Faye

Photoshoot today with Faye Fleming! Taken in the same area as the one's of Hayley, but in different parts :)
Very pleased with today's shoot, everything went according to plan and the weather was definitely on our side!!

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Hayley

I had a photoshoot booked on Sunday 8th September which I was really looking forward to. Unfortunately, it was cancelled, but I did not want to waste my day, so I asked my sister to get ready and come out to do a photoshoot with me!
Usually, my Sister is very busy due to being a part time singer and full time teaching assistant, but luckily, I caught her on a good day :)
Within an hour, she was ready to go and I had chosen a destination which I think would work well with her outfit and would make great photo's- Greave's Hall.
Greave's Hall is about a 15 minute drive from where I live and is an old mental institute which has been burnt/knocked down. Although it was a huge, fantastic building, the graffitti, rubble and just general mess has made it into a great location for photoshoot's and music video's. 

Although Hayley found it quite difficult to climb over the rocks in her heel's, we made the most of what we had and got some good shots! I was very pleased with the outcome of the images for just a simple, easy and quick shoot. I also thought Hayley looked beautiful!

I particularly like the first image due to there being a puddle. I felt this gave the image an artistic approach with the reflection on the ground. I also like the negative space to the left of the subject. The only thing I would change would be to move her over slightly to her left to avoid unwanted shadows.
The last image was infront of part of the building where when I first visited the location, for a landscape and depth of field project in my first year of college 2 years ago, which has now either fallen down or been burnt down. I was very upset to see that this has happened, as me and my photography friends all came together and were able to stand inside there where there were about 3/4 different rooms, all with graffitti, holes in the ceiling where the light shone through in amazing ways and odd objects that people had left when they had also visited. With this now gone, I had to re-think and re-invent different ways to use what we had.

I had been given a new flashgun for my camera from a friend who was moving away, so I took the oppertunity and used it for the first time on this shoot. I was pleased that the images came out alot brighter and with excellent exposure. They didn't need much editing when I got home which was an added bonus and I was able to upload them to my photography page quicker!

I will be re-visiting this location in the very near future with another model I have lined up. However, we are going to explore it a bit more and find interesting, grungy and dangerous part's to it! Wish me luck :D

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Burlesque...

These photograph's were taken for my college final major project, my theme was Burlesque and the 1950s. I researched a lot into Dita Von Teese and the work of Ali Mahdavi who work closely with Von Teese. For primary research, I emailed him and asked him for advice, and what Dita was like to work with and as a person. I was very happy with the help he gave me, and figured I was now ready to do a photoshoot of my own!

I 'Googled' many Burlesque company's in my area of Liverpool and finally found a beautiful young woman who offered to help with my coursework. As I was a student, I couldn't afford a payment to her, however, she was happy to do it FOC but to have the photograph's to use for her own use. I then realised that my photograph's would look better if there was more than 1 dancer in them, but an odd number would be best... so my next aim was to find 2 others. Luckily, the Burlesque dancer who I already had made arrangements with, who went by the name of 'Phoenix Snow', happened to teach it at John Moore's University in Liverpool and was able to ask her student's if they were willing to help. I did a casting online, and chose 2 more girls who were perfect for my chosen topic.

I was really looking forward to the day of the shoot. Makeup artists and hair stylists were ready, the girl's were excited and the costumes had been made. I had my tutors running round like headless chicken's arranging the studio to how I had imagined it to look.

The day came, and this almighty feeling of anxiety came over me! I was so nervous that things would not go according to plan, and the fact that I had never met my model's made this even worse!! 

They arrived at my college on time, hair and makeup had been done and they were so excited! They were carrying suitcases like they were going on holiday- they had SO much stuff! I took them up to the studio where they began to get changed into their nipple tassles and stocking's and we were ready to go!

After 2 hours of costume changes and photographing in the studio, we made our way to the local park where we took pin-up style photograph's, some digitally and some on film!

Finally, the photograph's were done :) Just had to edit them until I was happy and my final photograph's were sorted!  

Cheryl

These photographs were taken in the evening time in Southport for a project for uni. I was inspired by Rankin for these images and felt they were strong. I do, however, agree the lighting could have been a bit better but managed to improve it using photoshop.
Again, no stylists or makeup artists were used.

Becca- Lou

 

So these photograph's were taken in the summer of 2013 in Ainsdale. Both model and snake were extremely easy to work with and I felt the shoot was a great success. No stylists or makeup artists were included.

Just saying Hello...

Hi, 
My name is Laura Murray, but I tend to go under the name of 'BitterSweet Photography' when it comes to taking photographs.
I am currently a photography student at Manchester Metropolitan University and I am trying to get my name out there more. That is why I decided to create an online blog! 

I am 20 years old, from Liverpool and I specialise in fashion, beauty and editorial. I have much experience working with different models of age, sex, shape, height, style and location. I have also photographed backstage at Liverpool Fashion Week in 2012 where I met some great people and got many contacts.

This is the first blog I have ever taken the time to create, so I will try to keep it updated and not get bored too easily! :)

Thanks!