Shooting Look 2

With this shoot I encountered a few issues that were out of my control - But I think I was able to handle them successfully. When I booked this shoot, I had arranged my original photographer and a different student to complete the hairstyling. Unfortunately, my hair stylist dropped out on me at the last minute and I was unable to replace her at short notice. I decided to style the hair myself instead of cancelling the shoot completely. I made this decision based on the time constraints I was facing, I thought for the benefit of my project it would be better to achieve a finished look than to not shoot anything at all.

Below is the final edited image from this shoot.

I did struggle with the hair styling, as the model had quite prominent ears and I found it hard to find a simple hair style that I could achieve that would flatter this feature. However, I think I made a good judgement by covering the ears with bangs of hair and cropping the image in post production. I really like the finished image, I think the skin looks beautiful and the application of lip colour is accurate and striking enough without being over the top - which fits the purpose and USP of my website. Another aspect Im pleased with is the continuity of the style of photography between my shoots - the lighting set up has remained the same and the overall finished outcomes look consistent with each other. 

In hindsight, with the time I had I could have realistically shot another look. I let the earlier issues effect my motivation and distract me from my ultimate goal which was to shoot two looks with my model during the time I had with her. 

Moving forward...

- I think I need to be more ambitious with shooting, use models for 2/3 looks at a time
- Shoot more looks, I need to pick up the pace a little as I'm already falling behind on my schedule 

♯Initiative & Independent Learning
♯Devise Innovative and Appropriate Solutions to a problem or brief
♯Understanding of trends & styling conventions