JADE

I recently moved out of my parents family home and began my own adventure, which meant i got to move in with my beautifully, incredibly, funny and inspiring cousin Jade.
I am learning new things every day, how much she irritates me, how much i love her, how to be more independent.

I often have moments where i have an idea spring to mind and usually if i have my camera to hand i will try it.
Well this particular day was no exception, me and jade had been dancing around the kitchen in our pants drinking vino and it started off with grabbing the tin foil, It caught the light on Jades face and lit up her eyes. In that moment i wish i could have photographed her. I was a moment of what i would call sass!
 Wine in hand, music blaring i thought yeah lets do it lets shoot!
I used the tin foil to hang from my back drop stand, i used one soft box to light her, i did her make up followed my her hair and off we shot.

Just a quick off the whim test shoot Enjoy.

Beauty

It is always such a thrill to get a message asking you to do what you love, but when it means you have full control of everything its not only thrilling but also nerve racking.
Being responsible for make up, styling, a long with all the photographers duties can seem like a mammoth task but in some ways it makes the situation a lot easier as you have no one to explain your ideas to aside from the model and make up artist. There are no big teams to consult with there are no meetings to be had prior to shooting, it is a very stress free preparation for a photo-shoot. That aside you are left responsible for the whole direction and outcome of the shoot.
A lot of the shoots i find i am doing at the moment are test shoots and for a photographer at my stage i feel this is the best way forward and best way to progress and get the confidence I need in order to really push myself.
Collaborating with others is something i very much enjoy doing and is something i'm very much going to press for my future work.

Here is a shoot i worked on for aspiring model Clarissa, who has so much potential i can't even begin to explain.
Beautiful inside and out.

                                                                     

                       

          

"21"

Im currently in the final stages of my project "21", a body of images that portray the stereotypical stages and life experiences of your average 21 year old female.

Its hard being 21, if your anything like i am it has all happened over the last year.. University, work, deciding what you want to be, where you want to be and most importantly who you want to be.

Being subjected to so many different types of people over the last year has made me question who i am. who am i? am i crazy? am i a party finder? am i chilled and relaxed? am i serene and at one with myself? or am i both? can you be both? these are all questions that I am sure I'm not the only 21 year old has asked themselves. 

This project explores three main aspects of my personality that are fragmentations of self.

first Sex and love, the next beliefs and morality and the third my future and prospects.

I hope you like what i came up with.

OFF-CENTRE EXHIBITION

Our Uni days will soon be behind us and we will be out in the big bad world! As we are graduating at the end of the year and as a part of our final major projects our group has all come together to put on an end of year show/exhibition of our final major projects and bodies of work! So here it is all the info you will need to come and enjoy the opening night or visit the exhibition the week following.. www.facebook.com/offcentreexhibition

Join our event and let's us know if you will be coming along.

Ishop

As my second to last project towards my degree I worked on a rebranding project bringing back the "spice up your life" white platforms (originals from the 90s) reinventing them with an array of different outfits styled by ASOS upcoming collection! Here are a few of the images I made modelled by the gorgeous Beck Ward.

Creativity and its virtues

I have to say, today has been one of those days where you think "Could this day get any worse?"
And for the first time in a long time i battled through the negative energy and strived to really make magic happen for my evening shoot.
Tonight i worked at the house of some friends on some promotional shots and images for their EP release "Two Of Mankind" an undeniably talented duo, also from Lincoln, a duo setting the bar pretty high for music in our ever growing city.
Luckily for me they hired me for the job.
So i took my backdrop, i took my tripod, i took my flashgun and i took my positive energy and off i went.
With only a few ideas in mind we let the shoot flow and the outcomes were that of another worldly, phsycadelic yet completely natural feel.
With inspiration from The Beetles, Tame Impala and the work of Dan Mountford i put a dark twist on my own multiple exposures of the band.

Here is a few ideas of what we caught.. Check out my Facebook page for more up to date news....www.facebook.com/LucyButlerPhotography
And also take a look at Two of Mankind while your there i know you will love it.. you can't not!https://www.facebook.com/pages/Two-Of-Mankind/

Behind the scenes video from my water shoot a couple of months back.. enjoy!