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Took this and some other photographs last week. It’s been so long since I’ve done any self portraiture that it was really good to get back into it as well as to shoot just for the sake of shooting. I’ve always self portraits a great way to experiment with ideas that I want to try, practice new techniques, and shoot without the worry of things possibly going totally wrong. Gives me a chance to try things out before I feel comfortable getting another model involved in case it goes wrong and totally wastes their time ;) Plus it keeps me busy in the winter months when people are less willing to shoot!
As far as changes to this blog go (as mentioned in the entry before this one), I’m still in the process of doing things so it still looks a bit broken but I’m getting there slowly but surely (the migraine from hell over the past few days certainly hasn’t sped things up at all). I’ve been through and deleted a LOT of things that I no longer want here and I’m making changes in all areas. I’ve got so many amazing things planned for the new year with some wonderful models etc. so it’s about time the blog got a revamp and became somewhere I feel happy posting my work. Nothing happens instantly so please bear with me but I am getting there!
Would also just like to say a quick congratulations to two lovely ladies, Nina Jayne and Kelly Hooper, who recently one the November ‘share to win’ competition that I held over on my Facebook page. Looking forward to hearing your ideas and working with you on your free photo shoots girls!
Model: Teddy Edwardes
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
Model: Teddy Edwardes
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
Model & Make Up: Jenivieve
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
From a shoot a little while back with the lovely Jenivieve, I just never got around to doing anything with it before now. I love the amazing job she did on her makeup!
Model, Make Up & Hat Design: Jenivieve.
Photographer: Zinzi Graham.
Another from our quick test shoot at her house.
Model, Makeup & Styling: Twiggy Von Lea
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
Model: Adelaide Eve McBride
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
Model: Faye Edwardes
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
Model: Faye Edwardes
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
Model: Faye Edwardes
Photographer: Zinzi Graham
137/365.
Self Portrait.
Canon EOS 5d Mark ii.
© Copyright Zinzi Graham 2010.
This was taken as part of an assignment at college. As a group of five we built the set, originally based around a scene from the film The Third Man, though you wouldn’t be able to tell as we took it quite a way away from our starting point. We each then took our individual photographs, adding and taking way props as we saw fit. With our project we turned the character of Harry Lime into a vampire. In the film he fakes his own death, resulting in him having to live in the shadows. This makes him not unlike the living dead. He also deals in the blackmarket trade, that was thriving after the war, selling dodgy penicillin with devestating effects. Without going into too much contextual bullshit, my prop was the child’s dress hanging over the cot, the red light underneath representing evil and darkness with the dress being the only remains of the little girl that has fallen victim to our vampire. The yellow light shining down on the cot represents innocence, a sort of heaven and hell. I went a bit gel crazy on this but I wanted to do something totally outside of what I normally produce - isn’t that what art college is meant to be all about? In all honesty this project was absolute hell and I was glad to see it done. I worked closely with Mark Bosley throughout it so he deserves credit for not only putting up with me but also continuing to help and work with me even after the assingment was done - I have no idea why he hasn’t run screaming from all my ridiculousness! He also deserves credit for coming up with the original idea of changing the main character into a vampire. Shot on a Hasselblad with a digital back.
© Copyright Zinzi Graham 2010.
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Model: Faye Edwardes.
© Copyright Zinzi Graham 2010.
Model: Faye Edwardes - © Copyright Zinzi Graham 2010.
Model: Faye Edwardes.
© Copyright Zinzi Graham 2010.
