Justin grant.

Right so lets begin with justin grant. Now justin grant I came upon in first year when

 researching fashion. His beauty images are unusual and not as predictive as some photographers going with the natural look when seeing this image i really wanted to involve a composition with flowers within it, as flowers are represented as a natural beauty sometimes and can also make a great composition. (and also involves high skills of adobie to add flowers and make them look convincing. Looking further through his work i came across another 2 images which also influenced me.                      

After seeing this image i Loved how her eyes seemed so "soufull" and bright. This again is another tip of adobe photoshop that i wanted to use. I have been trying to use this technique for sometime but have been unsuccessful due to the reason i haven't found a model with such vivid eyes bellow you will find some advice my friend sent me via e-mail a year ago to help me adjust the eyes.

When thinking about ideas after seeing this image this also had my mind going into over drive. I was thinking of subtle but nice layers to include into my image to enhance the "beauty" of the image. This image also demonstrated the technique of layer masks, and several layers justin grant did have a good influence upon my ideas.

My view of cosmetics

When thinking of cosmetics the word that comes to my mind straight away is makeup. Now how would you interpret makeup within photography. 

My view: Beauty,

 it shows the enhancement of features with make up (as defined bellow) it sells the product and can be classed as advertising photography. Over the past few weeks i have been continuously researching beauty. I went to my local library Darlington library within the town centre and went through several vogue books, makeup advice books etc, Because when looking through the net (my preferred method of research) i found that in the Photography retail "Beauty" is very dulled down. simplistic designed to show natural beauty. But with me wanting to focus on cosmetics i needed big makeup big hair lots of adobe bellow you will find several photographers i researched and what i liked about there work

Definition of: Cosmetics

Definition of cosmetics: Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics include skin-care creams, lotions, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair sprays and gels, deodorants, baby products, bath oils, bubble baths, bath salts, butters and many other types of products. A subset of cosmetics is called "make-up," which refers primarily to colored products intended to alter the user’s appearance. Many manufacturers distinguish between decorative cosmetics and care cosmetics.

The manufacture of cosmetics is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that originated in the early 20th century, but the distribution and sale of cosmetics is spread among a wide range of different businesses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates cosmetics in the United States^[1] defines cosmetics as: "intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions." This broad definition includes, as well, any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. The FDA specifically excludes soap from this category.

2 ideas Decided

I know i haven't posted any posts within my blog for some while the reason for this was because i was so unsure with what i wanted to do. I had relatively decided on cosmetics but i wasn't t sure where that was going to lead me. The reason why i haven't been putting much posts upon my blog was because i wanted to get a fair idea of what i was doing rather than posting many things. Over the period i haven't been posting my work i have done tones of research and have defiantly come up with one idea, done a shoot for it and may have one final print sorted with lots of adobe photoshop usage.

Over the next few day i will post all my photographers i have found and reserach

Decisions Decisions

Rite so we received the brief and right now I really haven’t got a clue what to do(subject matter wise).I have done some research but with all dew respect some of the commercial photography for advertising (taken by some photographers) I really wouldn’t rate.

 I had a look in the library and asked the librarian to help me find a book with high quality advertising images but what we came up with was very old fashioned with not much adobe Photoshop use-age. I think this weekend I will have a look in my local library and see what I can come up with if anything. I found that when researching advertising on the Internet there is such a vast range that when looking, you don’t really come up with much but I will pursue with my ideas.

 Right now I know we have to produce 3 images and I feel like I’m being pulled towards, cosmetics and maybe interpret that into beauty with cosmetics also including makeup with some cleaver adobe Photoshop-I have an idea for that. And again I feel my self being pulled towards fashion again and the third I am going to leave to my research and see what tickles my fancy.