gold dress we used on Tuesday to take some of the model in that because obviously we need consistency with the images...
x

Melissa

In terms of editing the image i think we need all of the images to fit in terms of the shoot.. so i think it should be one thing which connects all the images, whether they are all black and white/green background/same pose ect, rather than all having massive variations.. We will be able to know more once we do another shoot on monday. I know it is cutting it fine but we have all the research we need + we know what we want to do with the power point so its literally a case of trying to sort some more images, once we have them then thats when we should edit them i think..... Im trying to book monday night of work then we have longer to finish everything.x

Sunddas - The model!!

Hey, good news! I've got my friend Janet to model for us on Monday after 12 and she is gorgeous. Here she is:

Janet with my sister Sash

I also visited my friend Simon who is a Lancome make-up artist at Boots,and he is going to do her make-up geisha style for us! He is really good and gets hired all the time to do fashion photography make-up!!

Imogen the photos

heyyy what edits are we looking for the final images , as i wont be there to retake some of the shots il edit the ones we already have xxx

Melissa

I have edited this picture... out the shoot this is my faveourite...

I have changed the eyes to blue as i think it is one of the main aspects of the film... how her eyes are so striking.

Alicia-head shots

Hey heres one of my photos, i thought if we were going to do some more head shots we could do something similar with the hair blowing showing earings ? but have a black back drop so it looked similiar to our other photographs.

Imogen

I cant do monday but we have lesson on friday & im free for a little while afterwards, Me & Melissa did chose our fave 5 together and they are posted a little bit below :) xxx

Melissa

Hey guys!
I think everyone should be having a go at editing the pictures then really we all need to get together on Monday to choose the final 5 images and to put together the PowerPoint!
Who can do Monday? X

Imogen

Another edit

Imogen Vogue cover i created

heyyy :)  I also ATTEMPTED a vogue cover...

Imogen- Edited photos

Hey i hope you like this ...

Alicia- My favourite five.

Hey guys i think these are my favourite five photos.