Shoot 5 - 8

Plan for shoot 

• Do some straight-on portraits 

• Try some close-ups of body features 

• Shoot in colour and then change the colour palate when editing

• Shoot against a white background

• Wear the same shirt

Things I like about the shoot 

• this is the first shoot I have done where there is no movement in any of my photographs, I think this was a good thing to try/ experiment with. 

• I like the edited photos a lot more than the originals  and the colour palate i was able to achieve 

Things I could improve in/ didn't work 

• I like the edited photos a lot more than the originals, So I should work on having better lighting In the shoot rather than relying on fixing it after in Lightroom.

• I don't think the zoomed-out shots were as good as the close-up shots

What will I try to do next time?

• for my next shoot with a model, I will use a tripod as I had to make a make-shift one. 

• try my next shoot in the day-time so I can use more natural light rather than artificial light. 

Things I like about the shoot 

• I like the image of the shirt, this is making me realise that I want to focus my theme more on still-life objects like the shirt rather than it being a model-focused theme. 

• I liked exploring black and white 

• I like how the background when edited black is cleaner/ sharper 

Things I could improve in/ didn't work 

• Some of the images weren't high-contrast enough. 

• overall, there was not much cohesion across the shoot and some images were random and disjointed. 

• I want to improve my close-ups and details 

• I think I need to revisit my theme as it is becoming quite hard to develop more ideas. 

What will I try to do next time?

• Prepare further before my shoot. 

• Clarify/ change my theme

• Reshoot my shoot 3 

Creating my own "Pictures" 

Looking at my artist model, I would like to create my own photographs, to then photograph. To do this I selected a few Images from past shoots that I think would suit the artist model. 

I had the idea to create a 'film strip' to photograph. The 'vibe' of an 'older' film strip of photos will be visually more interesting for my images.  To create this I scanned an old film strip. with the virtual copy, I then uploaded it onto InDesign. I overlayed my chosen images over the original images. And then printed It out along with a couple stand-alone images. 

Things I like about the shoot 

• I think the shoot's studio part was successful when I learnt how to use the lighting better. 

• I like how most of the images had good lighting without even needing to edit 

• I think this shoot did a good job of introducing some objects that relate to the theme well. 

• I like the colour palate of this shoot, and it's making me move towards doing mainly black & white with some select colours coming through like the red in this shoot. 

Things I could improve in/ didn't work 

• My first attempt at scenography was good, but I think I can do better and will look at improving this in future shoots. 

• I think I could have experimented more with angles ( instead of sticking to the bird eye view angle in my artist model)  

What will I try to do next time?

• For my next shoot, I am aiming to incorporate/link my model to my objects 

• I also want to work of being more explorative and not getting stuck on the artist model 

Things I like about the shoot 

• I think the shoot's studio part was successful in terms of me improving in my lighting. however I really liked the part of the shoot where I used natural lighting, It is a nice contrast

• This shoot helped me a lot to fill in the blanks when it came to my board layout

• I like the balance between model and objects in this shoot

Things I could improve in/ didn't work 

• I struggles to stick to the artist model for this shoot. I think this was because a big part of andre kertesz' work is focussed around double exposure and it was difficult to visualise during the shoot.