What I Plan to Achieve
For this shoot, I will be photographing the style of the 2010s. As styles and trends during this time era are so broad and constantly changing, I decided to focus on the style of one individual as opposed to generalising a style and then representing it through one person. To capture this, I asked my model to come dressed in her day-to-day look, which would allow me to create images with a realistic aesthetic. I decided that I wanted high contrast in my images as I had tried this out in my preparatory shoots and enjoyed the outcome, and so would be using a black background and a light directed towards her face so that it would just illuminate that area. I also wanted to create quite a lot of depth and shadows, so I used a beauty dish on only one side of the model in order to create this.
What I Actually Achieved
Settings used: ISO 200, 1/125, F/16.
Studio set up:
I am very pleased with the outcome of this shoot and feel that I captured exactly the images that I had intended to. During my preparatory shoots, I had problems with the set up as I found that it left my images quite over-exposed. However, since practicing with this set up a few times, I am now able to get great results that I am happy with. I feel that I captured the individual style of this girl perfectly and I was clearly able to represent the style of the 2010s. I do feel that, with some images, my framing was slightly off, but this was only a few - the majority of my images I did enjoy in terms of how they look, and how the model posed. Below is one of the images I liked from this shoot, and one that I did not like.
This image was one of my favourites from the shoot. I really enjoy how dark the black parts of this image are, and how they seem to fade into the model through her dark clothing and hair. I think that the strong contrast between her face and the rest of the image is really appealing visually, and really draws your attention towards her face. Through using the beauty dish, I was able to ensure that the high points of her face were highlighted - for example, the tops of her cheekbones. This really makes these areas of her face pop, and also emphasises how highlighting these areas through make up is an extremely popular trend during this time period.
This was one image that I did not like so much. I feel that I should have taken this kind of image from the other side of the model - where the light was directed. Due to taking it from the side where there was no studio lighting, the skin appears to be quite dull and nothing is happening to make anything pop or stand out. Also, the other side of her face seems very bright and expose when taking the photograph form this angle. The other problem I found with this image was the framing - I do not like the empty space that is on either side of her as it is not dark enough for her to blend into, and there is nothing going on so it seems quite boring.
What I Plan to Do Next Time
In the next session, I will be conducting my 1950s style shoot. This will require a 'costume' that relates to this time era, as well as the model styling her hair to suit it and doing her make up in a way that is reflective of that era. As there is more prep do be done for that shoot, I will ensure that it is all as accurate as possible for that time era. One problem that I found with this shoot and also throughout my preparatory shoots was framing, and so I will ensure that I really focus on this and check how my images are framed before I take the picture.
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