DRESS LIKE A BOY, ACT LIKE A GIRL

ALEXA CHUNG

AMY SPENCER // THELITTLEMAGPIE

SUKI WATERHOUSE

After a couple of hours of researching, we were asked to focus on current fashion and who our inspirations are, this was tricky for me as I seem to love every celebrity’s fashion that I have on Instagram, but I managed to whittle it down. 

We were asked to select a blogger and 2 celebrities, this was simple for me, Alexa Chung. Absolute goddess and master of all things, her style is so fabulous and always on point, I love her simplistic outfits that she appears to have just thrown on. My favourite and ultimate guide when it comes to dressing myself comes from her, dress like a boy, act like a girl. 

My next choice was a blogger favourite, Amy Spencer of ‘The Little Magpie’.  I LOVE her style, it’s also very similar to Alexa’s and on top of everything, she has hair to dieeee for.  So jealous! My favourite item of hers has got to be her All Saints leather jacket, this my goal when it comes to my jacket collection, maybe one day.

My final inspiration is Suki Waterhouse, the girl who opened my eyes to Superga footwear, heaven on earth for my feet.  I love her messy, tousled locks and how she can pull off a messy but impeccably dressed vibe without looking over done. Oh and to top it all off, her eyebrows.  How is it fair that someone can be blessed with beauty like that and insane eyebrows? Major envy!!

PHOTOSHOOTING

Finally, i've gotten round to uploading the final images of Isobel from a photoshoot I did back in January! I'm such a slacker when it comes to finishing a piece of work i've started within the same month but better late than never, as they always say.

Finding these photographs instantly rekindled my love for photography and it made me realise how much i've been putting my real passions on the back burner recently, so as of today, i've decided that over the 4 months I have off in summer, I will dedicate my time to designing and photographing... and I cannot wait.

Keep you posted!
becky x

EYE SPY - OBJECTS OF DESIRE

A quick attempt creating a playful piece working on the idea behind perfection within the beauty of young women.  

becky x

MOTION

One of the areas we touched on in last weeks lecture and IT sessions was the use of post production and how it can enhance an initial photograph or campaign, coming from a photography background in which a lot of my work was focussed on architecture or figurative photography, I have been used to relying on a strong location to enhance the quality of my images, Tim's lecture given on post production techniques opened up an area of knowledge for me I hadn't yet had the chance to explore.

This is where my piece 'motion' came about,  initially it was just experimentation and one big mess to start off with as I found I was trying to incorporate too many of the new techniques I had learned. To create this piece I used the stroke tool to form a solid line around the outside of the figure, I then duplicated this layer numerous times and overlapped the shaped to make the image appear as though it was vibrating.   My ideas behind this piece, once I had experimented, was to work on the idea of 'motion' and to create a repetition of linear shapes taken from the outlines of my images to create something that looked almost like a sound wave or motion pathway.  

For a first time attempt at something so bright and colourful, which definitely isn't my comfort zone, I don't think its too shabby! 

becky x

DARE TO DYE

After our recent Photoshop workshops looking into colour and the use of this working with brand identity using our selected colour theme, mine being Autumnal, we also looked vaguely into colour manipulation. Since I really enjoyed the small amount of time I was able to experiment with this in my seminar, I decided to come home and try some more out.

After many different attempts using images I found online, I finally created this one... I used the 'paint brush' tool on Photoshop to add an element of Pink to the hair.  To do this I first imported the image and duplicated the layer, I then selected the first layer and used the paint brush tool to paint a pink section on top of the hair. Using the eraser tool on the duplicated layer, I reduced the opacity and only highlighted the areas that I wanted to show a slight hint of pink.  I am so happy with how this experiment turned out and it was just a little trial for me to see how effective and realistic it could look!

becky x