The person I have decided to take a portrait of for my project is also a UCA student called Emily, studying Fashion Promotion. I decided to ask Emily to sit for me because of the way she came across to me, she seemed bubbly, careless, exciting and fun. I thought this would be interesting with my concept, and whether she thought the way people saw her changed much from the person she believed she was, or at least wanted to see herself as.
I met with her and told her about my ideas and concept for the project. Emily seemed interested in what I was planning for the shoot, but she also seemed a little nervous about the amount of freedom I planned to give her! When I asked Emily how she thought other people saw her she said that she thought other people saw her as wacky, weird or strange. I wondered if by that she meant slightly unapproachable?
I asked Emily to style herself completely for the shoot, as I said I didn't want to influence her decisions at all. I told her to make sure anything she wore was something she loved and felt comfortable and that it was important that the whole shoot was about her being happy with what was happening; from what she wore to how she posed in the photos.
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