Notes fro Class.

Jane and Elizabeth have been amazing in being totally honest and telling us exactly what the industry is really like and what will be excepted of us as we head into the real world,  so over the last 3-4 weeks I have made a collections of very very important notes and tid bits that Jane and Elizabeth have told us, as my notes in my pad are all over the place I'm putting them all together on here so they will read also like a mission statement.

 For My Images-

• always keep on record the time, date, location and crew names.
• for shoots think of a title to focus my thoughts into the creation.
• look at photographers for inspiration, as thats what every great designer is doing.
• test, test, test, and then test again!
• make a call sheet for all of my shoots, so all info is at arms reach, plus a good way of keeping track of your work experience.
• get a sense of life into the picture, (movement, think Jerry Hall!)
• Always think about content and context! whats in the foreground, whats in the background, why? what does everything say, what do the clothing items say.
• think and talk about what you see in the images created, what is the image trying to say, what does it actually say?
• Crop shots if you need to play with different crops, this can make images more interesting.
• give your model something to do, give them direction, maybe a scenario or character to be. 
• open and close the mouth for a variety of images every time.
• think about the use of colour, maybe one colour but different shades of it.
• hair doesn't always need to be considered, you can use a hat or something that covers the hair, like a swimming hat or lamp shade. this may add more focus on the face.
• you can create am image using just a section of the face like the lips.

This stuff maybe obvious, but somtimes I just don't think about the bigger picture so very helpful for me. X