19. The THREE AMIGOS

Day 3 at the Masterclass autumn.

Skate crew near the shop:

The THREE AMIGOS, Camden, London, uk

18. Story line "Rendez-vous in Southgate"

Photo story "Rendez-vous in Southgate"

with Magda Detko ( style icon & graphic designer)

and Tim Hellzapoppin (entertainment legend, DJ and dancer)

Additional Make-up & Hair: Urszlua Friedel

Second unit Styling: Marlena

17.5 Interpretation post-production

Images and post-production by Lisa Duncan:

Perfect base to step back and re-create 1940s presentation !!!

Excellent choise!

17. Photostory

The aim was to create a story line with everything available.

Images by Lisa Duncan:

You made me proud, girl!! 

16. Rendez-vous in Southgate

Just a fashion statement because...we can:

15. 40s day in SOUTHGATE

                    Meanwhile in North London the "40s fashion indulgence day" was starting....

 Tim, from the 50s PICTURE PARTY at Jaeninne`s this summer,  was so kind and lend us himself, again , plus car!!!!

The usual suspects:

We can highly recomment the pub...

14.5. Students results KARIMAH fashion shoot

The aim was to create a series of fashion portraits.

Photographers had to  make the most out of the available autumn light in connection with colour composition, taking into consideration skin tones, fashion colour and colours the location provided naturally.

Technically, we could use a set of refectors to direct the light accordingly.

These images are form Lisa Duncan:

FAB! 

14. Students results

This is from Martina Mele:

And the girls at work.

13. KARIMAH fashion at the church

12. Fashion on a Sunday

The Masterclass Autumn 2011 started on a Sunday. A quiet churchyard until the fashion crew took over....

Thanks to Father Bruce we had permission to go about our business and even take up some space for Hair-and Make-up as well as Styling with ALL bags and ..stuff we could carry up the steep, tiny staircase to heaven. 

Karimah organised all this for our first session of the second Masterclass. Thanks again!

Trusted Urszula for Make-up and Marlena for Styling again.

Karimah and Benezir as models.

So much for the working conditions, and the atmosphere was as relaxed as ever.

Ulla you are the under rated star of the show...

It was just beautifull to see Muslim inspired fashion in a Christian church!

Masterclass autum 2011

The next Masterclass / workshop will kick of on Sunday, the 23rd of October at a church in North London.

fashion, models, props, make-up, all on stand by to start after service from 11 onwards.

Rumour is... the referend has biscuits!

10.0 The final set

It is done, over, our "final set" was the pub...

very pround of all my students.

Miss the Saturdays, see you in October.

9.0 Edit & Post-production

Esther Escalante`s edit and post-production presentation Skate & Streetdance :

FAB

8.0 Results 50s day / Picture Party

It is daunting to edit hundreds of shoots, especially after the wonderfull crew at Jaeninne`s gave us so many opportunities and complete freedom to, frankly, just mess around and respond to the themed setting.

Working with a mobile flash system was new ( Bowens is still one of my favourite to work on any set inside and outside) for nearly all students but the intro and a little push into the cold water did the trick.

Well, I will always be there for backup.

Here are Esthers images ( and she is so ahead with Photoshop already..):

Instantly, I like to get dancing tonight, as an unleashed housewife maybe....

7.5 Streetdance part II

The result from the session with Briony and Eleni:

The secret is in the shutter speed for the moving subjects. But we had to fight with changing lighting conditions as well, clouds...

When the clouds are in and out of your set : support with a fill in flash from a flash gun or speed light.

Digital version with a cable gives you are variety of choises and you support natural lighting.

If you have sun, work with it, integrate the shadows into your composition. Work with it not against it.

Or block the sun out all together with a second reflector...

Soft light, indirect sunlight is perfect for close ups.

I just evend the colour and contrast with Photoshop. 

The hard part was the editing, we have too much good stuff...

And thanks again to ALL the team for working in this heat!!!

We are setting up MASTERCLASS autum now.