Body Confidence Shoot - Final Arrangments

Here is my lovely model for the Body Confidence shoot. Her name is Kat and she is super :)
Below are a few (bad quality phone) photos of her outfit for the shoot. My stylist Sarah is also making awesome accessories out of tape measures, netting and pearls for her to wear!




And of course every girl needs shoes to go with her special outfits...




Here is the inspiration for the hair and make up for the shoot:





And here is my location...as long as it doesn't rain!










To see my inspiration photos and to get a better idea of what I'm going for on the day, please follow this link! http://emyloublog.blogspot.com/2010/05/body-confidence-photoshoot-ideas.html

Body Confidence - photoshoot ideas

Just a quick update to this blog - the origonal is all below but wanted to add a pic of my super lovely model who has confirmed the shoot, and of a pic of the dress I will most likely be using for the shoot with her (providing the fitting goes well) Im having accessories made for me to match it as I type :-p

So this blog is about the body confidence photo shoot. I've decided to go away from anything to do with eating disorders because it's incredibly hard to get right on camera. So I'm moving towards the idea of what women go through to look/feel glamorous. My current ideas are to have a model doing active/sporty things but looking very glamorous. And to be wearing accessories made out of tape measures to reference the ideas about the pressure to be a certain size. Perhaps I could also reference a 'trashy magazine' that shows off the latest size 0 bodies and latest fad diets also to get the point across but in a subtle way.

I also had an idea to do a studio shoot at home with the same idea & same model, but only shoot beauty shots (so head and shoulders really) If there was a great hair and/or necklace accessory made from tape measures and flawless make up...maybe statement eyes. I think that would look really good :)

I have a meeting tomorrow with my friend who will be making the accessories for this shoot and then a meeting with my MUA later in the week, so I'll bounce ideas off them and keep this blog updates as and when I can!













I asked my designer friend to make me some accessories made out of tape measures for my upcoming shoot and when I went to research photos that included the use of tape measures I came across a girl who sells custom tape measure jewelery! Check her out: http://www.etsy.com/shop/undoneclothing?page=1

Exhibition shoot - so far so good!

Yesterday I had a meeting with my make up artist and stylist. We met for coffee and discussed my exhibition photo shoot in depth! I am aiming pretty big with what I want and luckily for me, Rachel (the stylist) has encouraged me to think big and go grab what I want! Hurrah - just the girl Ive been looking to work with! She had some great ideas to add to mine, as did my lovely MUA, Jodie.

So there will be 1 massive concept and there are going to be 3 separate photo shoots shot in close proximity of each other. 3 models, 2 or 3 hair stylists and make up artists, one stylist, a clothes designer, a couple of assistants...and I expect more people will be added to the team as well. I'm down a couple of hair stylists and not all the models have been cast, but once the shoots are officially set out and thought through, I'll finish casting the right people.

So that's me for now! Rachel sent me lots of great photos for style inspiration and here are my favorite images :0)
(I would credit the photographers etc bit i don't know where they were from - sorry!)