Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts

20/04/2011 12:49 By Unknown , In

I've created a collage in my sketchbook of images gathered from fashion spring/summer campaigns by H&M, D&G and Michael Kors, as well as from 'summer photoshoot' searches on Flickr.com
These images are my inspiration for the way I want my adverts to look, the colour scheme is obviously blue/green/natural colours that are carried on throughout my website and blog. My shoot will also be outside and look quite nautral - not obviously posing, more like snap shots, as this would be something that an audience could relate to and see themselves in, rather than a high-end fashion shoot that the audience might only be able to wish to be in. 

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Inspirational photographers

19/04/2011 18:08 By Unknown , In



George Lepp -
I think that from looking through Lepps photography, I can see that he focuses on one feature in each photograph - such as the curves of the petal, or capturing the water droplets on the flower. I think I could try and capture the same sort of things in my photographs too, especially since he concentrated a lot on tulips, and I have some tulips at home to take photographs of once they open.

I have noticed that focusing on one small thing tends to be a popular thing to do in nature photography, as it was mentioned in Photographing Flowers by Sue Bishop (2004).

I think that I will be experimenting a lot more once my flowers have opened, as I will be borrowing 300mm and 500mm lenses from Wednesday, and so I can experiment through the rest of the week and aim to have my final images for the weekend.

I aim to have 4 final images as I have decided to print 4 t-shirts, I think this is a good amount as I won't be selling them and it means that I will have a range of print adverts, as well as a range of t-shirts on show for my exhibition.

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Mario Testino

05/04/2011 19:42 By Unknown , In ,

My tutors suggested Testino in my feedback after my pitch, looking through his photography and video advertisements, I can see that he always makes everything beautiful. He shoots in beautiful locations and chooses his shots carefully, to focus on the product being advertised. In his video advertisements, a lot of the shots are close up, and some of them use slow motion - which is something I want to use in my video.

Advertisements such as Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue II, D&G Fragrance Anthology, use many of the same things, such as white clothing and the use of black and white, which is typical of D&G and makes the brand recognisable.

A lot of his older work, featured in his book of photography Any Objections published in 1999, is very raunchy and risqué, but every image has a story behind it, or a meaning.

"If a fashion photographer is one who registers the spirit of the moment, Mario Testino is the photographer of the moment. Fashion photography, which revels in beautiful surfaces, which positively declares its superficiality, has an uncanny way of piercing in the heat of the moment to the heart of the moment. And this is the challenge of Testino’s first book, Any Objections? In it he discloses an unfamiliar and yet essential aspect of his work, which nevertheless lies at its centre.
Testino’s fashion photographs are highly polished. Even the deceptive nonchalance of his memorable images for Gucci was only achieved by the most strenuous efforts on his part and that of his visual collaborators. But such resultant cool is the tip of an iceberg crystallized from wildly diverse sources. This book declares his raw material, the visual grist to his mill, unrefined and therefore, pure"
Taken from a description about his Any Objections book.
(http://www.mariotestino.com/page/134)


    http://www.mariotestino.com

    http://www.mariotestino.com/file/935
    His images make you want to be in the place they're taken.

     What I have taken from looking at his work
    • Create recognisable images/videos 
    • Make sure my images have a meaning, perhaps describe this meaning through the use of my website
    • Create images that, like his, would make the viewer want to be there
    • Make it obvious what the advertisement it selling



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    William Wordsworth

    19:10 By Unknown , In ,

    An English Romanticist poet
    Many of his poems describe the wonders of the natural world, as well as creating images in your mind

    "I wandered lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils;
    Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
    Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."


    I think that the ideas I can take from this are:

    • To capture images that are beautiful
    • Focus on the small details

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    John Constable

    18:58 By Unknown , In ,

    I've just been researching the beauty of nature - as something to focus on for my designs - and found a English Romantic artist - John Constable

    View from Highgate Hill

    Coastal Scene

    Study of Clouds

    His work concentrates on capturing the beauty of the natural world
    'He wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, "painting is but another word for feeling"'
    -(http://www.john-constable.org/)

    I think that I can take a few ideas from this
    • Capturing the beauty of the natural world 
    • Conveying feeling through images

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    Barbara Kruger

    30/03/2011 21:12 By Unknown , In



    I have research about her work in my sketchbook and realised how much she inspires me, as I want to create a simplistic designs that are eyecatching.

    I love how her work is instantly recognisable, as she always uses the same fonts/colour schemes, which I think will be something I will do for my FMP. I think I already have the colour scheme as I have used blue and white on this blog, my website design and my t-shirt design. I also like to use ARIAL BLACK for when I write in capitals, or Courier New for other designs.

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    28/03/2011 18:12 By Unknown , In , ,

    Today I've been looking through clothing websites and came across a brand called New Love Club that sell t-shirts with photographs printed on them, I also remembered a t-shirt I own, by Exposure for Topshop. This has inspired me to go ahead with the idea of having photographs printed onto t-shirts. I also found a website that prints t-shirts, and I found a style that I really like
    http://www.clothes2order.com/T-Shirts/Fanshirt+Jasmine+Distressed+Effect+T-Shirt
    Fanshirt Jasmine Distressed Effect T-Shirt
    - but in white.



    I also started to plan out how I would like my website, that I would show my work on, to look. I also came up with a name for my 'brand'/project that I think I will probably stick with, 'One Thousand Words' which obviously comes from the phrase 'A picture is worth a thousand words'. I think that this works well with my concept as I will only be printing pictures. Above, is how I think I would want the home page to look like, and the second picture is how the mens/womens pages would look, with photographs of the t-shirts in the boxes. 

    To do list for tonight -
    • Take website design and make it in photoshop
    • Come up with a possible logo
    • Use photography lesson photos to create mock-ups of t-shirts
    I also need to think of other possible ideas as we have to pitch at least two ideas next week.

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    00:04 By Unknown , In


    Vai from Caleb Vinson on Vimeo.

    I've just sat watching this guys work for ages.. I love it. His editing is great, I love the effects.

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    27/03/2011 23:47 By Unknown , In


    Perfidy Syndicate - Trailer I from Fips-Entertainment on Vimeo.

    I think this is a great concept for a clothing advert.. I don't think I'd be going down the same sort of route.. But it's nice to see something different for a change.

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    26/03/2011 17:35 By Unknown , In


    Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

    I love this video, I love how everything looks so impressive, slow motion is definitely something I want to experiment with, and possibly use in my video/advert.

    I also want the camera he used, but I can't find it anywhere.. And it's probably very expensive :(

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    17:26 By Unknown , In

    experimental from erick ruhl on Vimeo.


    Things I like about this video -

    • The effects used
    • How close up it gets, shows a lot of detail
    • The pace of it - goes with the music

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    Inspiration

    25/03/2011 19:31 By Unknown , In

    I'm currently trying to inspire myself by searching the internet for other peoples projects. At the moment, I'm watching videos that universities have uploaded, that include their students talking about their work.

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