Trust No One Clothing

In addition to our previous shoot model Jen Hughes had contacted Trust No-One clothing about using some of their tees for another shoot. Little did I know Trust No-One clothing is run by two of the guys from the absolutely awesome We Are Fiction, (Tom Calton and Ryan Chambers) a band that I happened to put on at a show I organised in Birmingham back in 2010.

For these shots we decided to shoot in Jen’s flat and go with a theme of two girls hanging and posing around their flat. Jen’s living room window and window-sill acted as the perfect base for the girls to pose on and so we decided this would be the main focus for the shots.

 In addition to the window I couldn’t resist taking a few ‘sofa’ shots of the girls lounging around.

 And then felt they would be perfect shots to shoot on Polaroid…. (Impossible Project film)

Both of these Polaroid shots were taken using flash. The first on the sofa appears much darker, whilst the window shot looks overexposed. When shooting the window shot my studio lights were still on and lighting the girls hence them being so bright. For the sofa shots I made sure I turned off the studio lights but the images in this shot seem just a bit too dark.

A big thanks again to Kerry-Louise Hiles and Adrian Love for their help and work on this shoot.

                                                All images are © Jemma Dodd Photography

We Are The Ocean

The first gig of February and the first time I shot with my shiny new Nikon D7000. Believe it or not I’d be saving up for this camera for well over a year but never quite got round to actually saving…never the less I’m super happy I finally have my new camera as my Nikon D70s is quite old and seems to occasionally be a bit temperamental when shooting.

I’ve shot We Are The Ocean a few times and feel my shots have gotten better every time I’ve shot them. This time was no different and shooting with my new camera I can’t believe the difference in quality! I just wish I’d have saved up quicker and bought this camera a long time ago!

As a band I absolutely love WATO and still can’t believe that Dan Brown isn’t a part of the band anymore. To me they will never truly be the same without him and I’m gutted I’ll never hear certain songs live again without his screaming. However they’re still an ace band and the absence of Dan’s screams only highlights the power of Liam Cromby’s voice.

Here’s a few shots from the show, to see more shots and Alex Easton’s review head over to altsounds.com. Full set of photos on Flickr

All images are © Jemma Dodd Photography

SD&V Apparel

At the end of January I worked with models Jen Hughes and Eve Carroll and took some shots for the awesome SD&V Apparel.  This independent clothing line is run by Charles Holmes singer of Heart in Hand and was established in 2011.  SD&V have some awesome clothing and so it was ace to get to shoot some of their stuff!! Head over to their store and Facebook to take a look.

I also teamed up with make-up artist Kerry-Louise Hiles and hair stylist Adrian Love, who I had previously worked with a few years ago as I thought it would be great to have them on board to create some subtle but edgy looks for the girls.

I decided to do some pretty basic ‘white background’ shots for the jumpers, keeping them fairly simple, but with that fun sexy attitude that SD&V represents.

 For the t-shirts and black jumper I wanted an outside location that had a real grudge feel to it, so I chose a location that I had in fact used before when at University as it fitted perfect for what I had in mind for these shots. I did decide to take some quick shots on location with the grey and pink jumper too.

All images © Jemma Dodd Photography

The First Gig Of 2013: The Blackout & Sonic Boom Six

Check out my live shots of The Blackout and Sonic Boom Six from their Birmingham show at the HMV Institute 23/01/13 on AltSounds.

Polaroids with the Impossible Project

Whilst on holiday in Berlin last year I picked up a polaroid camera from the Impossible Project. I'd wanted a polaroid camera for a while but had no idea where to get the film from. My wonderful boyfriend got down to doing some research and found out about the Impossible Project and it just so happened to be fate, that whilst on holiday there was a shop literally opposite our hotel!

Although the film is pretty expensive I LOVE shooting on polaroid film. It just means I have to plan the shot well and pick which shoots I think will look best in polaroid. Even with planning though, you can't guarantee the shot will come out as you hoped it would. For this reason I've decided it would be a good idea to include ALL my polaroid shots within my blog. That way I can keep a log on how I created the shot and if something goes wrong, or right I can record this and refer back to it when shooting again.

To see some of my previous polaroid photos check out the polaroid section on my website.

Here's two polaroid shots I took whilst out on my shoot with Sophie. Both of these shots were taken during the day without the flash. Although we were stood under the coverage of some trees I thought that there was enough natural light to mean I didn't need the flash, sadly I was wrong.

Both of these shots have been scanned, cropped and I've just simply added my logo to the bottom. I haven't changed any of the colouring etc but bare in mind the scanner hasn't picked up the exact colour of the photos.

 

As you can see on this shot it's pretty dark and you can just about see Sophie as a dark silhouette. There also appears to be some undeveloped areas of the photograph that look like brown patches. The Impossible Project says that these are caused by "uneven spreading of the film emulsion within the image due to a combination of roller pressure" Read here for more information

This second shot has been taken up much closer than the previous shot and due to the closeness and the lens not being in great condition, possibly also with the odd bit of camera shake there's blurring. Again not using the flash has made this image quite dark. One effect I do like on this image is the almost snow flake like shapes that have appeared in the top right and bottom of the image. I am yet to find out the cause of these but will continue to research into it!

If you scroll down to my previous blog post you can see some of the original shots of Sophie taken on my Nikon D70s.

All images © Jemma Dodd Photography