Business Card Designs: Corporate

Design 1: Portrait image with my name
and profession.

Here are six designs of my corporate business cards, designed by myself using templates on vista print. To design these cards I simply went on to the vistaprint website and narrowed down the templates suggestions to "Art and Entertainment" so narrow both my options down and to compare what the differences were.
Since I am a photographer I wanted to try and find a template that would should off not only my information and details but my photograph selected. I believe that the bigger the image the more people are visually drawn to your work and are intrigued on what else you have created because if the image is good people will want to view more photographs therefore gathering more people interested in your work. 

Design 1: Further Details on the back.

Design 2: Landscape design with a studio image followed by
my profession and Facebook page. 

Design 2: Further Details on the back.

Design 3: Full sized landscape image on the front.

All my details on the back. 

Design 4: A landscape image followed by my initials, name
and profession.

Design 4: Further details on the back. 

Design 5: Landscape image followed by name and profession.

Design 5: Further details on the back. 

Design 6: Portrait followed by a logo I designed
and my initial details.

Design 6: Further details on the back.

80's movies: Mannequinn

Mannequin
I chose to look at the movie "Mannequin" from the 1980's as it portrays fashion in the 80s which is a major plot point as the main character works in a retail store, and becomes friends which a very outgoing and enthusiastic stylist who's clothing is extremely bright and full of patterns, as do many of the other characters, which is two of the many trends that have followed my era. The movie itself was based in New York city which is one of the many big representatives of the fashion industry. The movie itself also expresses the differences of American fashion through involving an alternative age range from 20 onwards. I feel as if the movie itself is aimed at higher class individuals as the retail store is in the central of the big apple and just from the items of clothing used for the movie.

80's Movies-The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club
I chose to look at "The Breakfast Club" for my secondary research as I really like how It portrays a particular time and place being the 1980's in America High school. I found that American culture was better to look at as they didn't have uniforms in schools and were able to express themselves through fashion. The characters themselves had stereotyped names and labels such as, Rebel John, he was seen as a rebel as not only was his personality meaning he is anti-social and the type of clothing the character wears makes him appear very rugged. The next character being "princess Claire", she was seen as a wealthy character as her parents were high classed people and her clothing was all prim and proper added with accessories specifically ones like diamond earrings and necklaces. Moving on to, "Outcast Alison", outcast meaning a person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group. Her clothing to me tends to just scream unsocial as she covers every inch of her body head to toe and the way her hair is swept across her face seems as if she wants to be hidden. Another character being, "Brainy Brian", brainy meaning having or showing intelligence and in the movie Brian is known for getting good grades and being a know it all. The clothing chose for this character is pretty smart and simple implying that he is a well organised person. The last one of all, "The Jock Andrew", jock meaning an enthusiast or participant in a specified activity. In the movie he is seen as a very enthusiastic sportsmen and I can clearly see this as the clothing worn by the character is stereotypical sports wear such as Nike, which today is till a highly fashionable brand and is a global trend.

80's Rave

It was in 1988 that party promoters Genesis (http://hardcorewillneverdie.com/Flash/historyHWND.html) put their first warehouse event on in east London's Aldgate, with their second following on Christmas Eve in an empty warehouse near Clapton Pond in Hackney. The set-up was typically wild and creative, using thousands of old tyres they found in the building to build a UV-lit tunnel and bar area; this complemented the Christmas tree, netting, parachutes and white canopies, pinched from a building site.
The photographers that were involved in documenting of the Rave Revolution of the late 80s were Dave Swindells, Gavin Watson, Adam Friedman and Teddy Fitzhugh.

Though the word "rave" emerged in 1950s Britain to describe "wild bohemian parties," rave as we know it today was, effectively, born in 1980s Manchester, characterised by acid house music, ecstasy, whistles and people with large bottles of water mouthing "are you having a good night," at the kind of strangers they'd usually cross the road to avoid.

Corinne Day: Kate Moss

Corinne Day (19 February 1962-27 August 2010) was known as the women who discovered "Kate Moss" the icon of the 90s, as well as making a huge impact on fashion photography everywhere.

The talented "Corinne Day" was born in 1965, she was a self taught photographer. She introduced a new type of documentary photographer feel to an image making, creating works that were both candid and intimate. Day worked as a catalogue model before decided on photography for a carrier.

During the early 1990s Day continued to work with "The Face", as well as a number of magazines associated with youth and counter culture, including, i-D, Ray-Gun and Penthouse, working with models including Moss, Rosemary Ferguson and George Clements. In 1993, Day was commissioned by Alexandra Shulman to photographed Moss for the June issue of the British edition of Vogue. Intended as a lingerie fashion spread, the editorial, "Under Exposed" depicted the 19-year-old Moss in her west London flat, which she shared with her then boyfriend, fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti. The images caused a media scandal, with newspapers from the Daily Mail to The Independent claiming that the images were hideous, exploitative, verging on child pornography. But little did all the media know at the time, that these photographs led "Kate Moss" to be one of the most famous models to date.



What I impartially like about Days work is that she captures the beauty without making her models pose over the top and creates a natural look. This to me implies that she was a laid back women and didn't really wear make up or want to come across as glamorous anyways but that you can look beautiful natural. ."I don't have great cheekbones, or huge lips to pile lipstick on -it didn't suit me," she told the Observer in 2000.
http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/corinne-day-biography- Biography of Corinne Day, Vogue

People Watching/Location Photography

For my primary research I went to the city of Leeds to collect primary research by going people watching, and try to capture as many peoples outfits as I possibly could. However, with it being my first time shooting random individuals I was a little nervous as I wasn't sure what to expect. But within the first 15 minutes of me being in a city environment the more confident I became as everything I had worried about did not happen at all. In my eyes I wouldn't say my research was accurate as I was hoping due to the type of trends I had research were worn when the weather was nice but unfortunately it was cold so the public were wrapped up warm and I couldn't really get a clear view of individuals styles. As well as people watching I decided to go further with my research and visit vintage shops, to get a real view of what clothing was in the 90s as "vintage" to my era is old fashioned clothing and not what people wear today, which is highly in correct because without knowing it all of the items of clothing from the "Vintage Shops" are in the high street fashion stores but as a modernised versions.

The outcomes from my visit were better than expected:
Camera: 750D Cannon
Lighting: Ambient
Project Title: People watching

Throughout my day of research, I then chose to go further with my research and practice location photography and using ambient light (natural light). What was great about doing this was, I started to do it at sun down so the light was beautiful and really made an impact on my photographs this specific time of day is called Magic Hour, and when coming to edit them, hardly needed anything.

The outcomes from my mini project:
Camera: 750D
Lighting: Ambient
Project Title: Location photography