Model - Gemma Stafford
Photographer - Anna Bending (myself)
Location - London
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PHOTOSHOOT WITH MODEL & MUA GEMMA STAFFORD.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing model and MUA Gemma Stafford on the streets of London. I have photographed this beauty on a number of occasions dating back to 18 months ago, where we have explored both glamour and edgy portraiture within our previous collaborations, however this time we wanted to go down a more "fashion/street" route. She jumped on the coach from Somerset to London, and we met at Covent Garden just after midday and from there we grabbed a Starbucks and discussed the day ahead. 

Starbucks, going through my research folder and Gemma's iPad

The weather itself wasn't looking too great but we were adamant that we wouldn't let it dampen our spirits (literally) and decided to start shooting as quickly as possible before/if it rained. Gemma and myself has previously discussed different outfits for the shoot, and we decided that the staple items would be a "gurlie dress"for some cute, fashiony type photographs, a pair of leggings (discopants) for some edgy portraits against the walls of London, and another outfit for some "lookbooky", street style images. Location wise, we didn't have anywhere we specifically wanted to go, but we had a vision of where we would like to shoot, and once we started shooting the first idea, this encouraged us to keep going and got the ball rolling, so to speak!

       One of the contact sheet's for the first idea...

One of the contact sheets for the second idea...

One of the contact sheets for the third idea...

We relied on natural light and despite using an obviously busy and happening location we managed to attain some stunning images! Edit wise, I shall play around with a few from each idea, and then maybe create some edits that involve more than one photograph being the final outcome, so pairing two images together to exaggerate the street/lookbooky feel we both desired when shooting. 

Gemma is always a pleasure to photograph she is very laid back but an extremely motivated gurlie and with us both being on the same page (this was achieved by organising the shoot in advance, planning it etc) the shoot was an enjoyable experience and it acted almost like a "test shoot" as we are planning to shoot in London again next month! On our shoot we scouted out future locations that we shall be returning too for the next shoot, and I am already excited.

Images to come...

To see our previous collaboration, head to 2011 Collaboration

Check out Gemma Stafford's official website at www.gemmastafford.com

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