HARAJUKU STREET STYLE – NIGHTSHOOT

THE IDEA BEHIND THIS SHOOT WAS TO CAPTURE A STREET STYLE PHTOTOGRAPHY SHOOT OF THE OUTFITS I HAD CREATED MUCH LIKE THE MAGAZINES I HAVE MENTIONE BEFORE. HOWVERER I WANTED TO ADAPT THIS  DO THIS DURING THE NIGHT USING FLASH SO THAT THECLOTHING/PATTERNS WOULD BE EXAGERATEWD AGAINST THE BLACK BACKGROUND AND MORE FOCUS COULD BE ATTRACTED TO THE ACCESSORIES AND CLOTHING THAT I CHOSE TO STYLE WITH.

FOR THIS SHOOT I DECIDED TO STRAY AWAY FROM THE COLOURFUL SIDE OF HARAJUKU AND INSTEAD GO DOWN THE PUNL/GRUNGE ROOT. I STILL FEATURED ASPECTS OF CLOTHING SUCH AS FUR AND ANIMAL PRINT TO EMPHASIS THAT HARAJUKU ISNT PRIMARILY JUST VIUBRANT COLOURS WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE NOTION TO MOST PEOPLE AS THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE HARAJUKU SUBCULTURE. I DID THIS AS I WANTED TO EXPRESS HOW NAÏVE I WAS AT THE START AND THEREFORE I WANTED TO CAPTURE A SOLE FIGURE IN THEIR MOST NATURAL FOR WITH HEAVILY EXPRESSIVE GARMENTS ON. THE LOCATION OF THE SHOOT I WANTED TO KEEP VERY PLAIN AND SIMPLE, AS WITHIN THE EDITORIALS THAT I AHD STUDIED INTO ALTHOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT HEAVILY CRITICISED AND FOLLOWED WHERE IN HARAJUKU THOSE EDITORIALS WERE CAPTURED I BELIEVED THAT WITHIN MY SHOOT I WANTED TO FOCUS LESS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND INSTEAD TRY TO CAPTURE WHAT WAS IN THE FIGURE WITHIN THE PHOTO AND THEIR OWN SELF EXPRESSION. ANOTHER WAY I DID THIS IS I DIDN’T PROVIDE ANY OF THE CLOTHES I ADVISED AND STYLED EACH OF THE MODELS TO WEAR WHAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE TH MOSE EXPRESSIVE ITEMS TO THEM AND HOW MUCH THE ITEMS MEANT TO THEM. THIS MEANT THAT THEY COULD EMBODY THE OUTFIT AND EXPRESS THEIR OWN LOVE AND PASSION FOR FASHION.