Film Noir

This series of work was created inspired by 1940s Film Noir cinema. In Film Noir, there are three different types of women portrayed, one of which is the 'femme fatale'. In the movies a femme fatale character often wishes for more in life and ends up killing her husband of whom she is in a loveless relationship with. I chose to portray this in my series, it encapsulates the climax, emotion and suspense before the murder. 

The beautiful model styled her hair and done the simple makeup herself with my guidance just before the shoot, all i did was add the hat and clip the front. Everything was sourced and styled by myself, mainly from my own wardrobe, except for the underwear and coat which my friend had brought along to the shoot and they were perfect. 

It was shot in my boyfriends nan's house which has a great eclectic interior, perfect for my theme. The lighting was created using an outdoor floodlight; it is very Film Noir and worked pretty well considering I had no access to studio lights. I am in love with the outcomes and very proud, here is a selection:

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Ruins

These photographs were taken when on a bike ride. Me and my boyfriend went through the woods to visit some ruins, of course these pieces of history have been forgotten and completely trashed with graffiti, overgrown nature and rubbish. But i found something beautiful in the scenes we crossed. 

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Moth Ball of Colours

I was researching into Ruth Erdt for for contemporary at photography portraying the intimate life. While doing so I got completely distracted by a moth. I know it sounds odd but the colours in this image are stunningly vibrant, the annoying thing is, I can't seem to find any information on the image itself. But, currently my desktop background I can still appreciate it's beauty. 

Image: Unknown 

Olivia

Two friends of mine had a beautiful baby girl a few days before christmas, Olivia. These photographs were taken on black and white film and then processed myself. These are scanning's of the final prints, they still need some work doing, but aren't they adorable. 

I don't see her often as I am currently living in London, and they are at my hometown of Portsmouth; after looking at photographs of her now and then looking back at these I can't get over how quickly they change in just a few months. Look at the difference between the first two... the left one was taken at 3 days old and the others at about a week and she's changed so much! 

I'm missing out on a lot :( I love the bottom two... caught in action, the left one especially because it looks like she's either blowing a kiss, whistling or saying oooooooh hard day!

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London Fashion Weekend

So, my Dad very kindly paid for me and my Mum to go to London Fashion Weekend together. It was a lovely day out, really enjoyed spending some quality time with my Mummy, having a few bevies before and a lovely meal after. 

She stayed in my university halls for two nights bless her, found it difficult to use my hob which turns off automatically after so long (some safety feature), especially after one of the two bottles of wine she brought with her! 

That is her drinking the remainders of a bowl of chips... maybe that is wear I get my love of vinegar from?!? The first picture was of us just before we set off for the day. There was this really quirky 1940s styled duo/band next to a vintage replica hat stand, I really wanted the hat my mum photographed me wearing but it was a little out of my price range. 

These following images were taken at the catwalk, Me and my mum were on the second row, and had a really amazing view until four huge men decided to turn up and sit in front of us, however I managed to find a space in between them to capture the catwalk. I took so many photographs of the catwalk, but here are just a selection.

Image, Top Left: Rachel

Image, Below Top Left: Melanie (My Mum)

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Studio

These images were taken in the studio using continuous lighting to create a film noir lighting effect, basically we just mucked around with the lights to see what we could create. These images are not retouched I just played around with the levels a little. I'm really pleased with them as I think they look great regardless, maybe on day I'll get round to editing them and I'll post them up at some point. 

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