Stared off the week with a collaborative shoot with my classmates Kiesha and Charlotte. After coming back from my trip to India, I had a set idea of a few shoots wanted to carry out this week which would focus on texture, touch and colour. Doing my first studio shoot on the 23rd of January allowed me to reflect on the results from the shoot. During the previous shoot, I struggled with using the camera and lighting in a professional way which meant certain parts of the shoot did not go to plan. A lot of  the textured photography was very unclear and the studio lighting was not used correctly for the purpose of my shoot. However, his time around I was able to creatively direct both my model for the shoot and be more confident as a photographer. Photography was something I was always struggled with and not been confident in therefore, I was happy I was able to conduct to shoot while achieving the results I had planned for.

The aim for this shoot was on hands and bring cultural diversity into my photography through a variation of models. Having a visual board worked exceptionally well during this shoot as it allowed me and the models to fall back on it when we were stuck or needed new ideas for model poses, photography angles, lighting and textured shots.

Had a productive tutorial with Elouise with lots of researching and academic references to start looking at before next week. I was struggling with academic reference points for my sketchbook as my concept is for a specific niche. Part from that, I also got in touch with a local skincare business in Brighton for a potential interview as an article to add to my final major project. Started writing down notes and content planning for my shoot next week to keep myself organised and worked on my sketchbook for the rest of the lecture.

I found this talk very helpful and relevant for my fmp as I am hoping to continue with the line of skincare after graduation. It was interesting to get an insight into the world of sustainability from someone who has been working in the fashion industry for years. I also learnt the importance of having different avenues of monetisation in order to keep yourself financially secure after graduation and working in a place you enjoy.

Making to-do lists has worked very well for me to keep myself productive this week. going forward I would like to breakdown the bigger tasks into smaller one and set myself smaller goals which build up to my final piece. After a successful week of photoshoots I would like to work on my editing skills and enhance the images I have already taken into professional ones. I would also like to come up with an aesthetic for my book, what colour scheme would I like to go for? And putting together academic references which I could potentially use for inspiration in terms of layout and photography.