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Four Great Gatsby Inspired Photo Shoots to Raise a Glass To

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05/09/2013
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Last Updated on 05/09/2013 by Chris Gampat

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The Great Gatsby is one of the latest movie crazes this year, and part of it is all about the looks and styling–just like Mad Men. But there is a lot that goes into the creation of these scenes from the wardrobe to the actual vision and everything to the editing. We scoured the web to try to find some of the best photo shoots inspired by the movie.

And here’s what we found.

Alex Huff’s Gatsby Inspired Portrait

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Image by Alex Huff

Alex Huff is the Copy Editor and Product Photographer for Borrow Lenses and also quite the photographer. She created Game of Thrones inspired portraits using a very interesting technique, and she recently shot a series of Great Gatsby inspired portraits. She did this process in order to get the poster effect. One of the biggest factors in this image though is the set design and the costume selection. Alex was able to perfectly put this all together and she made the bokeh in the background match perfectly to the entire color scheme.

You can check out a full tutorial on how she did it over at 500px’s blog.

Carla Ten Eyck’s Great Gatsby Inspired Wedding

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Image by Carla Ten Eyck

We found this shoot from Carla Ten Eyck on Style Me Pretty, and she has to be given major props for not only choosing a stylist to nail the wardrobe and all perfectly, but also choosing the locations. The areas where this takes place not only reflects the vision currently shown in the movie, but also matches up to what F. Scott Fitzgerald created when he envisioned West Egg, NY. However, this was shot in Connecticut, which isn’t too far from New York.

Ashley Perez of Ashley Photographer’s Modern Gatsby Party

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Image by Ashley Photographer

What would the Great Gatsby be without parties? Ashley Photographer was featured previously on Green Wedding Shoes, and she drew inspiration from the 1920’s looks: which seem to have flappers and all. She also incorporated elements from the original film from the 1970’s. But these elements obviously carry over, despite the noticeably more retro-modern look of the new movie.

Scroll through the images and take a closer look at some of the vintage couches that she probably had redone. All of them combine to create the makings of a beautiful shoot.

A.L. Carter’s Great Gatsby Fine Art Wedding Inspired Shoot

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Image by A.L. Carter

We found this shoot via Love My Dress–shot by A.L. Carter, the shoot features lots of fine details that a wedding planner would totally love. The images themselves are rendered very subtly to mimic the look of film, which helps to add to the vintage 1920’s theme. Then consider some of the more interesting locations of the shoot: such as the interiors that were shot in such a way to make the scenes look extremely wide. Carter’s Fine Art background adds to the shoot by not only combining the vintage aesthetics but also the creative angles and positioning of the models.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.