Monochrome shoot

For my monochrome beauty shoot, I wanted to create a more toned-down, relaxed series of images. I didnt want to play around with make up or clothes too much for this one, As my colour shoot was quite glamourous. Erin has beautiful eyes so this is what i wanted to focus on. Because of her pale complexion, I wanted to use a grey backdrop instead of black to create a softer image, and asked Erin to wear a grey jumper too, which went really well with the backdrop and helped to create the tone i was after.

I have always been obsessed with different textures and since starting this project, I have discovered that I am obsessed with hair and the different textures you can create with it! Erin has really long and silky hair which I didnt have to change at all as it went really well with the soft and efortless image i was trying to create. I used a soft box for this image, but with the flash on a lower setting as I didnt want bright, harsh lighting.

I really loved the simplicity of these images and hardly had to edit them at all. I feel that converting the image into black and white does a lot for you, i personally feel that black and white is often more flattering. All I had to do after this was alter the brightness and contrast.