50 Shades of Grey...

So today I've been going through the complete and utter train wreck which is my hard drive, trying to sort out 2 years worth of folders which are typically logistically named 'things' or 'stuff'.

I'm starting Uni soon, and I realised I don't want to get 3 years down the line only to discover that I now have 5 YEARS of work to decode and re-organise. I'm going to be honest with you, it's been pretty rough. I've had to ask myself a lot of questions about the way my brain feels it is fit to organise a folder. Because my brain was oh so wrong.

Anyway, whilst I was weeping my way through 'AS Photography' I stumbled across some photos I took experimenting with different textures I found in my room. I wanted to share them and as an added blog bonus, my friend came up with the title (I don't want to take his credit, because I never would have thought of it on my own :P ). Just trying to keep things relevant and trendy, as you do.

Hoping the sun will come out a lot more the rest of the summer!

-Grace x

kisskissbangbang & photography exams...

So my last photography project o the school year has been handed in. I think now might me a good time to let you guys into my portfolio and see the final product!

The exam question I chose to work under was 'approaches to portraiture' and I worked around the idea of fashion photography (of course). I developed an brand called 'kisskissbangbang' which promotes itself as a vintage inspired clothes shop, similar to shops like Modcloth.

I shot 4 ads, inspired by the photos from H&M campaigns, one for each season...enjoy!

If you like them and want to see more then you can at my facebook page! There's the photos which I loved but didn't quite make the cut as well as others from my portfolio :)

I haven't put these up in order of season, so see if you can guess which is which :P Please give me feedback as I'd love to hear what you think!

-Grace x

Tribal Furs...

The final shoot for you m'dears :)

Sorry it took me a while to process them, but here they are!

Hope you like!

-Grace x

Cross my heart.

Another shoot in hopefully a series of 3 using the studio. Another model with a different selection of props and outfits. Orginally we were going to go for something quite Chanel-ish but it veered off in a completely different direction. Enjoy!

1 more shoot to come, I may be able to squeeze it in before half term, but then again, I might not. Who knows? It's a lottery with me, you never know what you're going to get. I'm just crazy like that. ;)

-Grace x

Fun & Furs...

So here is my first shoot of hopefully a sequence of portraits similar to these. Myself and an eager model composed these with a single flash head and some props we had lying around.

I recently purchased a fancy furry 1940s style coat, and was going to unveil it in this shoot, but my model quickly whipped the fur from the coat (don't worry, it's detatchable) and we ended up with a slightly more sensual set of photos than I had bargained for.
(side note: I'm most definitely not complaining, she looks great without the coat, probably better.)

I'm really pleased with how they've come out, but what do you think? Any critisisms? Ideas?

Hopefully more coming soon...

-Grace x