Feeling really good after styling session with Karen….. Given her a more clear idea of what I want to achieve and she has given me some good tips about where to focus and what not to do!
Ideas are all clear just have to focus on the casting and sourcing the garments now!
Looking at colors of Olympic rings, color in general and color theory etc for my project…
Had a very interesting Cultural Studies lecture about ‘What is Art? Who decides what is art? What makes an artist?’ etc and this theme of the wealthy white male keeps pooping up.
I think this is going somewhere.
A good week learning loads and trying to decide whether to choose Styling or Photography for a specialty. I think both tutors are really experienced and can help in either group so just a matter of deciding really?!
Thinking about 125 project and looked at everything I could find about them online….. something will come through in the next couple of days I’m sure regarding shoot for this project.
Took my Diana F+ up to Cambridge for a nice day out with my son and Ben and played around with double exposures etc. Had problems loading one of the films in particular which is a shame as lost the whole film. Will post some of the more successful ones on here after I scan them etc.
Well week 1 kicked off with a bang…. Super good tutors this year and a really interesting project and essay for Cultural Studies.
I have also landed some paid work with a fashion events company after volunteering for only 1 day which is great!
This week I have decided to focus on teaching myself photography/photoshop related stuff as well because these are my weakest points. I have been out shooting film on my new Lomo Diana+ which I love love love and can’t wait to get developed this week. Also been fiddling around with some basic effects and touch ups on a few snaps I took at the East India exhibition at the Maritime Museum a few weekends ago. Here are the results.
Here are some of the results – 
As you can probably see with these I bumped the colour a little and added a spotlight effect for framing. The second I wanted to look a bit more olde worldy hence the black & white and softened ‘faded’ edges.
And and off the cuff pic of some models chatting I cropped massively to look as if they were actually posing for me on one of there outdoors carriages…. For this I converted image to b&w then bumped the contrast and softened for what I see as a nice misty fashion effect.
All info for last project year 1 can be found at http://groupk.tumblr.com
Love love loved shooting on polaroid on the Mamiya …. So much depth and texture in the pics and I love immediacy of the pics.
With regards to other film processing I decided to learn to develop color films so I could really begin shooting on film for my future projects. I borrowed the Mamiya RZ 2 again and went a shootin’….
In the LCF darkroom luckily all the chemicals are ready in the tanks and are kept at the correct temperatures.
1st process is Developing: Agitate for first min than stop for 30 sec than agitate for 30 sec do this for 3min and 15 sec.
2nd process is Bleaching: Before you start anything oxygenate the bleach for 5 to 10 min (this applies if the bleach is already in a special tank for developing and has been there for a while) this is the first thing you should do when you enter the darkroom while the lights are actually on in the dark room. Agitate for the first minute than wait for 30 sec than agitate again for 30 sec, do this for 3min and 30 sec.
3rd process is 1st Wash, which is just water (H2O): Wash doesn’t have to be in 100°f , and if you are in dark room after the bleach when you put the film tray in to first wash you can turn the lights on. 2min in first wash, there is no need to agitate but you can fiddle.
4th process is Fixing: Agitate for the first min then stop for 30 sec, agitate for another 30 sec and do this for 3 min 30 sec .
5th process is 2nd wash with water(H2O): just like the first wash it doesn’t have to be at 100°f. keep the film in tray for 2min there is no need to agitate but you can.
6th process is Stabilizing: Keep the film in tray for 1min and 30 sec. There is no need to agitate but you can.
After the Stabilizer take the films to drying cabin and hang them with a clip weight on bottom so they stay straight.
To be honest I am not sure it is worth processing color film unless you are manipulating the process for a desired effect ie. cross processing etc
All other info for this project can be found at groupk.tumblr.com
No model and no garments so back to Wendy’s for another session…. Hopefully more successful than last meeting! lol
Here are the results from the make-up test for 4 looks that was done at my house this week. Marcus has doing a great job researching hair and Pinhua did a great job researching make-up as shown on the groupK blog. As no-one had a model organized I ended up modeling for this test Marcus the did makeup. I think he has done really well so far but we obviously need to add false eyelashes for the shoot.
And a lovely one from make-up test last weekend at mine….
Beautiful, magical, wonderful….
Love the colour in this and the sense of voyeurism, looking in on the real world. (Such a British interior too) Could obviously reinterpret and stage for fashion shoot.
Like the softness of the light and the eventual dropping off in this one. Apparently shot with natural light through window… Streetlight I am guessing due to the warmth.
Afroditi 3 - Timmothy Lee
Afroditi 4 - Timmothy Lee
