A recent photography commission for British jewellery designer and maker, Milly Maunder based in Devon. Milly makes and designs beautiful handcrafted Granulation jewellery. After learning that Milly created her jewellery being inspired by texture and organic design, I wanted to produce a lifestyle photoshoot to portray just that! Based in the Dorset countryside, it was easy for me to find the right location to conduct this photoshoot with model/artist Amy Balch. Check out the portfolio here
On Location with Charli Fisher
It was an after hours event at Wolf and Badger, London during London Fashion Week 2020 when I first met Charli Fisher. We soon got talking and before departing for the evening, we did what anyone in the creative industry does nowadays, exchange Instagram profiles.
We had the connection of living down South (Charli left London to visit family occasionally) so we remained in touch ever since in the hope of one day doing a photoshoot. The lock down bought us together, but from a distance, and we soon ended up working together.
Charli rustled up a few fashion brands such as Nicola Sexton, Aspinal, Burberry, Naeco, Loveness Lee, Trubikini, UN-NYE and Adeline Rusu.
I had a location in mind. One of my favourite beaches in Dorset - I had always imagined doing a fashion shoot here. The flat, quiet beach, golden sands, dried pale grasses and the tree stumps all made an ideal location to fit with the brands Charli was modelling. Plus, the red telephone box located on the edge of the bay gave me the cinematic shots I had always imagined would tell a great story.
Huawei UK was also on board - the landy was the ideal prop yet again!
“Working with Indy was an absolute pleasure. Very professional, fun on location and the images turned out amazing. I will definitely work with Indy again!”
— Charli Fisher, Presenter
At Home Product Photography With Tutti & Co. Jewellery
When it comes to shooting at home, lighting is key. The morning light is so beautiful at the moment that I chose to shoot some of my favourite jewellery pieces from a brand called Tutti & Co.
For this shoot, it was early enough to get soft light outside and still create the ‘early morning, fresh sheet’ look that I was aiming for to fit with this particular brand.
Things you will need:
Camera / Phone
Table
Duvet / white sheet
Product / jewellery of your choice
Leaves
A couple of props to play around with - I used pastel pink almonds but fruits could be an alternative idea
Step 1: Position your table where the light can hit the object whether inside by a window or outside. Play around with your positioning to avoid shooting into the light.
Step 2: Place down your white sheet - I used a duvet to give the ‘Lazy Sunday morning’ vibe and also add some texture and depth around the product and props.
Step 3: Play around with your layouts. I thought about the composition when shooting mine - placing the jewellery as centre focus and positioning a beautiful glass bowl of pink almonds (House of Dorchester Chocolates) closer to the light to give off some lovely detailed reflections on the sheet. I also really like it when props bleed out of the frame too but I experimented with a range of framings.
Step 4: Play with the light. I used a leaf from a fern and had a couple of different shaped leaves to swap in and out depending on how much white space I wanted to keep around the product. These shadows added a nice ‘summery’ feel to fit with the brands aesthetics.
Step 5: Editing - I wanted it to be soft and light and make the pink in the almonds ‘Pop’. I lifted the shadows and whites and lowered the highlights slighting to capture a bit more detail. Below are some of my befores and afters!
I hope you enjoyed! I have more product photography shoots lined up soon with new experiments, so stay tuned…