Blog #12 - Speed Dating Peer Review and Idea Change

For today session we did something called Speed dating peer review. It is where we present one or a collection of images to our peers and tell them about our idea in two minutes. We tell them everything they need to know about the project and they ask questions in turn.

After my idea change these are the images I managed to snap. I wanted the vibe of the TV show Outlander. My main inspiration for my new idea.

These images were very quickly shot and not what I had originally planned but you work with what you have. I shot these in my back garden with this model. Sadly I had lost most of the available light and only had a harsh on camera flash. To battle this I turned all the lights on in the window and got a small warm lit camping lantern to get the effect seen.

Sadly, due to the lack of light I found it difficult to focus as you can see in the landscape image.

The way I explained my project in the beginning was an homage to Outlander as that is what inspired me. I wanted to do something similar to the Opening theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ledHVF1ZtDI except with stills instead of moving image. by the end of the session I thought about adding a male element and really including a romantic aspect. 

This was something I hadn't really done or even thought of before but when I talking to my peers, the idea seemed to fit more and more with my project. I wanted to combine story and fashion. Adding a romantic undertone seemed to work with this.