Final shoot considered pictures

For my final shoot I did an underwater shoot. The shoot I found difficult, however it ended very successful. Picking my final picture was very difficult I had many pictures too choose from and these were the ones I cancelled down to. I really liked all these pictures and the decision was really hard. I think I captured the water movement really well, but I feel I should have got more body shots where the scenery was more clear.

 

Final photo

 

Shoot- innocence of children

Shoot

For this shoot I decided to dress my young model in a fur coat with a short dress underneath and some pink willies with bare legs. I done this as I feel that a young girl dressed inappropriately all alone down alley ways and deserted areas can cause viewers to feel vulnerable for the child. I feel this is because there is an innocence about children and when they are sexualised it can provoke the wrong kind of attention and without adult supervision can cause not only them to feel vulnerable but the viewers looking at the photograph. I think my photographs displayed this sense of vulnerability for the viewer as the model is very unaware. To improve this project I would maybe dress the model in different outfits and maybe put her in more public places to capture the reacts of people to see what there reactions are. I think this will be a good thing to develop in the future so I can develop my responses. Also maybe to do some edits in colour this could be more effective as she has pink willies and make up it makes her more 'girly' this could add to the effect this would have on the viewer.

 

 

 

Condition shoot- out in the dark

Condition shoot

This shoot I did to text the vulnerability of a friend she hates being alone in wooded area in the dark. I eventually persuaded her to do the shoot for me, this is where she felt most vulnerable. I think this shoot was successful as in the final pictures I do sense her vulnerability. A young girl alone in the dark in the woods is quite daunting. I used the flash as my only light source my reason for this is so in my images all you can see is my models face and the rest of the environment isn't clear. I feel this leaves the environment around the female a mystery that's dark leaving the audience feeling vulnerable for her. I edited the hue and the saturation of the image making the image darker and leaving a slight green tint to it. I decided on this as it made me think of night vision cameras. I think to improve on these images I should use a variety of different angles and other light sources to see how this could change or develop my photos.

Under water test shoot

Under water test shoot

Here is a test shoot I did to test what my photos would look under water. I wanted to get the detail of the water and how I could edit these to my advantage. The different movements in the water could represent and emotion or struggle, which is helpful to my research. I edited these photos exposures and colour balance to see if I could make the movement in the water clearer. I think this was a good extra to my research. To improve I think I should try more positions and maybe different locations where water is involved.  

Research and response- Nils Orth

Nils Orth

 Untitled Faces aren’t particularly flattering images, however they’re quite compelling, rubbing against many photographic conventions. I chose to look at Nils Orth as her images are quite raw and I like how there's no shying away from the models imperfections. As I was looking at beauty through part of my final project I looked at how vulnerable this could make someone within todays society. As we are expected to look a certain way, imperfections are not the ideal.

My response

I chose to respond to Nils Orth as I like the way her portraits quite brutally honest in the way they display the imperfections of the models she is photographing. My first edit I decided to air brush my model and darken his eyes I like the innocence this creates on his face. I did this in order to make a comparison to my other edit.

This edit I edited more towards Nils Orth as the model has a sort of gritty look in which I feel she adds to all her photographs, I also didn't edit out all his perfections unlike the other photo. I think this edit is definitely more towards how Orth edits her photographs and I feel has a similar effect to the audience. I think this photo overall is successful, however to improve I would do other edits and maybe expose the photograph more and chance the black and white balance. Also I could do other shoots to develop the response and use other models with difference faces and features.

 

Evaluation

Overall, I feel my FMP was successful. I had many ideas as to what I would like to do and trialled many shoots to get closer to my final one. After a deep analysis in my sketch book and looking through all my ideas I decided to do an underwater shoot. This is something I have never done before so was a risk. However I had done many test shoots with water so I thought I could get a good photograph. My Final photograph was of a female trying to swim towards the camera. The female doesn’t like water and actually can’t swim properly. Therefore the vulnerability should have been shown in her face, which I think it was, but this is not completely obvious I feel it’s quite subtle in the shot I chose, yet effective as this is true emotion.  

 My time management was kept quite well, I was very happy with the amount of research I did for my project as this was a big help when it came to making a decision as to what my final photo would be. I had a wide variety of responses and different ideas to build up to my final; this made it easier to bring me to a final idea. I went to a few exhibitions which were very inspirational for my idea development, I do wish I had visited more, but none of the exhibitions were project related. I made up for this by conducting interviews and reading books which were very helpful.

 

One of the obstacles that occurred in my FMP was actually getting models to do the shoot for me. This was
difficult because I was asking them to conquer a fear or something they didn’t like, I had a few willing models that took a lot of convincing and I had to interview a few more in order to do more shoots. This was a recurring problem throughout the project, but I did manage to get the shots I wanted. Another obstacle I came across in the project was in my final shoot I struggled to get the shot I wanted this is because my underwater camera broke last minute so I had to borrow one from a friend. This camera I borrowed was delayed when taking the picture this made it very difficult for me as I had to adjust to the delay very quickly as the model only had a certain amount of time. I managed to get the shot after all and I realised I can adjust very quickly to situations due to forward thinking.

 

My initial idea for my final photograph was to have the model fully clothed in the water i thought this would look really effective as the clothing would make for great shapes in the water. This was not allowed in the location I went to for health and safety reasons. So I settled for having my model in a leotard, this worked well as her arm and leg movement were clear and I feel that’s important in showing her struggle. One major problem I faced was finding the right location for my shoot I went to many pools and either they wouldn’t allow it or the pool wasn’t right for the shoot. I eventually came to my final location which was perfect, I had to fill out a form and make sure no one else was in the photograph, this proved difficult but ended in success.
I focused on portraiture when it came to thinking about composition I learnt that my photos looked better with the location clear. The blues in the water came out very well and I edited them to look very blue to draw people in. 

 

Throughout this project I have really enjoyed myself and learnt a lot. I realised how quick my ideas can develop and what I can do to effect my audience. I took a few risks throughout the project which isn’t something I would always do, I feel I have come a long way and ended with an image that I am pleased with. If I were to do anything different I would do more test shoots and maybe if I had more time do a shoot that is a lot more daring, this could make for an interesting project in the future and I could definitely push this project further.

shoot- innocence of children and flowers

Shoot
This shoot I did just to experiment with innocence. I chose a 10 year old model to as innocence is usually connected with a young children, the white flowers are to represent purity. This shoot was successful in the way I feel my pictures displayed what I wanted them too through just emotional expressions and props. I did various edits for these photographs I chose to put the photographs in black and white as I thought colour would be a distraction I wanted the viewer to focus on the image. Each image was edited similarly as I thought it had a good effect. In the images the model almost shy's away behind the flowers or looking down at them leaving I believe an innocence to the image which is what I was trying to create. To improve I would maybe do more images with the model not looking directly at the camera making it seem like the model is unaware of the camera.