Book Layout

When thinking about how I wanted the inside of my book to be I decided to look at makeup photography books already on the market. I chose to look at "Andrew Gallimore by Rankin" & "Art and Makeup by Lan Nguyen" with layout of their books were completely different so thought this would be a good base to start from.

ANDREW GALLIMORE BY RANKIN 

I like how on this image there is negative space next to the image as it's so bright it work well to draw your focus to just that this is something to consider for the layout of my book. 

I like how it's pretty much the same image with a slight change this could work with a couple of my images. 

What drew my attention to this page is that it isn't a double spread but it slightly creeps over to the second page. extending the picture out just a little bit allows for the viewer to see more detail in the image. 

ART & MAKEUP BY LAN NGUYEN 
My book will be about the same size of Lan Nguyen's book so I wanted to see how the inside was laid out.

I like the image on one page but feel the writing and the little image is too much I would want to see the image bigger than that. 

This gives a clean finish to the images and makes them look clean and polished however if I was to do this I would have to do it with everyone and feel you wouldn't be able to see all the detail in the shots. 

i like this close up shot of the eye and how it covers two mages you are really able to the detail in this shot even down to the white eyeliner in her waterline. 

I like the layout of Andrew Gallimore's book better I feel it's more about the pictures and lets them speak by having them big. He doesn't cram in lots of images and doesn't mind having a few blank pages thought his book this is something I would like to do too.

LAYOUT OF MY BOOK
Below is the layout of my book so far before doing the water shoot.

Bright Lights Shoot

I had already planned on doing a photoshoot based on thunderstorms and freak weather conditions. But thought on the day before the shoot start to try and do a a few close up shots of the face and have the images really over exposed to show electricity as well and lightening. 

I quickly screens hotted a few ideas so that my model would know what I meant. I spoke to my photographer and he said he would shoot the images normally and over expose them on photoshop. 

Inspiration From iPad. 

TRYING DIFFERENT EFFECTS 

We shot a few image straight on and with my model pulling a face like she was screaming. I would see these would look good when they were over exposed as the face she was pulling looked realistic of being scared by the light. 

We decided to try and see if we could create anything a little different using double exposure. 

We created some really different images however with some we did have trouble with the ears being the main focus when she turned her head. 

The ears have become the main focus in this image. This was because she was just turning her head side to side. 

Again the ears are too distracting in this image and that is all you can really see when looking at the image.

EDITING IMAGES 

My photographer knew what my theme was and suggested put a lightening effect on some of the images I thought this was a great idea as it pulls it together and makes the viewer understand what effect it is. 

MY THOUGHTS 

For a last minute decision these images have turned out well. My photographers idea of adding the lightening effects onto the image really work. it adds that element of shock and I really like how bright they are. I think if they were to go any brighter you would start to loose too much detail. 

The double exposure work really well and show the hecticness of lightening and storms. 

THE OVERALL EFFECT

These images work well along side my other images and off the same raw effect I have managed to achieve with my other images. If I was to do this photoshoot again I don't think I would change anything for next time. They were very simple to shoot but I believe effective in my book. 

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WHERE TO GO FROM HERE - My next step is to talk about the thunderstorm shoot i'm planning and what inspiration lead me down this path. 

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