Of Fairytales

I had the joy of photographing an editorial for online magazine Glacier at the beginning of March, when spring was beginning to stir! I was very keen to photograph something that looked very spring-like and refreshing, after a dark, dull (but dry) winter in England!

So in between my last Uni project, I planned this editorial, and knew right away that I wanted to work with the lovely Georgina. I absolutely adore her hair, it is pretty phenomenal!

I also teamed up with Kee Boutique who sent me a lovely selection of pretty dresses, with lace and florals galore, and Pearls & Swine were wonderful enough to loan me a few hair pieces to play with, including a beautiful pink rose and a gorgeous crown,too! I spent a lot of my morning on the day of the shoot squealing with joy over the lovely things I had to photograph!

I sourced a local park to shoot at, which I had never been to before. It was very quiet and peaceful, although a little rainy, and we took cover under a balcony where Clare Barber worked her make-up magic and warmed Georgina's cheeks and lips with pastel colours that tied the look together completely!

It felt so refreshing to shoot again after being cooped up in the studio photographing still life shots for a client-based brief, and I am really pleased with the results!

Here are my favourite shots from the day:

Photographing Oli

Back towards the end on March, I had a test shoot with Oli. You may have seen a couple of the images on my website, one of which has been invited to be submitted to Getty Images (yay!), but I never got around to showing you a couple more from the day.

I met Oli outside a garage, unfortunately due to my lift into the city being post-poned because my ride put the wrong fuel in the car at the filling station during the pandemonium of that potential petrol strike. So Oli came and rescued me and we made our way to an abandoned pumping station just outside of the city. I had been there once before for a test shoot, but never properly explored it. It has so many gorgeous textures playing, and it's age makes it very appealing to photograph.

We photographed around there for about an hour, then decided that we wanted to do something a bit more summery, seeing as the weather was starting to become scorching!

We headed to one of the local parks and photographed caboodle more there, which is where I photographed Oli near some daffodils, which is my favourite shot from the day!

I have photographed Oli one more time since then, and I will be blogging about that in due course, too!

Poppy and Pearls & Swine

I had a lovely test shoot this last week with the wonderful Poppy Keith! We photographed around the gorgeous area of the Cathedral in Norwich, where the daffodils have popped up, and signs of spring have truly set in. Not so spring-like was the rain we had towards the end of the shoot, which led us to wrap it up quickly, but still very pleased with the photos we got! We went exploring in a herb garden, and admiring the quaint little houses owned by the Cathedral, with a dash of envy!
The wonderful designer Pearls & Swine loaned us these fantastic fascinators, which we had such a soft spot for (especially the crown!). Please do search for 'Pearls & Swine' on facebook, and look at all the creative, imaginative designs she produces! Your jaw will drop to the floor!

February 2012- Vintage Wedding Fair

 I apologise for my lack of blogging; I recently had a hand-in at uni which consumed all my time in the run-up to hand in! I am now enjoying the latter half of my two week respite, so am taking the time to update you on a few of my ventures!

Last month, I was asked to document the Norwich Curious Vintage Wedding Fair (if you are a London birdie, it will be on again in London March 31st! Be There!). As a few people may know, I am a complete fan girl as it were, for all things around vintage fashion and accessories, and I felt it would be a fantastic opportunity to mingle, meet a bunch of wonderful people and snap away in the process!

I chose to document the event in both film and digital. I can't explain why, but when it comes to documenting people and places, which I don't do often do, I just feel like it really has to be on film. My favourite combination is my Canon 300 with Kodak Color Plus 200 35mm film. I just love the colours, the subtle grain, combined with the soft focus created by a wide-aperture lens. Naturally, being at a vintage fair, the old school way seemed very fitting!

Here are a few of the best shots from the day, including some digital shots of the fashion show!

(All Photographs Copyright Emily Jane Morgan, All Rights Reserved)

 

When I looked outside of my bedroom window yesterday morning, and saw a modest amount of snow had lain, half of me thought 'yayyy snow photos!' and the other half thought 'oh god, I can't get out of the village and photograph anywhere.'. I think snow is the one and only time I loathe living in a quiet little village out in the countryside. I would LOVE to shoot at some of the parks and gorgeous woodland in the snow, but it is the issue of accessibility when there is ice on very small,winding roads. Just because I don't care very much for the scenery in my village, which at this time of the year is usually mud upon mud, it didn't mean I was going to pass up the annual snow self-portrait shoot,haha!
I traipsed onto the common-land, and walked for about 30 minutes before I found some trees I could nestle by. I saw the most wonderful spot, but it is unfortunately in full view of somebody's kitchen window, so I wanted to make sure I was out of the way and not bothering anyone or making a spectacle of myself!
There is something very calming about snow. Although I hated that I could not get to the most wonderful location I could think of, I loved that it stopped traffic. Everything was so silent and peaceful, which is how I like to shoot my selfies. I am not sure if I like this location anymore, to photograph at, but it is just lovely to take a walk across, and look over the bridge and see the sheep all cuddled up together (aww!).

So these are the photos I took and processed. I apologise for looking to raggedy. I have an ear infection, and it's left me feeling groggy,haha! Taking photos did take my mind off of it, which made me happy!

My Panda Hat

Nothing keeps me warm and happy in the winter quite like my panda hat. I wear it almost every day around this time of year, and I am quite emotionally attached to it, in all it's sparkly, sequined glory!
 I get compliments, I get the occasional funny look, but it seems to make a lot of people smile. I like that more than anything about this woolly wonder. Who knew one small item of clothing could brighten up someone's day? I really do hope I never lose this hat, and although I cannot wait for the spring time, I am going to miss wearing  my panda!

Scarlet Saint!

So last week, I hopped on a train to Stowmarket, the halfway point between myself and the wonderful Scarlet Saint, whom with which I was going to do a test shoot!
It was incredibly chilly, but fortunately, we had some beautiful sunshine, which meant I could try my hand at back-lighting a subject, in ambient lighting (and no rain, of course!).
It took us about an hour and a half exploring before we could find somewhere relatively suitable to photograph. We stumbled across a park with a little river, and took a tumble into the woods, where we did most of our shots! It was unbelievably muddy, and our suitcases were high-bound with dirt from us using them like walking sticks to get us up slippery slopes!
After taking our photos, we went exploring the town, which is inundated with charity shops (I am not complaining, they are the best places to source interesting props and clothes for shoots!), and warmed ourselves up with a hot chocolate.
So, here are the photos!
I hope to work with Scarlet Saint again soon, which I cannot wait for! I had so much fun!

P.S just realised I accidentally used my old watermark on this! I'm clearly living in the past,haha!