Amy in dress #1
A short while back I was commissioned by an independent dress designer to get some images for her of some dresses she had designed and created. Rather than just pop them on a mannequin as she usually did she wanted to show them in a more natural setting. She asked me to source a location and not just a female model but a male model too. She was hoping for shots that made them look like a couple. She was happy with the results (thankfully).
RJ and Amy
I had wanted to see whether they worked in black and white (my brief was obviously to make them look as good as possible, and to reflect them as they were made, so the originals had to be in colour). Not all of these were used in her campaign, and I’m free to use them, So now was the time to see if they worked in black and while.
RJ looking thoughtful
Amy and RJ had worked together on a shoot for me last year and I thought they worked together well (so much so that a number of people assumed they were a couple - they're not). The location - Two Wei near Retford - was a grand old house that also doubles as a photography studio. Kudos to the wonderful owners: I certainly wouldn't want random people roaming around my home as they do. It's a fabulous old gothic styled home, lots of lovely nooks and crannies, period fittings, long corridors and some very elegantly large rooms. The designer (Jenny) was very happy with the location too.
We're running late
We had three of Jenny's outfits to shoot, mostly outdoors, at mid day. The light was absolutely horrid. I was able to counter some of it with a pair of trusty Godox AD200s, but even so, there was harsh light and even harsher shadows all over. Certainly not something Jenny wanted for her images. At the end of the shoot Amy had a dress she wanted to get a few shots of, so we nabbed some of those, but will post them another time.
Amy in dress #2
What do you think, do the images work in black and white or would you have preferred to see them in colour.