Photography Blog

[Venus in Furs]

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread, so if not please move it. Last year (in my final semester of my Media degree) I did an assignment on the possible detriment caused, as a result of an increase in online retailing, to the Rick Owens brand due to the company's lack of self publicity and visual campaigns. It basically looked at how the visual communication of products and brand image was delegated to retailers (fit pics), fashion press, and consumers (through forums, blogs etc).

Anyway, it was just a hypothetical assignment and I'm by no means advocating for a Rick Owens advertising campaign. However, it did make me realise how few good photos there are of a lot of the brands seen on here. So it gave me the idea to start a photography blog containing images of products by such labels.

It's in the very early stages, and unfortunately, I'm not sure I do these designers much justice (and some of the photos are not really great photos of the clothes anyway). Nevertheless, I thought you guys might be interested in taking a look.

Forty Different Shades of Black

Any advice and/or criticisms you may have would be greatly appreciated, and apologies for the rant.

[feralpartykids]

You can check out

http://www.them-thangs.com/

or

http://everythingtoeveryone.com/

For ideas

[mrbeuys]

http://everythingtoeveryone.com/

For ideas

Damn, I have work to do I have you know!!!!
This is ruining my afternoon in the best way possible. Thanks for sharing.

[feralpartykids]

Damn, I have work to do I have you know!!!!
This is ruining my afternoon in the best way possible. Thanks for sharing.

LOL sorry about that those are my 2 favorites I have a bunch more

[Sombre]

Venus, I like the idea. A suggestion: whenever possible, please try to use colour images. I think garments (including black ones) lose their impact in black and white. The image as a whole may be more striking, but there's not much one can tell about the clothes themselves without colour.

[Venus in Furs]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try some in colour. I'm still very new to photography, so it's a matter of trying different things.

[interest1]

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Well that just torpedoes the name of the whole blog now, don't it?!

You two are lookin' good tho, V.

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[Venus in Furs]

Thanks interest, that means a lot

[Ivans On High]

There are some times in life when, against my better judgement, I feel like taking up smoking. This is one of them.

Nice photos for sure.

[feralpartykids]

http://www.thecontributingeditor.com/

[Fade to Black]

ViF: The sequential self portrait triple threat at the end is my favorite. You look like you could be one of my favorite musicians, I love it.

[Fade to Black]

http://everythingtoeveryone.com/

For ideas

thanks a million for this, an absolute goldmine.

[feralpartykids]

thanks a million for this, an absolute goldmine.

No problem

[Venus in Furs]

ViF: The sequential self portrait triple threat at the end is my favorite. You look like you could be one of my favorite musicians, I love it.

Hey thanks man, really appreciate it. I actually play in a band, and I got into clothing and fashion through music, so that influence is always there

[Castor]

Larger photographs would be great.