4th Shoot: 1920s

This shoot was one of the ones I was more excited for. It's the only shoot I did with more than 1 model and I really wanted a strong gender-bend theme. I wanted a short-haired, masculine female model who would wear a shirt and trousers with a bow tie, and a feminine male model wearing a 20's style flapper dress. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money to buy a 20s style dress, so I decided to dress both models in the same thing.

Makeup for the male model. I didn't create a face chart for the female as it would
only be some foundation then straightening the eyebrows and defining the jawline. 

 I'd also decided that like in my punk and 80s shoot, I wanted to use cigarettes and cigarette holders. The ones I used in the studios were fake, though I'm really happy with them and I don't think they look fake at all. I decided to use smoking because I think it's a really easy way to change the models' mannerisms and make them appear more feminine/masculine, without getting them to pose overtly different.

I had a lot of trouble with the lighting on this shoot. Both of my models turned up late on this day, meaning I had to not only rush the makeup and hair, but also rush setting up the studio. After the model's got comfortable with each other (and the camera), the poses became a lot better and came out well.

3rd shoot: 80s

My third shoot for this project was an 80s inspired shoot with a male model. I was inspired a lot by 80s stars like Bowie, Madonna and Boy George.

What I really love about this shoot is how the lighting looks. The first half of the photos as a bit too bright, but the second lot came out so well. I just used a single soft box, high up but angled down. To create more black shadows, I used 2 black card boards either side of the model to create more shadows to define the contours of his face. Luckily he was a really natural model too so I took a lot of pictures without him running out of poses or getting awkward, like in the previous shoot.

I found it so hard to choose only 4 to use, but these were the ones I ended up with:

2nd Shoot: 60s

My second shoot of this project was a 60s based shoot. I wanted this shoot to look quite lighthearted and feminine overall but with the short hair being the focus of the shoot.

I chose a white background for the shoot and just used  softbox light with a Nikon D7000 camera. I wish I had more knowledge on lighting, I think that would've made the photos look just that little bit better. 

My model for this was pretty awkward and I think that shows on camera a lot. Luckily I managed to get a few good photos that looked more natural but overall I think most of them look pretty awkward. The foundation also looks a different colour on her face which is annoying as this only showed up on camera and I'd taken so long trying to set up the lights that I had no time to try and fix up the makeup. 

These are the unedited photos I chose to use from this shoot:

1st Shoot: Punk

My first shoot for this unit was a punk style outdoor shoot. I decided to do this pretty spontaneously. I originally wanted all my shoots to be in the studio but the more I thought about it, the more I thought the punk shoot would be better in a run down, rough looking area. This worked out well as all the studios were booked up for this week but I really needed to start on a shoot.

This was my moodboard/face chart for this shoot. I ended up changing the eyebrows and just leaving them natural as my model had very light eyebrows and I felt this also worked.

The location I chose was halfway between college and my house which was pretty handy. It's an old, empty pub and football club which I think has quite a grungy feel. My model already had shaved hair which I was super happy about; it really works both with the punk theme and the gender boundary themes I'm working with.

These are the photos I've chosen to use from this shoot (unedited):