Hero Shoot 2

After looking at the first shoot that I did of this image I realized that I didn't like it and I needed to get back into the studio and do it again so that I could get it closer to the original. 

When I began the shoot I kept referring back to the last shoot I did and also the original image. after a few shots a realized that I didn't like the background colour and decided that I wanted to use a lighter green gel as it would better reflect the colour of the original image. 

Enlargements: 

This image makes me laugh sooo much! I feel like I look less like the ‘afghan girl’ and more like god damn E.T. Its the worst picture of the whole shoot i think but its cheered me up while i have been doing my blog so it has been worth it :) .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            hahahahha i cant stop laughing!!!

After the background change: 

I think that this coloured background looks so much better and I also think that it brightens up the whole image. At this point I also started to feel a lot more at ease with the shoot and I feel that I was able to concentrate more on what I was doing and what needed to be done.

Enlargements: 

In this image the props such as the material I was using as a vial wasn't positioned as I had wished it to be and the whole thing was just really uncomfortable. I think that you can see this through my facial expression. The background is looking better and I also like how you can see more of the green shirt under the red material. This is relating to the original.  

I really don’t like the facial expression on this image. And I also don’t like how i'm facing straight down the camera lens this is not what I wanted at all. Also the material is all bunched up below my chin, looks all cramped in. also i feel like the expression looks sad, this is a problem that i was having in the first shoot. the feedback that i got was the original was more angry looking rather than sad. so i am quite annoyed that sadness has shown through again and i will have to be careful when choosing my final image to make sure this isn't the case. 

Editing:

For the editing in this image I really wanted to try and enhance the colour of my eyes, I knew I wouldn’t be able to get it the same colour as the original but I thought making them a bit greener would make them stand out more. After all the image is all about the eyes. So I did this in Photoshop, although at first I was reluctant to do this I feel like it had to be done. I also added a ‘grain’ filter to the image to try and make it look more like film and rough like the original.  

Final Image: