Final Images

11th April Photoshoot

For the second photoshoot I made sure I really concentrated and defined my idea. Using the two really well cropped images from the last shoot as a start, I framed each photograph the same, making sure I got a really good final 3. I tried doing lighting as close to the last shoot as possible, but when I lit the background, it seemed too bright


I then moved further back with the camera, which I was unable to do last time, and tried just lighting the model. This worked perfectly and I got some really nice images



















These images were exactly what I was aiming for and I will definately find my fianl 3 in the many more I have.

Photoshoot in Black and White

I took some images on my analogue camera and developed the black and white film. Some have come out really nice, although none are as good quality lighting or as well composed as the digital photographs. I have therefore chosen to change a few of the colour images into black and white to get the real effect of 60's fashion photography. I have picked a selection of posed and more natural shots. I quite like the ones where the models look more relaxed even if they are not technically acurate photos.

Examples:

60's Inspired Photoshoot-29th Feb 08

The shoot on 29th Feb went well. First to try and create a grey background like these:




















I used the black paper backdrop and tried to light it to make grey, lighting the model seperately. This just resulted in very dark photographs, with the background just looking black. I then tried with a white backdrop, hardly lighting it at all but concentrating on the model. At first when trying just one light on the model, the whole set up looked far too dark.




















We eventually managed to get it even with two lights in front of the model and two behind, all with brollies on. This made the lighting quite soft and I was able to change one of the lights levels to give more shadows.


The background is quite grey in these photos, although it could be darker if the studio was bigger. This would have let me move further back with the camera making the light behind the model darker. However, I am please with the shadows I managed to achieve in a lot of the photographs.
























For some on the shoot I experimented with props to give a feel of the era and create some interesting imagery.























However, I feel the best shots are the simple, well cropped and lit ones. Like these:

Props

I am going with the idea of using mannequins in the shoot with my models. Ive been sourcing props from the fashion department. Ive e-mailed the fashion department to try and locate some tailor dummies.



It seems to be possible so I will follow this up before the shoot.

F C Gundlach (Franz Christian Gundlach)

This photo has really inspired me to do something with mannequins. I like the idea of clothes being the main part of the identity in this photo as the woman in hidden away without them. This fashion piece will be based on how the clothes are such a part of my model's identity so it would be interesting to put them on mannequins to show the difference and how the person really 'wears' the clothes.

F C Gundlach also did some really beautiful work in colour studio photography. The set ups are very pop art and I really like them, however, they are straying slightly away from my orginal ideas of black and white.

I will shoot digitally for most of the shots so they will be in colour to begin with giving me the choice to see if they look as effective.