Gone get gone

During my last few weeks at FIT I styled and assisted on this bohemian shoot. We took ourselves down to the West Village in NYC and after hours of adjusting and styling we finally came away with these shots, which I have to say I am so pleased with!

This is what I had been waiting to do in my styling class for the whole term, however we had to focus on food and objects before we could style an fashion editorial piece. 

The clothing are all pieces we all already had from home (and some of the girls parents wardrobe!). It  was so cool and interesting looking at spring/summer 2015 trends and following their history back in time. We focused on the bohemian vibe and included up and coming trends such as tassels, nude make up and braided hair. 

I love the relaxed look our model conveys on these images as I truly believe it makes the story come to life. 

Photographic Styling - Lemon chicken

My second Photographic styling shoot...

This time we had to create an image which could be used in a catalogue selling the cooking equipment NOT the food. Sounds easy but it is in fact very hard! It was difficult making sure all the pans, chopping board etc were all in shot but still looking quite natural as well as making sure the food doesn't out stage them! A very weird task! 

We chose to create a lemon chicken dish with a side of veg - broccoli and mushrooms. The next challenge was making sure the food looked cooked when obviously we don't have a kitchen in the studio! We had watched tutorials previous to the shoot which gave us tips and tricks on how to achieve this. We started by using coffee to brown the chicken off (they had been slightly cooked before class)  and we also used it on the lemon. We added grease to the pan to make it look like the oil that would be used during cooking chicken. We also added herbs to the pan to give it a more authentic feel. We then browned the veg with coffee so the whole meal looked as though it was ready to be served and eaten. 

We used marble contact paper to give the impression we were shooting on a kitchen counter top when we were in fact shooting on a wooden board on the floor of the studio. This just shows how deceiving photoshoots can be!

We experimented with the layouts multiple times by making the tea towel look like it had just been thrown on to the counter rather than folded and placed. We also sprinkled salt and herbs on the chopping board as well as seeing what the salt would look like it had spilt on the black towel - I really loved this shot because the salt contrasted so much with the black towel! Even though I loved the black towel in that one shot I preferred the red overall as it added a pop of colour - much more interesting! 

I really liked this shoot and much preferred it to the perfume ad! Now I just cant wait to get started on the last two portrait and editorial shoots!

The city that never sleeps

This is crazy. As if I am actually living in New York. Okay it's only for four months but STILL! I cannot get over how weird it is! 

I haven't really been able to blog because it's been so chaotic here but I've managed to do lots of wonderful things in this beautiful city while also managing to sneak some uni business in there! 

Welcome week was mental, as always! We had a massive mess up with our course selections so had to start from scratch. This didn't exactly go well as the majority of the courses we all wanted were now full or not running any longer - absolute nightmare! We managed to eventually get it all sorted after countless phone calls and emails to every professor at F.I.T! 

I'm now studying quite a range of subjects here such as Fashion Journalism, Buying, Photographic Styling, Leather Accessories and Jewelry Fabrication! The description for all of these sound really fun and exciting which is exactly what I wanted! I'm definitely most excited for Fashion Journalism and Styling as these are the two areas I'm most interested about going into when I graduate at the moment. However, that could all change after these four months! I'm really hoping the Journalism course will help improve my confidence within writing. I like to think I'm pretty confident when it comes to public speaking but I've always struggled with presenting my ideas to peers for fear of them not being good enough - such a silly thought!!

We've done so many touristy things in the couple of weeks we have been here so I will just upload pictures to this post for you to have a look at rather than me banging on about them all!!

Next up - New York Fashion Week! Ahhh!!! 

My final week at LOOK!

This week went SO quick once again! It's already Sunday and I'm wondering where this past month has gone?! 

I had such a lovely month with the girls at LOOK and I really do hope we stay in touch! This week we mainly gutted the WHOLE cupboard ready for the new interns on Monday (which happens to be one of my really good friends Beth!) and now the cupboard is absolutely spotless! 

After a fabulous week I landed back home and went out for my best friends 20th birthday. It was so nice catching up with everyone! Now I've got one month left at home before I jet off to NYC for four months to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology! 

Week three at LOOK!

It's scaring me how fast my time at LOOK is going!! This summer is going far too fast! Before I know it I will be living in the Big Apple for four months..ahh!

On Monday and Tuesday I was assisting Chloe on the main fashion 'Hawaiian' shoot! It was so nerve wracking but I loved every single minute of it! 

It started by packing all the outfits and accessories away in cases and getting them delivered to the studio - which could be seen as the easy part! The next day was the biggest challenge! Trying to find the studio was a mission in its self. After trailing round construction sights I eventually found it and arrived 45 minutes early which meant I had time to settle down and unpack all the outfits onto the rail before steaming. 

After everyone arrived, the photographer, hair and make up artists, the model and Chloe, we could begin shooting! I was in awe watching how the bare studio was transformed and especially seeing the hair and make up artists work their magic on Andy our stunning model.

My jobs included steaming each outfit, dressing Andy and just generally being on hand to help with anything that I was needed for! It went by super fast but I was definitely ready for my bed when the shoot wrapped, especially after the mammoth journey back home!

The rest of the week was pretty similar to the first two. Me and the girls spent the week organising the cupboard and making sure all the returns were being sent back before getting lost in the jungle that we call a fashion cupboard! 

There were so many shoots going on this week so it was pretty manic! Although I didn't mind this as I was getting excited to go home to see all my friends and family while on a day out to York Races! It was such a funny day but I can't wait for bed tonight ahead of my first day of my last week at LOOK! 

Twerking with Terry Richardson

I've ALWAYS loved Terry Richardson's risque photography and his wicked eye for it but ever since doing my presentation on Tom Ford and looking at his ad campaigns I've realised just how much I do! 

Terry shot Tom Fords eye wear and fragrance campaigns, which shocked a lot of people! Although this doesn't come close to the shock factor of some of his other stuff....

Some of my favourite images by him are his most recent, especially his photo shoot images with Miley Cyrus. As geeky as it sounds I was a HUGE nerd about Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana back in the day and her transformation reeeally shocked me! Although I have to admit I kinda love the new edgy look she's got going on. 

These images really show a completely different side to Miley and they definitely encouraged everyone on their rampage about her! I mean she's hardly recognisable now?! 

I seriously love these images even though they are hugely controversial, like most of his work, and I especially love the one of Miley and Terry himself. Her confidence is what makes these images and it must be a god send to work with someone who isn't afraid to show it! When I've worked on photoshoots it's draining trying to force poses and facial expressions from someone who lacks confidence and is afraid to experiment and both of these are things Miley has bucket loads of!