Wesley Burness F/W 12/13

As some of you may know, I have applied to switch into Fashion Design for next year.

I am thrilled to be developing photography skills to document my work, because lets face it, I will not be able to afford a photographer immediately after graduation. However never hesitate to contact me if you need pieces for a shoot!

These are some shots playing around to test the hanger appeal of my work for future reference.

Wine coloured silk dupioni dress shirt. 

Hemp vest with cowl neck.

It is true what we've heard in class, photography is about selection. You would never know these shots were taken in an emergency stairwell. I was aiming for industrial lofty boutique.

Lighting was limited to some barely-functional flickering fluorescent lightbulbs, however I dealt with it and intentionally overexposed the images to brighten them up.

And here's some on-figure photography by Ryerson grad Naomi Peters art directed and modelled by myself.

Joe Fresh on Carlton

The newly opened Loblaw's on Carlton is an exceptionally beautiful grocery store. If you can call grocery stores beautiful, this Loblaw's is. The Joe Fresh on the upper level, if summed up, can be described as "crisp". It is very well merchandised, and with bright white lighting, I kept the camera at 1/200 shutter speed.

Life in Technicolor

This may seem like an easy one for all you photoshop buffs, but I've always wanted to learn how to do the stereotypical "Red Rose, Black and White Background" shot since watching The Wizard of Oz as a little kid. The scene where Dorothy steps into colour for the first time is still amazing to me!

Seeing as how the weather ruined my outdoor plans today [Tornado reference? Perhaps this was meant to be...], I decided to teach myself how to do it!

I tried three variations of tonal balances (super bright, levelled, and subdued), and I think they all work pretty well for their subject matter.

All three have an ISO of 100, but the shutter speeds and aperture change for each one (heels being the brightest, the basket purse being the darkest). I also played with the depth of field in each one, to add focus to the main element.

Overall this experiment helped me find my courage to play with colour, as well as growing my brains and making me heart photoshop a little more. Nothing like feeling more at home with technology.

Shoes in the park

I love shoes, so I went to the park and did a shoot with different shoes. This is the result...

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/200

 Aperture - 6.3

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/200

Aperture - 5.6 

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/250

Aperture - 5.0

Masculine Vs Feminine

"What Chu Lookin' At?"

Emily Kowalik Wearing My Clothes - Masculine Vs Feminine - Using Humour to Show Theme


I've put Emily in some of my favourite items from my wardrobe to show the difference between masculine wardrobe and feminine model.  We have her playing with melons in the pictures because of the hilarity and irony.  The image below we thought was interesting because both her and the melons are in focus causing them both to look still and therefore looking like magic.


In Photoshop I then saturated the colours to bring out the intensity of the pinks, blues and yellows.


 AP: F2.8
SS: 1/20
ISO: 400

"Does My Magic Amuse You?"

"I'm Such a Pretty Little Boy"

That time of the week again...

My friend Jasmine had set up a shoot for one of here classes. 

I went along to 'get practicing' 

This is what happened.

I used a high ISO to get the grainy feel. I like the way depth of field is represented. 

I adjusted the contrast in photoshop. 

Low Lighting - Tripod

I took the bedroom and ring photos both on the manual setting, which is what I prefer shooting on regularly because I get full access to all of the options. I kept my ISO on a really low setting (100/200) because I wanted to capture a crisp image. I also shot at a f/8 for the same reason, and chose to focus on the shutter speed to capture the light, which my shutter speed setting was at +1.5 of a second to get the colour of the lights.