Firstly, we met for lunch before catching the tram into Birmingham, once we'd arrived at the Jewellery Quarter which is just outside Birmingham we tried to find the studio's. After struggling to figure out the way out of the actual tram station we thought we might need a little help getting to the venue. So we got up the postcode on Hannah's phone and used google maps to direct us, this was a little embarrassing as the voice on maps was very loud and people were looking at us strangely. Oh well. Eventually we found where we needed to be.
When we arrived a very friendly man took us upstairs to the styling rooms. Here we had to fill out some forms on how we wanted our hair done for the shoot (I opted for curls) and how we wanted our makeup done (I opted for smokey eyes), I played it very safe as you can tell. The makeup artists and hair stylists were very nice, and did a fab job of making us look beaaautifull. The lady also went over my nails for me as one had chipped a little on the way. I loved how she did my make-up she used a lovely peachy orange on my lips, which I absolutely loved but didn't get the name of the colour, so I am going to have to go into Mac to have a little nosey and see if I can find it.
After our makeup and hair was done we went back downstairs to meet the photographer, again this lady was really, really nice. She put us at ease and made us feel really comfortable, we talked with her for about 5 minutes about what we wanted out of the shoot, explaining that we'd never done anything like this before and it was just a bit of fun, so no serious 'modelling' needed to happen haha. She then took us into the photography studio, which was a massive room with lots of different background's and props. We got changed into our first outfit and got started.
After the shoot we had to wait a little while, around about 20 minutes. This was because the photos had to download onto the computer before a viewing session. The same man who greeted us at the start of the day turned out to be the digital artist. He took us up to the viewing room where we went through all 82 of the photos that we had taken. We had to narrow this down to a sensible number and discuss prices and packages for us to takeaway the photos we wanted. This took a little longer than we thought.
I had a really, really fun day and it was something I probably won't do again, and if I do, not for a very long time. Therefore I am very thankful to Hannah for buying me such a cool and unique present! If you're thinking about doing one of these photoshoot days then I would definitely recommend it's really lighthearted and fun. A really good day out, that is something different to do!
My 3 Outfits
- Blue Jumpsuit from Topshop and Red Heels which I borrowed from Hannah.
- Navy blue skinny jeans from H&M, Peachy coloured Patterned Shirt from Haute Society at TK Max and Beige heeled boots from Truffle.
- Blue patterned collared dress from Ged London at TK Max with black tights and black boots from New Look.
A selection of the photos from the day!
(These are the professional photos, for more 'behind the scenes' photos follow me on Instagram)
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