I began by thinking that I had an advantage as I did
portraits for fmp work before and though I would have a wide range of research
to use. However I changed my mind and decided to start from scratch and look at
a whole new group of photographers and artist. I think that this was a wise decision
to make as I wanted the images I was about to create to be different to what I may
be produced before. My research started looking at the basics of portrait
photography what I think really helped me get an understanding of the genre and
what I wanted to do with it. They were simple and classic. This was going to be
my angle to target. Something simple but speaks for itself and didn’t need much
work doing to it. Not that I’m lazy just wanted to see if I could come up with
something I was happy with straight away rather than manipulating so much that
it was no longer the image I too. Photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron
and Louis Daguerre made me realise that a simple head and shoulders shot was
the key to capturing my images and they also created a mood around the image
and the model. They had a formal and timeless feel to them. Unlike there work
though, I wanted to do this in colour.
Loaded with ideas and a set focus of what I wanted my images
to look like I went to the studio. I thought about using the same model and
just showing how lighting can affect the mood of an image and the mood it
portrays. However I thought that this might be quite limiting so I decided to
use a range of people. The shoots were simple enough as I already had a good
understanding of how a studio works. It was just a case of getting used to how the
new equipment worked. I did run into a few problems when it came to this, for
example I’m ashamed to say I could not get the camera attached to the tripod
and had a bit of trouble getting it to stay in position. But these were silly
errors that I eventually sorted out. I
tried to get as many factors as I could exactly how I wanted them during the
shoot such as crop, framing, lighting and colour balance so that I wouldn’t have
to do much editing after the shoot and the majority of the time I’m glad to say
I did this successfully.
When it comes to choosing my final images I don’t think I had
any doubts. In my eye it was clear that the images stood out compared to the
rest when it came to the factors of focus, if they had a clear catch light and
also if I actually liked the image. I am really happy with my outcome and also
with my will power not to turn them into black and white what always seems to
be my back up safety net. I think that they do show the moods created by different
lighting and the lighting enhances the models and makes the images really nice
in my view. I’m really happy with my outcomes and think that this project was successful
over all.
The fact that I have overcame my problems with blogger in
the last project it seemed a lot easier to carry out research and post stuff on
this project. However some problems I ran in to were the fact that blogger
seemed a bit temperamental and I often had problems getting it to run or even
be able to upload images. Other problems throughout the project were simply
trivial aspects that were resolved almost instantly such as ordering the images
where I ordered 1 matt the rest glossy, resolved through simply ringing the
company. However I think that the project ran smoothly as it could.
Over all I am really happy with the running and also the outcome
of this project. I think that I worked efficiently to produce a set of images I
am really proud of. I used a range of research that has shown me new styles of photography
and also new angles on the genre. I have a real passion for portraiture and I hope
that that has shown through my work.
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