Purlpuri Summer-Autumn Mini Collection 2011 - Emma Dress

I like the colour the scarf added to the photographs, though it does draw away slightly from the dress itself. I also especially like the matching red of the lipstick, heart and shoes – good job Sophija and Valpuri who did all the styling together.

Purlpuri Summer-Autumn Mini Collection 2011 - Retro Cats Top

Isn’t that little fella a cutie? And aren’t Leonore’s legs long? For anyone wondering on the lighting in the pictures, they've all been tweaked slightly (and sometimes heavily) to give them a warmer tone and then altered indiviually to reflect the daylight at different times of day.

Purlpuri Summer-Autumn Mini Collection 2011 - Black Bolero

The last item to be photographed and the most fun to document. Sandra struck many a pose with the extra pictures below amongst my favourites from the day. Unfortunately they didn’t show off the top as well as the photographs selected and in the end, that they most important part.

Purlpuri Summer-Autumn Mini Collection 2011 - The Phones Top

Presented today is the Phones Top - the first item to be photographed. I’m actually quite fond of the little motif.
The theme selected for the shoot was Urban Summer, which lead to the garden area of Nexus Arts Café being chosen as the our location – a perfect combination of brickwork and plant life with easy access to facilities. The only issue with it was lack of sunshine that makes it down to ground level due to the high walls all around. But since I still have studio lights, I didn’t expect it to be a problem.

Here’s another angle on the top (if you haven’t guessed already, there was a great deal of standing on chairs / lying on the floor on my part).

Purlpuri Summer-Autumn Mini Collection 2011 - The HedgeHodge Top

Just days before the camera breakdown I completed a photoshoot for Valpuri of Purlpuri Handknits of her 2011 Summer-Autumn mini collection of knitwear. I’ve not done that many of these before and no fashion shoots but it sounded like a fun challenge. You can find the full collection here but I thought it might be interesting to feature an item a day here along with a few additional unused images and notes on the shoot.

So here's today's item - The HedegeHodge Top, named after the cute little design running around the bottom half.

And here's the additional images. I'm curious on people's thoughts on the first as there was bit of debate chosing between it and the top photograph.



  

Alaska in Winter @ Nexus Arts Cafe

Alaska In Winter

Air Cav @ Nexus Arts Cafe

Air Cav

Charlie Barnes @ Nexus Arts Cafe

Charlie Barnes

Alaska in Winter sketches

Drawn at tonight's Alaska in Winter gig at Nexus Arts Cafe. Photos will be coming next week.

Josh McClurg @ Tactile Affection

Josh McClurg

Imaginary Friends @ Tactile Affection

Imaginary Friends

Olly Jenkins @ Tactile Affections

Olly Jenkins

Carrie Mason @ Tactile Affection