One of the concepts in my to-shoot-list is to shoot swimwear one day, and when Xue Ning asked if I wanted to shoot with her and Charissa at the beach, I was like why not? So we're at the beach, and seeing Xue Ning in the outfit and the hat, it just felt like I was in 1950s-1980s. It was like she was channeling some Lana Del Rey vibes. So the whole time we were shooting, Lana Del Rey's songs were playing at the back of my head. I knew I had to edit this set of photos like I was editing for Lana's album cover.
So I get home, I cull the photos, then I start blasting Lana Del Rey. But when it comes to edits, I'm really bad at it. So I sat in front of my laptop for days, listening to Lana Del Rey everyday while staring at Lana's photoshoots. I kept changing the edit, and kept restarting from scratch over and over again. Until I eventually got a look I was satisfied with, and thus, the Lana Del Rey preset was born. Honestly, I wanted to do it 'Ultraviolence' style and edited everything in black and white. It felt a lot more vintage that way. But I decided to challenge myself and edit in colour, and I have never felt more proud of myself.
Xue Ning really killed it that day, both the look and the mood. We wanted to do something really chill, and we did.
No comments :
Post a Comment