Above is the contact shoot from my first blonde shoot. This character was based on the stereotypical all american high school “it” girl as well as public figures such as Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. I experimented with different poses that exuded confidence, sass and glamour. I actually struggled with the posing for this shoot as I felt so far removed from this stereotype as I felt that I did not conform to the personality connoted through my appearance. This outfit was something that I wore frequently to work and once to a garden party when I had blonde hair, however I felt very strange re-visiting a look that I only distanced myself from a few months ago. Before conducting the shoot I decided that I wanted to use a clue background despite the masculine connotations because my pink dress was lost against the pink backdrop.

Above are the 3 shortlisted images from this shoot. I selected these because they have a sense of glamour to them, some of the more exaggerated poses looked a little pantomimic and ridiculous. The editing process for these images was slightly more extensive than previous shoots because (as you may be able to see from the raw photos in the contact sheet above) I did not glue the lace of the wig onto my forehead, which would be the proper way to wear this theatrical wig. I decided against gluing the lace of the wig down because during my research online, spirit gum was the best option, however I only had liquid latex to hand and I knew that I would only be wearing the wig fro a couple of hours and wouldn’t be taking part in any vigorous motion that would case the wig to slip off. I had to edit out the unsightly lace using a combination of the spot healing tool as well as the airbrush. I also increased the brightness, contrast, levels and colour saturation. I used the liquefy filter to smooth out the crinkles of the dress around the waist and cinch it in to create a more pleasing hourglass shape. I also slightly smoothed out the background and used the spot healing tool to get rid of any distracting blemishes.