Monday 23 January 2012

2nd Set of Photos from Photoshoot

 For my second photo shoot I had a complete transform of scenery, as well as change of look for the model. From my first photo shoot I thought that the photos were slightly boring and dull. To change this I decided to go into an outdoor environment, which was quite secluded and had quite a dark feel and atmosphere to it. I wanted my models poses to be more striking and 'gritty' as that is the message that I want to portray on the front cover of my magazine. The clothes of that my model was wearing were slightly different clothing. She was still wearing ripped shorts which were fairly short, however her socks changed from black ones to slightly more bright ones with long white socks with blue and red bands round the top of them. The top, shorts, and socks work well together as they flow in an outfit, however the coat is quite frumpy and does not go with the rest outfit. This was a negative effect to my photos as it shadowed the outfit she was wearing, and became quite over bearing. Although I like the use of the cigarette, as it gives off quite an edgy and rebellious feel, it can be quite hard to photograph in the right way. When she is blowing out smoke it can cover quite a lot of her face, making it hard to get a clear, sharp photo of her face. The use of a cigarette can also give off a wrong image, as the issue of smoking can be quite controversial, and some people would not like to see a model smoking on a front page of a magazine. Therefore in my next set of photos I will consider not using the cigarette as a prop. I feel the background of the photos gives quite an ominous feel, which adds to the theme of photos that I wanted. However this affected the lighting of the photos as it became harder to get lighting on the the face, so that I could have a clear, defined face. I think these set of photos are an improvement from the last set of photos, and I am starting to go down a particular route of how my photos want to look, however these are still not to the standard that I want to use for my front cover. For my last photo shoot I will make sure the the outfit goes well together, flowing throughout. I will also look at finer details such as the colour of her lips and nails, and accessories such as the style and colour of her earrings. I also feel that there needs to be more focus on her face and make-up, I will do this by putting more eye-catching and bold make up on my model, and take more shots of her face close up.








1 comment:

  1. I do not see how these shots relate to your earlier research. The research is of sexywomen in erlatively ooutlandish makeup and costume and these shots are of a woman in a big coat smoking a cigarette.

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