Fashion Shoot 4

Equipment:

• Canon 600D
• 50mm Portrait lens
• Adobe Photoshop
• Wide-angle lens

Step 1-Lighting and camera settings

The lighting during this shoot was really interesting due to the fact that I was in a back alleyway, which I was mostly in shade yet during the shoot I discovered a section that was hit with direct sunlight. This gave me some really interesting harsh shadows to work with, as they created shadows on my model’s eyes and facial features which created o non-human aspect to my model.

The camera settings was a struggle for this shoot by how many times I had to experiment with the settings until I had the correct exposure and focus. The problems were due to the harsh lighting and shadows which I had to constantly adjust my settings for.

Step 2-Mood and Model direction

The mood for this shoot was to achieve a more gritty black and white aspect. This is a change from my previous shoot were I concentrated on colours. To achieve this mood I needed harsh shadows, which I captured on my models face thanks to the overhead direct sunlight, and to convert my images into black and white to really increase the darkness in the photographs.

I wanted my model to show no emotion during this shoot and have a dead-pan expression. This would aid the gritty black and white feel I wanted during this shoot. I tried several poses during the shoot, all which helped to add to the gritty effect. I decided to photograph more up close shots of the model because of the fact that I was lacking in more traditional portrait photographs in my previous shoots.

 Step 3-Editing

The editing process for this shoot was to achieve a gritty black and white portraits. I did this by decreasing the vibrancy and saturation to zero. I also wanted the black and whites to really stand out, to do this I increased the clarity to give more difference between the black and whites. I also decreased the shading of the blacks to make them a darker shade, I also increased the exposure to have the whites really washed out and overexposed to create the gritty aspected I wanted during the shoot.

Final Images

Fashion/Street self-portrait shoot

Equipment:

• Portrait lens
• Canon 600D
• Tripod
• Adobe Photoshop
• Standard Lens

Step1-Camera and Lighting settings

Throughout this shoot, my camera settings kept changing depending on whether or not I was in direct sunlight or shade. I also had to change my camera settings depending on what type of photograph I wanted, differing from portrait photograph or a portrait taken in landscape.

The lighting was the same as most of my other shoots, with the sun being out and creating harsh lighting. I wanted to utilise this harsh light so that I could use the colours in the background easier than if it was cloudy or darker on location.

Step 2-Mood and Model Direction

The mood for this shoot was to take a more professional approach to posing as the model. In my previous shoot, my model wasn’t confident enough and you could see this in the images, so I decided to do self-portraits because I knew exactly what poses I wanted for this shoot and I didn’t have to rely on another person to get them. I also wanted the mood to be again bright and colourful but yet also crisp and sharp for a more professional look.

The model direction was simple, confident poses. From researching models poses I was inspired by how a pose in a photograph can change how the viewers see the image. From this, I wanted to try several different styles of posing in this shoot along with it being kept to a professional standard.

 

 Step 3-Editing

Editing for this shoot was just like the previous shoots, increasing the saturation and delving into black and white photography. In this shoot, the black and white aspect really helped grasp the crisp and aesthetically pleasing aspect of the photograph. Converting the photograph into black and white, helped define the lines and shadows, with help from increasing the contrast, to help increase the difference between the blacks and whites, this helped my image to not have any flat grey colours.  For the bright colourful images, I increased the vibrancy and saturation to carry on with the continuous style ive been going with during this shoot.

Final Image

This shoot really allowed me to be experimental with different poses and perspectives on my photographs. I was influenced by several photographers which helped aid me with the different styles of poses, which helped me achieve a difference in the way the viewer would look at the photographs, hopefully in a more editorial manner. If I had to re-do this shoot, I would have photographed more close up portraits instead of just a wide angle shot portraits. This would give me more variety in the photographs and help develop my skills.

Street urban shoot 2

Equipment:

• Canon 600D
• Portrait lens
• Landscape lens
• Tripod
• Adobe Photoshop

Step 1-Lighting and camera settings

The lighting was based on the weather during the shoot, and during the time of the shoot, it was sunny. The sun allowed for exposed and bright images, however, for this shoot, the sun was too bright and direct so I had to photograph in the shade.

