mood board

Mood board 

This is my final mood board created for my assignment hand in, I am happy with the images I have chosen; they show the strong use of colour I want to use in my photoshoot. 

face charts for final photo shoots

Face charts for final photo shoots 

This is my face chart for my black and white shoot 

This is my face chart for my colour shoot 

Photos I have selected for final

Photos I have selected 

Evaluation of photo shoots

Evaluation

What i used:
boom
black board
white board
camera
reflector
sync lead
tether lead
50mm lens

Throughout the digital image process I found learning about photography very stressful and difficult, as I had no previous experience in this area, and it is not one of my particular interests. But I wanted to create a selection of good photographs that showed I understood the importance of lighting, direction, model pose, make-up application and position of the camera.Having an assistant was helpful during the set up of the studio, as there were two of us to maneuver the boom for the lighting, and position the equipment ready for shooting. It made the whole experience more relaxed, as I work better in a team, and I felt relaxed and confident to direct my model with my assistant backing me up. 

I found it difficult to direct a model that I knew, this surprised me as I was nervous to shoot with a model I had only known for a little while, but then became more confident as the session went on. I found poses that I hadn't researched and was able to try new positions with the camera off the tripod; this was then easier to move around and again made me feel more confident. Directing someone I knew was more difficult because the model would move too quickly from not listening to what I said and I would then have to take more pictures to perfect the poses I wanted.

I am very happy with the outcome of my colour shoot photos, as I prefer a brighter image with lots of colour. I chose my model carefully as I wanted a slender girl with big features, I found the perfect model and then chose my colour palette around what would match with her skin tone. I had already bought a scarf that I wanted to use so was able to match the lips, I am very happy with the finished look of my model. Because it was a natural beauty shoot I only added colour to the lips, and kept the makeup of the rest of her skin very natural and minimal.This created a very dramatic effect as the colours matched perfectly with her skin tone, I was very happy with the outcome of the quality of the images as well as the quality of my design process. I wanted the model to have bare shoulders, to initiate the idea of being very natural, I supplied a small crop top to cover her but to leave the shoulders bare.

For my black and white images, I used a different set up and different lighting, as I wanted the colours of the image to come out darker than in my colour shoot. I wanted to create a different feel to the images, one less bright. This photo shoot took longer than my colour one as I had more time booked out so I could rearrange the set up as many times as I needed.

Using Bridge and indesign

Using Bridge and indesign 

                                       

Super Hero Portraiture

Super Hero Portraiture 

I have chosen to look at these images of Superhero portraiture, because they show a link to the Elizabethan portraiture I have been looking at, they also show a good example of the positioning and the lighting of the photograph. Although my photos will be beauty shots; close ups of the face and hands, I admire these photographs and the style of the clothing used. They clothing ties in with the Elizabethan theme because the patterns are very old fashioned and the colours aren't so bright as the originals of the super hero's.
   
http://www.hitfix.com/comedy/12-flemish-superhero-portraits-to-make-you-long-for-a-17th-century-retelling, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

https://henryherz.wordpress.com/2014/11/, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image) 

http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/12-flemish-superhero-portraits-to-make-you-long-for-a-17th-century-retelling, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/comic-superheroes-sci-fi-characters-17th-century-style-portraits, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

http://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/incredible-cosplay-photo-project-puts-superheroes-and-star-wars-characters-in-16th-century, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

http://www.jackofalltradesclothing.com/blogs/news/tagged/robin, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

http://mic.com/articles/104000/superheroes-and-star-wars-characters-get-a-fantastic-renaissance-makeover#.TU4jKdJbh, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/french-photographer-creates-renaissance-era-750208, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

http://mic.com/articles/104000/superheroes-and-star-wars-characters-get-a-fantastic-renaissance-makeover#.TU4jKdJbh, viewed 23.11.15, (digital image)

Colour Photoshoot call sheet

Rebecca Southerden 

Photo Shoot Call Sheet

Colour 

Assignment:

Title: 

The Perfect Base (photo shoot for Digital Image Production 1)

Location:

Photography studio infinity cove, Southampton Solent University

Concept: 

The theme for my portrait photos will be ‘The Perfect Base.   

Technical Requirements: 

For this shoot, I will use back and white backgrounds, changing the lighting to suit each. I will be creating three beauty shots, front, side and back view of the model, emphasising her natural beauty. These will be portrait shots, head and shoulders only. I will be using complementary colours on the model to enhance her skin tone. 

Moodboard:

My mood board for this shoot illustrates the colour palette I will be using on my model, I will be using a range of analogous tones in a neutral palette, matching and correcting the skin tones of the model. I will be concentrating on the eyes and lips, enhancing the natural features with minimum retouching. I will be using complementary colours on the model, blue and yellow tones for the scarf in the hair and blue on the lips.  

Date of shoot:

17th November 2015

Creative Direction:

Rebecca Southerden

Email:

rebeccasoutherden@hotmail.co.uk

Phone:

07789207819

Timeline:

12:45

Model meets team

13:00-14:00

Makeup and hair, wardrobe selection, set up lighting on set, discuss shoot brief 

14:00-15:00

Shoot in infinity cove

14:00-14:15

Break down set, tidy away kit, pack clothes, clean up

Team: 

Makeup and hair artist: 

Rebecca Southerden

rebeccasoutherden@hotmail.co.uk

07789207819

Photographer:

Rebecca Southerden

Assistant and stylist:

Matida Salmon

Matidasalmon@msn.com 

Model: 

Sarah Rutendo Musingarabwi