Mapping your Profession

An activity 

This really summarises a broadening of the word Narrative for me, I think the way I have previously addressed the word narrative is in a constrained way, always thinking a story must have obvious meaning and purpose. This helps me to open up and realise a narrative is about the way the images relate to each other, conveying an idea. Narrative can be conveyed in the styling/hair and makeup for example of a shoot, its about fluency, the mood, the feel of the shoot. It of course can be emotive, for example a photo essay about an issue such as war, conveying the emotions of the people involved shot on location, however a magazine featured editorial for example introducing a new model is also an editorial narrative photo story. 

Shooting myself

This series of images is one of my favourite editorials because of the narrative behind it. Shafran is a documentary photographer so his approach is different to a fashion photographer. He photographs the girls in their comfortable environments, Cara playing the drums, Edie with her horse, reading a book. You can see the images are relaxed and not forced which I really like, I feel the fact the girls are dressed in jeans and jumpers also helps the relaxed feel of the editorial proving that even supermodels can be normal. 

Starting with editorial photography in general. What are editorials? Editorials are the stories in magazines that aren't advertisements, they consist of a series of photographs this can be from say 4 images to 12. Editorial doesn't refer to just fashion photography, documentary stories also come under editorial as well as images that go with articles in newspapers, magazines or any other type of publication. There is a lot of creative freedom involved in editorial however it doesn't pay well, it is more about the publicity and showing your ability, its the commercial work that pays the bills. Editorial photography has to be engaging, its a visual showcase, I for example will buy a magazine just for the editorial content and its that which will make me want to buy the magazine the next month etc. 

What effect can a narrative have on the audience?

This is an advertisement for ALDO shoes shot by Terry Richardson. You can see the difference between this and an editorial shoot, the models are in all black with coloured shoes and coloured makeup which draws your attention to it more. 

These images are from a Hunger magazine Young Blood collaboration by Marc Hibbert and Stylist Marina German. I really like the rawness of these images, especially that they are overexposed I also like the pale pastel colour backdrops and the use of flowers which is something I've wanted to use in my next shoot. These are editorial images.

This is another example of editorial photography. 

This was from an advertising shoot and probably the shoot I've enjoyed most from my foundation. 

This is another editorial shoot I did a while back in studio this time instead of on location. The theme was Graphic again shot and styled by me, model: Natalie Archibald.

Decided to look back on previous shoots this was an editorial shoot for my Final Major Project for which I focused on styling and location. I really enjoy working on location because I think it can be more interesting and adds variance. The theme for this shoot was denim shot at the beach town of Broadstairs, styling and photography by me. 

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