Merry Christmas Everyone

Today is a day filled full of festivities, eating and taking photos.... but after this day of rest it's back to work work work - lots of uni work to be done, including essay writing and brushing up on my blog (to which i've been lacking - soz) but i'm determined to get this sorted from now on :) 

Just to keep the festive spirit up, here's a picture of my mam and I in our fancy christmas gear ;)

Wifi Crisis

So after weeks of living at the flat and suffering the student problem of lack of 'interweb', I haven't been able to post on this blog in about a week! Soz!

Don't worry, i'll sort that out, i've recently discovered that the lovely lady down stairs from us has offered to share her password - what a babe - so I should be able to now post at the very minimum, weekly.

So where to start with this next post? Well ... we've been given our last project of the 2013 and we're all working furiously to get it all complete for the 16th, but I have to admit,  I'm pretty stumped on my next wonderful idea *hint-help-hint* I'm doing a double page spread on "Great British Food" now don't get me wrong, there's some ideas floating about my head, but I really want to sum up what is Great British food in one awesome picture - but how can I tell how other people see this country when I am apart of it - I need something that screams Britain - anyone out there got any ideas?????

The Red Queen

Hair Styling, crown, make up and photography - Myself

Model - Ashleigh Dalziel

This photoshoot's brief was based upon 'self made hats'. We each had to create a hat by ourselves (whether it be a plastic bag or something that took about a day to make slaving over the sewing machine) and present it on a model in a theme of our own. I chose the theme of 'Alice in Wonderland', having my hat representing the 'Red Queen'. The angle I was going for was a fierce look upon the models face with a slight fragile body language to portray the characters hidden vulnerability. The shadows seen were created in capture and enhanced with the use of desaturation on photoshop. I made the image with a lot of empty background, not only to give the image breathing space, but to give the impression the Red Queen (who is seen to be an evil character) is coming out of the darkness.

Hi there!

Hey, lets get these formal introductions out of the way...

My name is Hayley and I'm a FdA Photography Student in the North East of England. I'm 19 and at first the thought of starting a blog was daunting. Being judged in an online environment was a hell of a lot more intimidating than the feedback and judging I've received in the real world, as the anonymous sometimes don't know when to stop, but here I go, starting my big adventure on the internet.

This URL was previously being used for my portfolio blog (which there is a link for at the top), but I changed it due to being stubborn and not wanting to buy new business cards.

This blog will be all about my life as a student photographer, embarking on class tasks, and tasks I face in life.

Anyway, here I go, the start of something entirely foreign to me (unless you include tumblr being a 'blog')

xoxo
H