Hello models,
I've been very busy these past few days planning life and honestly last week's photoshoot was a very boring and messy week so I'll give a very short debrief on last week's photoshoot as well.
This week I think it's one of the best weeks so far, I love the theme and I love how bold some of you went.
Maris - You had one of my fave photos last week. Would have loved more definition between the seat and your suit but it was strong overall. Now for this photoshoot the theme if you didn't watch season 1 it's very similar to the broken doll theme so it's not very original. A lot of the dolls in the claw machine seem very mushed cause of AI so it doesn't really look very good but I do love your pose, would have loved to see more of a ballerina pose but it's still strong.
Jane - Last week was a complete mess and miss from you, very disappointed, you won the week before, I hope you don't take it for granted and the bottom wakes you up so you keep pushing yourself. I love the theme buut I would have loved for the effect to make you not blend so much with the fruits, the effect makes it a bit too blended and I would also would have liked for your outfit to have matched more the theme of the fruits, representing a fruit that maybe wasn't in the claw machine without being costumy. Your pose is one of my faves, very clean, strong, the hand on the crystal wall, love it. I think your hair is one of your strongest qualities and it is totally lost in the picture. A little bit mid for what I expect from you but still good.
Brat - Your leg last week bothered me so much, it seemed like you had two knees but it was on the safe part for me. This week and last week for me you had the same problem, your pictures are from so far away, I remember in the girl group I had the same problem as well. While the overall picture doesn't look bad, I lose you completely, you're so far away usually that I can barely focus on you. I love the aesthetic of your picture but I'm not getting claw machine since we can't see where you can control the claw from, it's giving Mr Beast challenge 7 days not getting out of the crystal box, not claw machine.
Sprite - I enjoyed your photo last week, it was giving girl boss at least. I LOOOOOVE how original your theme is, it's not just giving pretty girl in a box. I would have loved a little bit more realistic as if someone could actually be playing the claw machine, not just in the middle of a field. Your pose, your hair are very good but while I get the vibe that mermaids when represented usually don't have wet hair, I would have liked it to me more wet so it fully gives underwater.
missKant - I like the theme of being girl boss on top of the table but in comparison with Sprite's it's a bit less unique for me. I haaaate when girls do the magazine cover thing (love you Gabs) it's cheapens the photo sooo much for me. This week's photo gives me a mix of what a lot of girls did already as well, a pretty girl in a box, Dimitra gave everyone this week total freedom with the theme and I was expecting to see something more than a pretty girl surrounded by dolls. Love the hairstyle.
KaliMinaj - Last week falls again under the "pretty girl influencer" theme I haven't seen from you a while, safe but not interesting at all. This week I like this veeeery much, it's so original, you're so skinny that the claw machine is fully picking you up, the theme is very unique, very strong. Even tho I like the photo my problem with this week's photo is everything is toooo blended, at first I didn't even notice you were fully being picked up, you're a bit too far to have a good look at how fierce your face looks and it being so dark it's even harder, it's the small details that could elevate your photo to almost perfect.
akaliuchis - You were my fave last week, the green and red looks very good for you but it didn't fully give me CEO, it was giving a little bit secretary tbh. I looove this week's photo, the no gravity thing is soooo smart to let you move freely and strike a stunning pose. The color palette is so well thought out for me. I tiiiiny bit closer would have been great so I could get a better look of your face but even from a far I can see intensity in it.
manyomash - I can see you love a good photo from underneath, but I'm getting a bit bored of it but the judges love it and it separates you from the rest of the girls. It didn't fully give me CEO but it was still one of the best ones for sure. For this week 3/10 or maybe even 4 depending how you want to count it have done the same kind of theme in a week that was so free to be creative and to differentiate from the competition and that makes me sad from how similar a lot of you went. Its just a pretty girl surrounded by dolls from far away that I can barely see. The pose isn't very interesting and I can barely see your face but I do like the outfit at least.
Overall I really liked the theme and photos, would have appreciated a little bit more originality from some of you being one of the least strict prompts Dimitra has given you so far. It was an opportunity to show us your vision and what I got from a lot of you is that you're good at following directions but when you're free to do whatever it kinda falls in the meh category but overall nobody did a bad photo, it's top9 and the competition is stiff so good luck everyone.
Photoshoot8 ranking:
1. akaliuchis
2. KaliMinaj
3. Sprite
4. Jane
5. Maris
6. MissKant
7. Manyomash
8. Brat
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