Preparation for the shoot

I decided to go with Dot as my model as I feel she embodies a lot of what All Walks is about. She is unique, fun and has the quirkiest style I know. Being a competition means that time is not really on your side so, I wanted to have the shoot as soon as possible so I had the primary sources to work from for the deadline of the 15th of February. Luckily Dot was available on the weekend of the 25th of January. So I had a week to plan the shoot down to every detail. I had to do the shoot in London as that is where Dot lives. I originally want to have the shoot at my local photography studio in Balham, Robbie's. However after calling and researching it, I realise that I need to be inducted to use the facilities. It was also £55 for an hour, £150 for half day, £240 for the whole day. This is weekend rates which would be the only time I could do it. Being a student I do not really have the luxury of having a massive budget like that. 

However I ended up using my basement which is a great big space to have a photo shoot. I rented a Gulliver kit and tripod from the AV store at Uni as my lighting for the shoot and used my own camera. My camera is a Canon  E05 1100D.

make up for the shoot I wanted a very natural look and did not want it to be a massive feature in the shoot, similar to Hepburn's make up in Funny Face it is very simple so not to draw away from her natural beauty. I research some natural make up tutorials on You tube and found the best was Burberry as it is for both dark and light skin. 

I want the wardrobe to be very simple as well, as the shoot is inspired by the scene in Funny Face when she does a crazy dance shown below. She is wear a black top and trousers which doesn't draw attention away from the different shapes her body is making. Majority of the outfits i used were black. All the clothes where the models own.

I took some photos of my sister to test out some of the poses Hepburn does in the dance scene as shown below. They are very ridged and stiff and does not have a natural feel like I wanted. They look very staged, I wanted that natural i-D vibe with weird poses that make the viewer look twice. The element of this shoot which is really effect though is the black clothing so the viewer can focus on the silhouette her body is making.