In this post I am going to discuss the photo shoot for the
Hindu Goddess theme and analyse the images I have chosen and retouched for the
theme. Below is a link to the Pinterest wall I have created for this theme. I
have also featured the storyboard I created for this theme to show my model and
photographer, I always ensure I make these for the shoots so everyone in the
team is clear in the vision for the shoot.
Pinterest wall
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I chose Leah as my model for this shoot because I felt that
the colours I planned to use and the bright yellow colour of the bra would
really suit her skin tone. I also like the almond shape of her eyes. Zoe
Rolling’s was the photographer for this shoot, Zoe is a photographer I have
worked with several times previously, she shot the images for the first Grecian
Goddess look which I was very pleased with. I always work well with Zoe and I
like her fashion forward style of photography. I felt well prepared and
confident about this shoot.
The focus of this first look was all on the lip and a
beautiful base for the skin with a coral blush to match the lips. The makeup
for this look was quite simple and I completed it within 40 minutes. This was
good because I scheduled an hour and a half for the hair and makeup on this
look. My original plan was to have a matte lip for this look, however I felt
that this looked slightly dull and I wanted the lips to look more lustrous so I
added a small amount of Vaseline to the top and bottom lip. Before shooting
this look I saw Sharon, who advised me to add more warmth to the face because
it was looking very cold. I added a gold highlighter to the face along the cheekbones
and across the forehead. This really warmed Leah’s complexion and looked
beautiful on camera. I planned to style the hair in a low pony tail for this
look, I was aware that when doing an up-do on the Grecian Goddess shoot with
Alexa it didn’t work so well. With this in mind I ensured that I had loosely
curled hair coming down to frame the face. I felt that this worked particularly
well with Leah’s face shape. I also wanted to keep the hair simple for both the
looks for this theme because I am placing tikka’s to come down onto the
forehead. I feel that these were a positive addition to the look as it relates
back to the Hindu Goddess theme without looking too obvious. These are
traditional head pieces I brought from an Indian dress shop in St Marys, I am
glad I made the decision to buy the traditional head piece, rather than buying
a necklace from a high street store, because this looks more genuine. Whereas
if I had brought a necklace from a high street store there was a risk of it
looking cheap and not sitting well on the face. Overall I was very pleased with
this look. I chose to use this shot as I feel that the face looks very strong and
I like the way the hair falls down the face. The bra fits Leah really well and
the colour has come out well on camera as well as suiting Leah’s skin tone.
However, Leah has a more muscular shaped body with broader shoulders and I feel
that this pose makes her appear slightly masculine. This is not something seen
in Victoria’s Secret campaigns as the models are all very slight and petite and
elude femininity in order to sell the lingerie. Although I have slightly
altered her body shape in Photoshop I feel that she still looks too muscular.
To solve this problem I am considering cropping this image to make it a head
shot as the face is very strong in this image. Upon reflection I feel that I
should have been more particular when choosing my model for this theme. In
shoots to come I will look for someone with a more slender body as well as a
good face.
For the second look I created a blended smoky eye with a
hint of colour in it. This was a look I first experimented with in the test
shoot, which allowed me to know what worked and what didn’t. For instance I
have created a slightly cleaner eye than I did previously in the test shoot. I
felt the eyes in the test shoot looked slightly like panda eyes on camera. I
kept the skin the same as in the previous look as I felt this worked really and
looked great on camera. For the lips I felt that a soft pink would go well with
this look. I carefully chose the headpiece to bring out the eye shadow I have
used. At first I was concerned that the headpiece would be slightly to big and
over power the makeup, however I think it works and I love how the colours in
it complement the colours used on the eyes. I didn’t have a clear vision for
the hair for this look, I just knew that I wanted to keep it down. Leah has
very long and extremely thick hair, which did make it hard to style and after
curling it all it looked very frizzy which I knew would not work. With this, I
decided to minimise the amount of hair by tying half of it back and clipping
one side behind the ear. I feel that the hair works in this shot by the way
Leah’s head is turned to the side and falls nicely. However, if I was to re-do
this shoot I would of made sure to manage the hair better so I could have had it
all down. I love the pose in this shoot and how Leah’s head is turned to the
side as it shows of her jaw line and cheekbone and think that it creates a completely
different look to the first image.
Overall I am pleased with that shoots, I feel that things
that work are the bra, the headpieces and the makeup looks I have created for
each look. However if I was to re-do this shoot I would have prepared the hair
more and been more aware of Leah’s body shape and experimented with different
poses that would of made her body look less muscular.
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