All photos by Vanessa Zhen

Continuing from my previous post, this set of photos was taken for my final re-shoot for my photography paper. I called the final series unveiling because I felt it was more about hiding and showing the different qualities, rather than my initial 'first impressions' approach.

One of my photographs were also displayed among many of the other beautifully photographs at the Shutter Pirates exhibition last month.... hmmm now I'm just wondering who took mine home?? lol

- V

▷ Model: Tia (@tiatiatiaaa)

▷ Model: Mayden (@cherrymayden)

▷"First Impressions" (working title)

All photos by Vanessa Zhen

This was one of my first shoots for my photography project I had last semester. The series had to consist of 9 photographs, but I chose 6 (above) as some of my favorites from the shoot. The theme I chose was 'first impressions' and I wanted to visually express this by using elements such as; light and shadow. The concept was to conceal and reveal qualities of a persons personality through the use of these elements whilst the photo-frame added another small dimension to the photograph overall.

I personally felt my approach wasn't strong enough to portray the true representation of 'first impressions, so I ended up also doing another re-shoot for this and that (I think) will be uploaded shortly.

Also my two models on the day were great (they're definitely not new faces on here haha) and they did what they were told!
Thanks guys ♡ 

- V