Shoot 9 - Work Record

For this shoot I will be exploring the connotations that different colours can hold and representing this through the use of models and the Photoshop technique of duotone. I will shoot images of my models behind a white background as this will make the duotone clearer. The poses will be representations of the colours - for example, a girl looking sad will have a blue filter on top of it. I want my models to look  more natural in these images as in the past I feel they have looked too posed and therefore the images look unnatural.

This was one of my easiest shoots as I did not have to do anything technical or set anything up in order to do it  - it simply involved my models being completely natural in front of the camera. In order to get the spontaneous feel to the images, I took the pictures throughout conversations so that they were their real reactions. I also found it relatively easy to edit the images in Photoshop once I knew how to use duotone. I really enjoyed the end results of the shoot as they look fun, unique and eye-catching.

Camera settings: 1/125, f/4.0, ISO 200

This was my favourite image from the shoot. Fuchsia-pink can connote fun and excitement, and so I felt this matched this image as the girl is laughing and appears to be having fun. I liked this image the most as I felt it was the most fun and this is represent through the colour as it is the brightest image in the set. I like how the different tones in this image are so contrasting and so compliment each other and make everything else stand out.

This was an image that I did not like. As I wanted all of my images to look natural and spontaneous, I did not like this one as it looked too posed when compared to my other images. I also felt that that the tones were not as contrasting and almost blended together, making the overall image look softer. I like this look, but it is not what I was aiming to achieve with this shoot.

Progression

For my next shoot I will be shooting images outside as this is not an area I have worked on yet and would like to explore all of my options before the exam. But, I have learned from this that I should work less with posing my models as I really liked how the images from this shoot looked. I can focus on this with my next shoot as I will be shooting images of people in public so I will try to ensure that everyone is acting natural in the images. I also would like to experiment with more Photoshop techniques and tools as I enjoyed working with duotone and like the effect that it gives an image.