Final Editorial Images

These are my finished three Editorial Image inspired by the word Photo Chemistry, I am extreemly happy with the three final images. In photoshop i didnt do much to these images as i didn't think i needed too becuase i felt like i would ruin them by editing them too much so i changed the contrast slightly and the brightness slightly.

Final Shoot - Inspirational Word Editorial

Final Shoot - Inspirational Word

I am extremely happy with how this shoot went compared to the last shoot, I'm very happy I decided to reshoot my editorial shoot images. I think these images really show what I was missing in the last ones by using a different model and also adding some colour into the shoot which I think worked really well because it stands out so much, I also wanted to choose a colour which related to ultraviolet light which worked really well because it's really bold and bright, just like ultraviolet light.

In this shoot I used the same set up as last time by having a light over the top of the model which was set quite bright with a soft box but this time I didn't have the two slight lights which I think worked really well because you can see the powder light up as there is only one light highlighting it. 

I also used the manual setting on the camera so that I could make sure its in focus as I had a bit of trouble at first because it wouldn't focus. It was only focused on the end of the nose.

I am in love with these images and I don't know how I'm going to pick just three from all the images I have. I cant wait to start editing them but I don't think these images will need much editing, might change the contrast slightly on a few but apart from that I don't want to do much too them.

First Shoot - Inspiration Word

First Shoot - Inspirational Word

Below you can see my first attempt at my inspirational word shoot, in my last post I spoke about the different face chart designs. I decided to go with the powder paint shoot because I think it linked back to my word really well, by linking the Chemical Smog into my shoot. 

I was really happy with how well the shoot went, I used baby powder to create the smog effect which went really well and using the basic makeup looked really nice, I used a light foundation so you could see her skin through which worked really well. I also like the images where she is looking into the light because the festival that this is based on is quite spiritual, I think the images where she is looking into the light works really well.

I do really like these images but I do think there is something missing which I think is that the image doesn't stand out. It's based on a festival and I'm not getting festival from these images.

I think next time I will used powder paint instead of just white powder because this doesn't show the festival in these images much. 

Also next time I will know the lighting I need and the way to do it because this worked really well but  the colours were wrong, I think next time I will also use a black background which will help the powder stand out more.

Givenchy Final Image

Final Edited Givenchy Advert

Below I have my finished Givenchy Advert, which I am extremely excited and happy about as everything came together really well and everything went to plan. I wanted to talk about my overall ideas of how I have created this advert and the meaning behind it. 

The word of inspiration that I got was Photochemistry which is the a chemical reaction caused my many different things. 

I looked into this more and found that there is such thing as a Photo Chemical Smog which is harming to the environment which I then looked into doing further research on which it showed me that this effected animals and plants. 

This triggered my idea to then create an advert based on the effects that Photo Chemistry has on the environment which is why I used a dried up rose in the advert to show that even though there is many beautiful things in the world we have to look after them for example nature. 

I also did a lot of research on Givenchy adverts and picked out the ones I really liked, which were pretty much all black and white, so I decided to do nearly black and white because I think this showed my models freckles really well. I also took the contrast up a little bit to match the type of colour of the other Givenchy Adverts. 

I also used the logo brand name in the same place as many of their land scape images.

Images From Givenchy Shoot

Givenchy Shoot 

I am extremely happy with my shoot for my Givenchy Advert, the whole shoot went really well and everything went according to plan which made the shoot go well.

I am extremely happy with all the image, I took a range of different shots from close ups to landscape full body images. 

I have to say my favourites would have to be either the close ups or the full body sat down images, i think the close ups show a more dramatic effect but i think that the full body images really show off the models figure and also the rose was a big part of the advert which is how i have linked the image to the inspirational word, it also goes really well with the perfume i have chosen for my final advert.

I also really like the images of the full body sat down because I think it shows more of a story, which I think links to the product I have chosen because the perfume bottle has roses up the side which shows a meaning of love and desire. 

With the full body shots i think it shows more of a desire for love and i think this relates to my perfume really well but also really relates back to my word Photo Chemistry because photo chemistry effects the environment, and the point I'm trying to get across with the rose is that we need to not just look at everything that is beautiful like adverts and everything in magazines but actually pay attention to everything that is happening around us, for example global warming.

I love that the advert is going to have a hidden meaning behind it.

In this shoot i used an over head lighting with a soft box on to create soft shadows on the body and face, i used this light on quite a medium setting so that it wouldn't be too bright that it would take away the detail on the face but also light enough to highlight parts of the face and body and also create soft shadows on the model but also behind the model, this made the images look slightly more 3D and not flat. 

I also used a white reflector to reflect the light onto her face but not harshly because if I used a sliver one it would have been very bright but it just wanted a soft highlight.

I also went into this shoot remembering that I have to put a product on the image somewhere and also the Givenchy logo brand name, I made sure to use the computer in the studio so that I could see where I will be needing to put the brand name and product because I didn't want to get home and realise I didn't leave enough space. This was really important part of the shoot because I didn't do this last time which is what went wrong. 

The image I have put under the collage is the image I think I like the best out of the shoot and will edit to create my Givenchy advert.

Test Shoot For Givenchy Advert

 First Shoot...

I done a test shoot to test one of my idea i had for the advert for Givenchy, this was to use petals which had started to die which would be to represent my idea of showing global warming.
The shoot didn't turn out how i would have wanted it too, i think the lighting wasn't right as i dont think this shows the type of lighting which Givenchy uses in their adverts. I like the idea of the advert and what i was trying to do but it just didn't come out how i wanted it. 
I wanted an image that has slightly more too it, by that i mean shows more depth and meaning, this image is quit flat and has no attitude to it which i need for it to work as a Givenchy Advert.
Next time i will make sure i get the model to look straight at the camera like in the Givenchy adverts because thats what gives these adverts more attitude and makes their adverts intense. I think i also need more of the model in shot as i think this is too close up, another problem i had with these images is that i didn't think about where i would be putting the text, because Givenchy either has their text in the middle of top right but i needed to make my text really small to fit it at the top because the text didn't show up on the hair as its black writing, but the white one didn't show up because of the white background. I need to think of a way to position the model in the frame so i can fit the text at the top or if it will fit in the image right having the text in the middle of the image.
Overall i don't like the idea of displaying the petals on the face, i think it would look better with the model holding the flowers, i also think that having the flowers dried would look more effective and stand out, i would like them to stand out more because this is the main link to my word of inspiration. 
This has helped me plan my next shoot and know what i need to do next time to get the desired look i want for my advert.