Jess Dowson

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Interlude - Personal photoshoot

Since I had some spare time in the studio after finishing photographing the models, I wanted to investigate some lighting set-ups applied to a human (in this case, me). I sketched out some lighting ideas, and Colin Jackson - the studio tech - set the equipment up for me & kindly took the shots. (Next time I’ll happily do it myself, but I was nervous as hell, and my mind was completely blank). These are the two that made the cut.

Incidently, I don’t know what it is about a studio setting, but as I walk into one I feel that I immediately forget how to be a photographer which causes my nerves to ratchet up to 11/10. I think I’ll look into booking the studio, take along a few things, and just ensure that I can be left to my own devices to play around, make mistakes (without breaking anything).