Family shoot on location

We had a weekly task to do a family photo shoot on location, for mine I went to the park. The kids were very good to work with as they didn't really pose or look at the camera too much so it looks very natural. I shot on aperture value, on F 5 and ISO 400.

In this image I like how the wood create a slight frame around the top and right side of the image, this helps to draw your attention to the subject.

 In this image I like how the kids (brother and sister) are looking at each other I think it shows the bond between them. However it's very tight at the top of the image and her head is a little bit too close to the top.

This is one of my favourite image from the shoot, to me this image just says childhood. However I think it may have been better if I'd been slightly lower down so looking up to give a sense of power.

 I think this image has a bit of a comical feel to it, Oliver was holding on as much as he could so he didn't fall.




















I edited this image in to black and white and I like how it turned out.

I also edited this one into black and white, however I think that in the colour image Oliver stands out more. Whereas in this image the back of his coat blends into the background because of the sun.















Here is the colour image, I tried to use 'back lighting'. This is a technique that is used in natural light, where the photographer faces the sun and the subject has his/her back facing the sun. In doing this you would create a 'glow' around the subjects head and/or body, it also stops the model from shutting there eyes (they would do so if facing the sun). As you can see in my image the sun is coming from the side of Oliver and he slightly looks like he's trying to shut his eyes. This will be something I'll have to keep in mind for my next shoot.








Here are some image that I found that I used for a bit of inspiration.

Here in this image, the boy is backlit and its narrow depth of field as the tress aren't in focus. This helps keep our eyes on the boy.

Location photography

There are many different types of location photography some of them are -

Weddings

These images are by  Bespoke Wedding Photography, weddings can be in doors (churches, reception, houses while bride gets ready ect.) or outdoors.

Sport 

 

Sports photography generally requires a telephoto lens, again this could either be indoors or outdoors.



Street 

This is one of the most iconic street photographs by Albert Eisenstaedt in Times Square on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II. 

Within the category of street you can have urban.

I am going to look at urban and take some images of graffiti around Liverpool and St Helens. Here are some that I found on google images that I would like to try and take similar images.

 I would like to try to something like this as I like the selective colour, I think it makes the graffiti words stand out more so your eyes are drawn to it. 

Fashion

 Fashion photography can be shot on location to advertise clothes, make up or hair style/product. This can be done by using studio lights on location as seen in the image to the left.











Architectural 

Architectural photography focuses on buildings and other constructions (bridges, stadiums, airports etc), interior design photography also comes under architectural photography.  The building in the image is the center of attention, any people in the image are there just to provide a sense of scale.  If using a DSLR camera a tilt shift lens can be useful as when you take a picture of a building you can see perspective on the building, the lens make it look straight (as seen in the image above). However you can do this without the tilt shift lens, by post production. I will be taking images in Liverpool town of the buildings and then using photoshop to straighten them.


Of course there are many other types of location photography (basically anything that doesn't involve a studio). Each type of location may need different equipment, for example lenses, lights. reflectors.

Product photography - Task 2

For task 2 we had to produce a minimum of two product images that relate to us as an individual. These can be in low or high key,  but must in some way reflect either a particular personal interest or a particular aspect of your own persona. I used my teddys as I've always loved collecting them since I was little. 

Here are some of my images

I decided I would use these 3 images for this task.

Task 3 - Insecurity

For task 3 we had to produce a series of four images that relate to one of the following themes - Time, place, lost, found, insecurity, love or escape. They could be in any key and of any subject, however they must show one of the words and finally be printed. Here are some of the images for task 3, I used the word insecurity. Insecurity can mean many things, I used a mask to portray the idea that the person is insecure and hiding away.

However I decided that they looked better in black and white, so these four images are my final images that will be printed. To produce these images I used a black backdrop and a snoot, then I used adobe bridge and photoshop to edit.

Day Light Studio

A daylight studio is a photographic studio that is lit with natural light, usually by windows and skylights. These images where taken using natural day light. The settings on my camera to get these are ISO 100, F 22 and 3.2 seconds shutter speed.

Head Shots - Task 1

A head shot is a portrait where the focus of the photography is to capture the persons personality. Many jobs require a head shot with a CV when applying for. These jobs include theater, film, TV actors, models, singers and more. These head shots are usually more artistic as they try to portray the subject in the best lighting. Head shots that include a person's shoulders are called three quarter shots.


Task 1

For task 1 we were to produce three head shots of the same person. One high key, one mid key and one low key. These images had to each show an aspect of the person's personality and also fit in with the required lighting.

camera settings 

Shutter speed - 1/125 sec

ISO - 100

F-Stop - 7.1

To get this image I used a white backdrop and 4 soft boxes. 2 small soft boxes pointing at the back to make it bright and 2 large soft boxes pointing at the subject. Here I think this image shows Desree's personality because she's giving a cheeky smile to the camera. I edited this on photoshop, I used the stop healing brush tool to remove any spots and then changed the levels slightly to make it a bit brighter.








camera settings 

Shutter speed - 1/125 sec

ISO - 100

F-Stop - 7.1

In this image I still used a white background, however I used only the front two soft boxes.

camera settings 

Shutter speed - 1/125 sec

ISO - 100

F-Stop - 8

In this image I used a black backdrop and only one soft box. I like how Desree looks like she is in deep thought in this image, it goes well with low key as she looks a bit sad.

Using Photoshop

First I used photoshop to  copy the right eye over to the left.

Here above is the original image, this is where you can see her left eye is a bit closed, to the right is my image where I fixed this.

On these images I changed the eye colour using this youtube video of a tutorial.