Friday 17 January 2014

Colour Portraits - Shoot 6

After shooting Chloe I went straight on to Charly. This was really helpful because all the lighting was set up ready and I had lots of people who were able to help me with such things as reflectors. I also was able to explore more expressions in this shoot to and try and get the best out of Charly as I felt like she was comfortable and happy to get her photo taken. This is really helpful as because she was relaxed it made me feel relaxed and I felt like I could ask her to do more without feeling like she didn't feel comfortable. I think that this is really reflected in her facial expression. 


I think that the lighting on this shoot, I don’t k now why as it is basically the same as the others, is my favorite. The way it lights up her face and gives her skin a sun kissed glow is just beautiful. Also she just looks so angelic and soft. This is also complimented by the models subtle make-up. 

Enlargements: 

Quite a few images turned out like this from this shoot. This is because the flash aimed at the background with the coloured gel on it didn't trigger when the front flash went off. This is really such as shame because I think that this picture of Charly is beautiful. I do like it with the black background but obviously it won’t work for what I want for this project. 


As the model felt comfortable in the shoot I was trying to get a range of expressions from her. If you know the model you would know what a lovely, caring person she is and is always there with a smile. But I wanted to try and get out of her emotion that she feels deep inside. I think that maybe she was trying too hard for this as she knew it was what I wanted and it came across posed.  Charly is always one to experiment with her hair, what she has now is rather quite tame. Maybe this is because she is happy and feeling content? This is also the feeling I get from a lot of the images, mainly expressed through her facial expression. 

                                                           A                                         B

These images are really important. As I want to present my final images as one large final image I want there to be a variation in the directions that the models are looking and how there facial expression looks. I have tried to do a shot like this with everyone that I have shot so far but sometimes it doesn't work. However I think that Charly has got a really photogenic face and all the shots have really worked so these could be backups if I don’t get enough of other people looking in different ways. 

I prefer image A to image B as the lighting is more flattering on her face BUT most of the images will be facing this way so something that I have thought of doing is maybe flipping the image in Photoshop so that she is facing the same way as image B but you still have the soft lighting on her face rather than it be more shadowy and dark. It will be fine to do this on Charly picture as she doesn't have any writing on her clothes its rather neutral so no one would ever be able to tell. 

Final Image:

I think that this is going to be my final image. (Up to now may change). I just like the little slight grin on the models face and the flattering lighting on the face that I evened out with a reflector to try and eliminate the shadows on the right side of her face. I also think her eyes are really strong and seduce you. This image is very flirty and feminine. 

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