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Bucket list post #9

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Apologies for the lack of posting, I had trouble with my iMac last week and then I was sick for a few days this week but I’ll get back to regular posting from now on! I also made a tumblr so go check that out. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it yet but I’ll figure it out. On to this post: number nine in my bucket list series: photograph the illuminated Eiffel Tower. Everyone should visit Paris at some point in their lives, it’s just one of those iconic cities that everyone should see (also the subject of that incredible Woody Allen film: Midnight In Paris). I’ve been to Paris once before but that was when I wasn’t that much into photography so I didn’t take any photos, I was also very young so I think my dad was in charge of photo-taking duties. I’m looking to go to Paris for Paris Photo in November (if I can get someone to go with!). I’ll get to photograph the Eiffel Tower soon!

 

Apolgies and new posts

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Apologies for being completely absent the last couple of days. My Mac had a major problem which left it out of action for a few days so I couldn’t blog… I made a list of possible blog posts so I’ll be refining it and posting a few soon. As per my other post on “re-structuring” the blog, I’m still going to do Monday and Friday posts and then a monthly inspiration post, finding weekly inspiration was too hard.

I have so much planned for this blog, watch this space!

Photoshoots I’ve loved #10

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This week on my tenth “photo shoots I’ve loved” post, I’m going to focus on a fashion story shot by Eric Guillemain for Numéro Tokyo May 2012 featuring the pink-haired beauty, Charlotte Free. The shoot is tough but girly and soft-focused at the same time, it emphasises a heavily adorned wardrobe and pink and white are the dominant colours, contrasting and offsetting the gurney, tough pose and makeup.

What do you think about this shoot? Is it too much?

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Re-structuring

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I know I’ve been horribly inactive over the past few days, I’ve been so busy! I also don’t think the current “series” style posts every Monday through Friday format is working for me… I’m still going to keep the Monday and Friday series going (starting next week) and then jig around the other posts. I made a list of things to blog about too, so hopefully when I develop a new system, it’ll be better.

Watch this space…

Tuesday post series #9: vidoes I’ve loved

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This week it’s a series of videos from Peta Pixel, on historic photographic processes. These are really interesting and informative and I suggest you check them out (even if there’s a lot of them ;)).

What do you think of them?

Also, do you like this series? I’ve only been getting feedback on certain things and I’d like to know what you think about what I’m doing. I have a lot of ideas for this blog and I should probably tighten up what I’m doing so give me your thoughts in the comments, thank you!

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Monday post series #9: photoshoots I’ve loved

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This week on the “Photo-shoots I’ve loved” series is “Wahkan, An Other Afghanistan” shot by French photographers Fabrice Najari and Cedric Houin. This is a series concentrating on Wahkan, a province in Afghanistan. The photographers first photographed their subjects with Impossible Project instant film and then handed them the Polaroid to photograph them again. The photographs of the subjects themselves are in black and white, while the Polaroid is in color. This emphasizes the photograph and, I think, the fact that most of these people have never been photographed before, or have even seen a camera. Adding to this is the fact that in some photos, the subjects are looking away or hiding their faces as though embarrassed or afraid, others stare straight into the lens determinedly.

What do you think of these images? Is it fair that some subjects look physically uncomfortable having their photograph taken and the photographers proceeded with it anyway?

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Friday post series #8: bucket list

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Apologies for not posting yesterday, I was out all day. I know that’s no excuse, I’ve missed days before but I think I’ve been pretty good with this, so I should be forgiven :P.
This week on my bucket list post series it’s “complete a photography course”. This will be pretty easy, seeing as I’m interviewing for a photography course in two weeks (I still need a portfolio, eek). But I think I’m pretty confident about it so this might actually get done much sooner than I thought!

Have you ever done a photography course? What did you think?

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Thursday post series #7: updates

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Apologies for not posting yesterday, I don’t feel very inspired at the moment! I’ll be sure to write a post on what inspires me next week.
So, now on to the seventh post in this series. I’ve been so busy the last few weeks. This week has been quiet (thankfully). I got an interview date for a Photography course (it’s on the 29th) so I’ve tried to put together a portfolio for that, I’m going to get prints tomorrow so I’m nearly finished. I need to plan and shoot one more project and print it and I’ll be finished. Chai Media finished filming Aisling Conlan last week so we need to get editing on that soon! The photography studio where I’m interning asked us to film a promotional video for them so I wrote a proposal for that the other day, I need to edit it and see what they think.

Busyness is good :D

How has your week been?

PS: I followed back all my followers (that’s a mouthful!) to show my appreciation, thank you!

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Tuesday post series #8: videos I’ve loved (Baldwin S/S13 Lookbook)

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Not much to say about this really. It’s everything a fashion film / look-book film should be: edgy, focused on the models and clothes and color graded to perfection. Watch and be amazed