Josie McCann's Photography: My Shoot

For the content of this shoot, I wanted my model to have the most respect and privacy she deserved. - Therefore I arranged this shoot to be done in a private, heated room.

I personally am very pleased with this shoot. My model looks beautiful, relaxed and I got exactly what I wanted.

I used a plain, white background for this shoot as I wanted my model to be the entire focus.

I also used two broncola lights with one pack and a soft-box on each light.

These images were taken using a bronica camera, with a standard lens at F.8, and an even background reading of F.11.

Quite a few of these images had a few dots and scratches on, which I can only presume happened when I processed the negs.

Also, a few photos that I tried printing looked ok on the contact sheet, but under an enlarger were slightly out of focus. The nearest I could get was a focus that looked a little soft. It wasn't 'crystal clear', which I was really dissapointed about.

I found choosing one final image really difficult. I printed five of my favourite's, and ended up getting stuck between a choice of two.

I was really inspired by the famous Demi Moore magazine shot and a fashion based, pregnant magazine cover, by Christina Aguilera.

I wanted to show the idea that being pregnant is beautiful and natural. - But that the model is still her own person.

The printing of my two favourites;

'Naked Beauty' - Demi Moore inspired;