Fashion Photography 101

This is my last shoot until further notice..have a collection to work on :)

I made this coat and I always wanted something like this, so had to make it work.

It was excited to end all of this on a good note, so had to come to this location.

Photo cred: Thomas Mbandeka

Location: Heroes Acre, Windhoek Namibia

Quick tip:

As my previous post, all these coats are body fitted, pencil dress shaped so suitable for an hourglass, inverted triangle and rectangular figured body. 

My experience:

I have never been here before so the open space was amazing, didn't want too many bushes, so everything was in the right proportions, so could play around everywhere.

I liked it here. Memorable and historical place where we see those fought for our country.

Had to take pictures here.

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:) I'm back in Windhoek!!

Soo, this shoot wasn't quite planned. Made these coats and didn't have time to shoot them, so asked my friend Marisa to join me, so that I only have to shoot once :D

This was a bit complex and is at night so might look a bit creepy, but think of it as artistic, then we should be good ;)

Photo cred: Dee Conradie

Location: Windhoek city center 

                                             Quick tip:

I could recommend this outfit/coat/ dress coat to an hourglass, inverted-shaped and rectangular shaped figure. As this is a pencil shaped coat, hips will be emphasised  and this is body fitted.

My experience:

It was a cold night and we ran out of time, so ended up having to make it work in the dark. Had to post these coats as I was asked about coats and dress coats, so I hope I made it work.

It was cold, yet again...and dark :D This is what we managed.

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Shoot7

This we had to do, so we entered the village and this was the entrance, we knew from the start that we had to use the accessories that the people were selling, so I placed myself between them and this is the result ;)

Photo credit: Gcebile Matsimbe

Location: Cultural village, Hartbeespoort South Africa

Quick tip:

Pencil skirt: suitable for an hourglass, inverted-triangle and rectangular shaped figure. As mentioned in my previous post, the tips are the same.

My experience:

I had such an awkward experience in this place but was happy with the results of the pictures in this market. The ladies were too cute and made it even more enjoyable. 

This is Africa alright, really had the real South African cultural experience at this village.

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Shoot6

So Gcebile found this amazing cultural village, when we arrived :O we decided to take 3 different shoots there, so we'll have variety of different outfits just because we wanted to shoot everything in this village.
Here's a look at the 1st one ;)

Photo credit: Gcebile Matsimbe
Location: Lesedi Cultural Village (a few kilometres out, but still in Hartbeespoort South Africa)

Quick tip:

Pencil skirts, as in my previous post are suitable to an hourglass, inverted-triangle and rectangular shaped figure. An apple figure can wear this outfit if the waistline of the skirt is at the smallest part of the torso, pulling attention away from the bigger waistline.

My experience:

As you might remember this skirt from Bali, I literally just threw it in my bag, just in case I needed another outfit, so I clearly needed it :D

This was real South African, everything in this village was really just straight from way back when. Very down to earth, so no stress in shooting ;)

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Shoot5

The bathroom shoot :D I can't really explain this shoot much. Gcebile, had the thought while we were sitting in the room just thinking about the next location.

Not going to say much, but here's a look at what she wanted.

Was meant to post this on friday, so will be posting again on Wednesday- days are way too crazy, sorry about that :)

Photo credit: Gcebile Matsimbe

Location: Bathroom, Hartbeespoort South Africa

Quick tip:

As all pencil dresses/skirts, it is body fitting, so attention is on everything. I would recommend this outfit to an hourglass, inverted-triangle and rectangular shaped figure. You can't really hide much, so this is perfect for slender figures that don't have very obvious imperfections.

My experience:

This was very different for me, but we tried to make it work. Was just doing what the photographer said :D I hope she's proud.

Was an experience alright and this is what we made of it ;)

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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 ;)

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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.