The camera settings had to change from the over exposing sunlight to the underexposing shade. I used a shutter speed varying from 1/320 to  1/60 depending if I was in the shade or not. The aperture again just like the shutter speed varied depending on the lighting, I used an f-stop of 9 and 4.5. These apertures allowed me to have the correct exposure and depth of field. I used an iso of 100 to have the best quality for my images.

Step 2- Mood and Model direction

The mood was affected by the urban location of my shoot. The mood I wanted for this shoot was a comfortable and yet confident one, I wanted the model to feel comfortable during the shoot so I allowed them to wear their own choice of clothing and pose in a way the felt most comfortable. The urban location affected the mood because of the fact that it gave the images a grundy, urban feel instead of a high fashion type of images.

The model direction was to be more of confident poses whilst being comfortable. Along with being comfortable, having the confidence to be able to pose in an editorial magazine style was what I wanted from the model.

Step 3-Editing

Editing wise for this shoot I didn’t do much of. The only edited for this shoot I did was converting the images into black and white. The images I chose to become black and white was because of the fact that the colours or quality of images wasn’t what I wanted for the images so I decided instead of not using them, to convert them and create an aesthetically pleasing black and white image.

Final Images

This shoot didn’t go to plan and not the way I wanted the images to be. Unfortunately, the model wasn’t as confident as I wanted to be. However, I did and a few images that I thought was worked well and kept with the plan I had in mind, with the urban and editorial magazine poses. If I had to do this shoot again I would have a different model, who was more confident in themselves, I would also choose a different location as this location lacked certain urban feel to it and I was limited by the time I had to do this shoot.

Street/fashion shoot 1

Equipment: 

• Canon 600D
• Portrait Lens
• Landscape lens
• Tripod
• Adobe Photoshop

 

Step 1-Camera and lighting setting

For this first shoot, the lighting was the direct sunlight on the subject and background. Since this shoot was on location I couldn’t control the light source however, I could change the positioning of the model towards or away from the sun. I didn’t want the sunlight to be harshly direct onto my model because it would result in harsh unwanted shadows. I was aware of the direction the sun was facing and moved my model accordingly.

My camera settings changed throughout the shoot, depending on the lighting and depth of field I wanted. I started with a shutter speed of 1/250, which allowed me to be able to get the correct balance of exposure without causing the image to be out of focus. My aperture was mostly of the f-stop 9. This was because it allowed both the foreground and background to be both in focus, which was vital for this shoot as I wanted the subject and background to be the main focus points.

Step 2-Mood and Model direction

The mood for my shoot was to create an editorial fashion aspect. There wasn’t a mood per say but a certain way I wanted the images to come across to the viewer. I wanted my images to be of a professional standard and quality. To get this I needed the technical aspect of photography and the camera quality to complement it.

The model direction was to resemble a fashion magazine photograph. I wanted my model to be comfortable yet confident. I wanted the model to have a variety of poses and not just the same pose for each different location. This would make the shoot tedious and not visually be appealing to the viewer.Step 3- Editing 

My editing process was to create saturated, colourful, in your face effects for my images. I took my images into adobe photoshop and edited them depending on what I needed to do to the image to make it colourful and saturated. For most of my images that I edited I increased the vibrancy and saturation to really make the colours stand out and really grab the viewers attention. I increased the contrast to create a difference between the dark colours and the light colours. For some of the images, I desaturated them and decreased the vibrancy to make the images black and white. I wanted to have some of my images black and white because of the fact that I wanted the style of my images to be in an editorial manner, so creating some black and white images give my images a more editorial choice in them.

Final Images

My final images came out better than expected for my first shoot. What is really important about these final images are the colours. The colours for this shoot are vital for the series as they compliment the editorial magazine and the colourfulness of Bill Cunningham’s style of portraits.

If I had to do this shoot again, I would have discovered more places to photograph my model, so that I would have different perspectives. I would also try to get more of a clothing fashion poses for my models. The poses would allow more of a perfessinal feel towards my image just like they would in an editorial magazine.