THE AMELIA REN collection is from a young designer currently in her third year of a degree
in Fashion and Textiles. Lauren Knowles, the
designer, creates one off bridal gowns, prom
dresses and evening wear and contacted me
as she required my services as a photographer.
will know that these selections are called boards
and can be shared between people easily. This
is exactly what we did!
When it came to the day of the shoot, I was
able to show the models and my assistant what
we were trying to achieve at each location on
The brief was to attend the venue, Lychgate my tablet. This made life easier as I didn’t have
Coffee in Pattingham, where we would be work- to spend time explaining, I could just show.
ing together to achieve and 1920s style wedding
photography shoot for her Final Major Project We shot both outdoors in the church yard, uscollection. There were three wedding dresses ing natural light and the natural surroundings,
which had been handmade by Lauren and all and indoors in the coffee shop, where we used
required this style. The dresses were worn by the natural light from the large bay window to
models which Lauren had chosen and each had create the 1920s look.
their own unique hairstyle and headdress to accompany them.
My post processing involved very little editing
as I shot what I wanted in camera. The editing
The coffee shop was set next to a church so I did do was a simple increase of contrast and I
there was no doubt about us shooting in the added a filter to give the images that summery
church yard as well as the vintage coffee shop. 1920s feel. The images were well received by
We just had to hope the weather held, which Lauren and she was impressed with the quality
it did.
and that I’d been able to create images she had
envisioned.
To achieve the images I took I started by doing some research on ‘Pinterest’ to see what a To commission a one off bridal gown, prom
1920s style looks like. From there Lauren and dress or evening wear garment, contact Lauren
myself would trade ideas until we came to the on:
ultimate selection of images which inspired this
shoot. If you have used ‘Pinterest’ before, you
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