Test Shoot

In order to ensure that when we do the actual shoot, it runs as smoothly as possible, we decided to do a test shoot, in which we create a studio set up within one of our own studios.
We took this opportunity to ensure that both the clothes are to the standard that we want them to be, and also to understand what does and doesn't work in terms of posing, lighting, props and more.

After receiving the samples of the clothing, we were happy with almost all of them. Amins orange design didn't print as well as we would of hoped, and the combination of the t-shirt colour and design colour just wasn't working, and so we decided to not use that tee. This was the same case for one of my designs, in which the design wasn't printed as well as others. We also, as a group felt that these two t-shirts didn't reflect the same quality as the rest of the collection.

During the test shoot, i laid down the laminate flooring previously bought, the velvet backdrop was duck taped to the studio wall, and various plants and books which were laying around were utilised. As this was just a test shoot, we didn't organise a group of models specifically, rather we asked people in and around the uni to model for us, which worked well and we ended up with a varied selection; some of whom have been asked to model again in the actual shoot.

As a whole the shoot went really well, we experimented with presenting a narrative of school picture day, through the use of forced smiles, awkward posing and books as props, although i believe this was communicated, it defiantly will be once it comes to the actual shoot where each model has their own high school character, however for the purpose of this shoot we just wanted to capture the essence of the narrative.





In order to achieve the 90's aesthetic we hope to communicate within the real shoot, i edited some of the images that were captured by 2nd year photography student Bronte carter, as can be seen below. I experimented with the brightness and vibrancy, and added some grain textures in order to achieve the vintage look, Bronte also captured some images on a film camera, however the film hasn't been developed at this point.
Below are images I've edited of a selection of the items within the Graduate Collection.

At first we weren't sure about the blue backdrop as we thought in person it was a lot lighter than we had anticipated, however once the images were taken, the backdrop really works well in allowing the t-shirts to stand out, as there were no items of clothing in a similar colour pallet.

The test shoot was shot on both film and digital, both of the mediums we'll be using within the actual shoot. The film images as can be seen below, really give the images an authentic 90's look, which really helps to push the aesthetic of the collection.