Fashion Photography 101

Shoot4

This shoot was a bit difficult, think we just didn't have the sun on our side, so it was a bit hard to get perfect shots, but this is what we managed.

Photo credit: Gcebile Matsimbe

Location: West Lake estate, Hartbeespoort South Africa

Quick tip:

This outfit will suit all body types as there are details to take the attention off the hips and waist area. 

My experience:

Hmmm, can't say much about this shoot just that we had trouble with lighting but had to have the lake in. This was truly a beautiful location, so had to make it work somehow.

Fashion Photography 101

Shoot3

Soooo, this was our tester- just to see if we really had it down ;)

This was an easy, relaxed shoot. All I really had to do was lay down.

My girl, Gcebile Matsimbe clearly knew what she was doing :D

Location: West Lake estate, Hartbeespoort South Africa

Quick tip:

All pencil skirts suit an hourglass, inverted-triangle and rectangular shaped figures, although an apple shaped can also pull this off as the jersey isn't tight fit, thus hiding the waist area.

My experience:

I can't say much about this shoot, didn't even have makeup on so it wasn't a hassle, just a lazy shoot :D 

This was initially the first shoot we had, so I didnt really have much to prepare, but relax.

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Shoot2

This was the fastest and easiest shoot we did, we already had something in mind, so when we went outside it took us 15minutes max and the results were so much more amazing.

This is what it's like working with someone who loves fashion and photography, after years of careful study and paying close attention to detail.

Photo credit: Gcebile Matsimbe

Location: West Lake, Hartbeespoort South Africa

                         

                         

Quick tip:

This outfit was just for the different contrasts, so every piece can be worn individually.

I would say, an hourglass, inverted-triangle, rectangular and pear-shaped figure would best suit this complete look. Although it can be manipulated to fit all body types by either wearing a loosely fit blouse, for the apple shaped figure and making the skirt's waistband fitted under the bust, not calling attention to the bigger waist area.

My experience:

This shoot was nice and easy. We knew what we wanted and we did just that and this was the result. We didn't add more ideas to it, we just went straight into it and to be honest it was really chilled and worth it.

These are proper fashion shoots ;)

Fashion photography 101

Shoot 1

This was such an amazing experience, so I came to South Africa to work on a few shoots with my girl, Gcebile Matsimbe (fashion blogger and photographer).

We had so many things in mind and it was so refreshing just brainstorming, trying to get the right mood across.

I could add this to the Fashion vs Nature project as most of the shoots were done outside.

Will be sharing them with you, just for you to have a look inside the minds of fashion bloggers/photographers and just people who love fashion.

The first shoot is at a horse stable at West Lake estate.

Photo credits by Gcebile Matsimbe

Location: Hartbeespoort, South Africa

Quick tip

This dress is suitable for an hourglass, pear shaped, rectangular and inverted-triangular shaped figure. It's such a busy pattern, so an apple-shaped could get away with this dress too.

My experience

This was a very relaxed experience, think it's because I did it with a friend and the surroundings were pretty relaxed, except for the deer that kept following us around, so half of the photos included him, but we were able to make this work out. This was beautiful and I loved just being comfortable and this was what we were aiming for.