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Colour me happy
It's probably not the first time I've mentioned I'm obsessed with colour - not just colour, but colour hues - deciding which hues work together, and more importantly which ones don't.
I'm not adverse to using any colours in particular because they all serve a purpose depending on what I'm shooting at any given time, but generally speaking I'm suppose I'm not a fan of purpley pink. I find it quite brash & reminds me of the horrors of Barbie.
No doubt one day I will shoot using these colours and I'll be subjected to a load of "but I thought you hated this look.."
For authentic 60s-inspired bohemian styling I'm really drawn to warm, earthy & somewhat muddy colours rather than saturated ones.. reds, oranges, yellows, browns, greens and all their warmer hues.
When picking a backdrop for any set, it's important the product doesn't get lost in the background, especially since I'm a fan of using loads of textures - my photos are often quite busy.
I'll either shoot a colourful item on a relatively neutral colour palette, or vice versa.. or if I'm layering similar colours & have the space to move back, I'll bring the product away from the background & shoot with a wide aperture so the background is blurred. This way, the product has separation from anything else, no matter if it's red on red or even black on black.
I love the colours in this shot.. I chose to wear an utterly gorgeous golden yellow & coffee patterned kimono by All About Audrey (www.allaboutaudrey.co.uk) against a darker, rustic & warm backdrop made of Indian saris, (pretty much the same type of fabric as the clothing!) and a few hanging rose vines / bundles of pampas grass / grasses & lillies in a vase to break up the fabrics.
The rose vines aren't real - the original stems & leaves were a horrible plasticky saturated green colour, so I spent hours coating them all in a translucent gold acrylic paint wash. I used tonnes more vines than just these two you can see in this photo and I wasn't prepared to let an ugly intrusion of bright green distract from the harmony of the vintage-esque rustic hues, despite knowing I could change it all in Photoshop afterwards.. that's not the point.
Location is The Hacienda, London
Colour me happy
It's probably not the first time I've mentioned I'm obsessed with colour - not just colour, but colour hues - deciding which hues work together, and more importantly which ones don't.
I'm not adverse to using any colours in particular because they all serve a purpose depending on what I'm shooting at any given time, but generally speaking I'm suppose I'm not a fan of purpley pink. I find it quite brash & reminds me of the horrors of Barbie.
No doubt one day I will shoot using these colours and I'll be subjected to a load of "but I thought you hated this look.."
For authentic 60s-inspired bohemian styling I'm really drawn to warm, earthy & somewhat muddy colours rather than saturated ones.. reds, oranges, yellows, browns, greens and all their warmer hues.
When picking a backdrop for any set, it's important the product doesn't get lost in the background, especially since I'm a fan of using loads of textures - my photos are often quite busy.
I'll either shoot a colourful item on a relatively neutral colour palette, or vice versa.. or if I'm layering similar colours & have the space to move back, I'll bring the product away from the background & shoot with a wide aperture so the background is blurred. This way, the product has separation from anything else, no matter if it's red on red or even black on black.
I love the colours in this shot.. I chose to wear an utterly gorgeous golden yellow & coffee patterned kimono by All About Audrey (www.allaboutaudrey.co.uk) against a darker, rustic & warm backdrop made of Indian saris, (pretty much the same type of fabric as the clothing!) and a few hanging rose vines / bundles of pampas grass / grasses & lillies in a vase to break up the fabrics.
The rose vines aren't real - the original stems & leaves were a horrible plasticky saturated green colour, so I spent hours coating them all in a translucent gold acrylic paint wash. I used tonnes more vines than just these two you can see in this photo and I wasn't prepared to let an ugly intrusion of bright green distract from the harmony of the vintage-esque rustic hues, despite knowing I could change it all in Photoshop afterwards.. that's not the point.
Location is The Hacienda, London