Madonna

In my last post I mentioned a planned photo-shoot, so here is the story. My friend contacted me because he wanted to enter a Smirnoff competition to go and see Madonna in Paris as a result of her newly released album MDNA. The aim of the competition was to create a Madonna inspired image, and my friend is Madonna mad! So he planned to recreate her 'I am Breathless' album cover. He organised the entire shoot... Rented the car, got the outfits and chose the models (himself as Dick Tracy and a friend), all I had to do was the lighting,take the photographs and edit the chosen image. The graphics were then put on by Jerri (the girl in the image) to recreate the album cover:

The image we were re-creating:

Our re-created Image, we chose our final image for the album cover re-creation as it best reflected the original work.:

Another photograph from the shoot which I really liked:

Top Image: Madonna 'I'm Breathless' Album Cover.

Middle Image: Authors Own Collaboration.

Bottom Image: Authors Own

More from Film Noir...

While looking through my previous images from the Film Noir series only a selection were chosen because their were so many great ones... My model was absolutely amazing! Anyway I just wanted to post these as I really loved them too... These are not the ones I used for my final pin-up but there was so many good images, and there are even more!

Images: Authors Own

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:

Images: Authors Own