Working with Muna from J'Adore.

As stated in my previous blog post, I wanted to use the Easter break to take some images of my own, which are nothing to do with my FMP. I had messaged some models and emailed J'Adore and they said they had some models available to come to Huddersfield for the day I had planned the shoot and so I decided on working with Muna. This was a really big deal for me as I had never worked with a model directly from an agency and so I was super excited for this. The idea behind the shoot was using brightly coloured backgrounds and bright clothing to create really eyecatching imagery - with a glitter eye look to top it off, as can be seen in the moodboard I created here:



Here are some gifs I created to show the before and after of my editing of Muna's skin - I feel like I have become a lot more confident in this area as I barely used to retouch my images but now I can see what a huge difference the editing can make:




Here are some images from this shoot:


I really enjoyed this shoot and felt like everyone worked together really well. I think the bright clothing matching the bright backgrounds is especially effective because it shows the colourful aesthetic I was aiming for. I tried to be as creative as possible on this and I think this shows with the props I have used, the angles I have shot at and the way I have used depth of field in some shots to create some really beautiful portraits. The MUA that I worked with has done a brilliant job of making Muna look amazing, and the glittery eye makeup is exactly what I wanted - it just finishes the outfit perfectly.

This is my favourite image from the whole shoot because of how unusual the angle and pose is - I also love the use of depth of field in this shot. My work is often inspired by what can be found in the magazines and websites Dazed and Confused, AnOther and Wonderland:

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