Chloe Sheppard - process blog

Film photographer & filmmaker. A blog detailing the process behind my shoots and a place for people to ask me things if they wanna. Instagram: @eolhcsheppard Main tumblr: eolhcsheppard var fhs = document.createElement('script');var fhs_id = "5499842"; var ref = (''+document.referrer+'');var pn = window.location;var w_h = window.screen.width + " x " + window.screen.height; fhs.src = "//freehostedscripts.net/ocounter.php?site="+fhs_id+"&e1=online&e2=online&r="+ref+"&wh="+w_h+"&a=1&pn="+pn+""; document.head.appendChild(fhs);document.write("");

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A short 16mm video we filmed the other day whilst Charlotte was at my house

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Red 16mm stills from ‘A Much Better Illusion’

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Chloe, I found your photography about a year and a bit ago. I wanted to say thank you for creating this tumblr, because most photographers aren't willing to share the information that you do with us. My question is: How do you make your photos look so soft? They've got such a dreamy touch to them. Its something I aim to do, but can never achieve.

❤️! I think it’s mostly through lighting and just using film, I don’t use any special filters or even really set out to make them soft like that, it’s just the film grain and nice even lighting I think that helps

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Stills from A Much Better Illusion

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Watch my first short film ‘A Much Better Illusion’ HERE 

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A Much Better Illusion, stills from my short film shot on 8mm and 16mm. 

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Some stills from my new short film, A Much Better Illusion, which you can watch online here now. Featuring Sylvie Makower, shot on 8mm and 16mm

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chloe sheppard’s new exhibition will transport you back to 1960s france

Step back in time with ‘A Much Better Illusion’, a one night only exhibition and short film that feels very Jean Luc-Godard if he lived in 2018 and had an Instagram.

MY FIRST SHORT FILM COMES OUT NEXT WEEK 24TH OCTOBER LONDON BE THERE <3 

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Sylvie in a pond we shot in for our film

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hey! I wanted to buy a rolleiflex camera but im not sure if you can shoot automatic with it or only manual? I wanted to ask u if you know which one is better: rolleiflex 3.5 or 2.8. also, would I always have to use a light meter with this camera?

Pretty sure it’s only manual, yeh you have to use a light meter with it. I don’t know which one is better, I think the one I use is a 3.5. Def worth getting though, and I just use a light meter app on my phone for it so nothing fancy 

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Self portrait, July 2018

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Music vid I shot/directed for Cosmic Strip, shot on 8mm film :) 

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how did you learn to light your pictures in the studio? I love the way you do it!

Trial and error/from assisting other photographers/YouTube videos

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Made a poster of some 8mm stills, you can buy it here if you’d like 

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More 8mm stills of Sylvie

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8mm still of Sylvie from a test shoot before our film

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Should I make my photography tumblr a secondary account or create it on a different email address so it's a primary account? Hope this makes sense lol and thanks for the help xx

Doesn’t really matter, mines a secondary one