Final Images & Evaluation

Final Images & Evaluation 

Overall in this project I set out to develop from my first ever brief on this course showing and experimenting with everything learnt throughout the year. Including camera techniques, photographer language, and photoshop editing skills. Showing improvements and positive development throughout. 
My plan changed and evolved throughout the project in many different ways. My plan was always to use more than one model in more than one of my shoots however in shoot 2 I faced the difficulties that the light wasn't strong enough to light up two people models let alone more than 2. If I was going to improve this I would have bought a stronger UV light that would be able to give off the same affect with the vibrant colors as mine did with one model. I secondly faced the problem that the project was set over a half term which meant that booking the studio faced problems. My model then cancelled meaning that my time in the studio was cancelled meaning I had to improvise to get the work done if I was going to get it done before the deadline, luckily i did find a solution. Lastly when planning the project I had initially never planned on taking images of still life/objects in this brief, However I decided that It would good to show experimentation in the difference with how difficult it was taking pictures of a moving model compared to the easier to task of taking images of still life. This is because the slight movement of the model caused the image to be blurred and the objects just stayed still. 
id like to think I have met my initial intentions because comparing this brief compared to the first ever studio brief i did the whole content has improved massively not only in that there is a lot more work but in how I speak much more confidently about my work and how much more confident I am speaking about the camera settings and photoshop edits I used. My evaluation are a lot fuller including a lot more information and detailed information sticking to the point rather than not being precise.
I chose my final images which are shown below for different reasons. I have chosen the second one because its not the ordinary depth of field which is channeling perspectives its shallow depth of field with the front part of the image being blurry and the back part being in complete focus. This is challenging perspectives because its not the normal I have made my work unique, work that is not expected too the viewer. 
I chose the first image because its my strongest image and demonstrates my intentions for the project the best. I love the image because its sharp the eyes are in complete focus and the main focus of the image. The colors of the paint have contrasted well with each other when splattered on the face and the white paint on the lips has worked really well with the more vibrant colors also splattered onto the lips. 
I am very pleased with my effort and commitment to this project as I found the project difficult and faced difficulties along the way with the settings and also with a lot of the images being blurry but I have learnt a lot from the project about camera settings in such dark surroundings, always having a back up in case a model cancels and also how in these circumstances how it was easier to get a sharper image taking of still life objects rather than moving models because of the darkness of the location the camera finds it extremely difficult to focus and with slight movement it makes it worse. Lastly throughout this whole project I have learnt the importance of photographer and genre research for inspiration but also to make it not a copy of the photographers work but to make it unique to your self. 

Presenting My Final Images

How I will Present my final Images 

I have researched into a recommended site DS COLOUR LAB Ltd. Where I have researched different printing styles. There was so many different options which I would be able to choose from and I didnt know which would be best. I decided to ring up the company and ask which they think would be best i explained to them what I was doing and how I wanted my colors to really stand out. They then suggested two ways which i took into consideration and one of the techniques I have decided to go with. 

Below is the option I have gone with and ordered with a medium size frame. The image has not come but when it arrives I  will be able to do an evaluation of how successful the print is. Below are images of how the acrylic panel works.  

 

Shoot 4 & Evaluation

Shoot 4 & Evaluation 
Contact Sheets 

For this final shoot it was all about experimentation, showing the difference between shooting moving things and shooting still life objects. The aim to work out how much easier it was to shoot objects that don't move.
In order to help reduce camera shake - used the self timer on the camera.   Meant that at the time of taking the shot, not in contact with the camera, less chance of any vibration causing a lack of sharpness.I didn’t want to use this with the “live” model (Lauren or Alice), because the the delay wouldn’t have been acceptable, they would have got bored waiting, and the spontaneity would have been lost.Because I wasn’t as worried about having a longer exposure - the still life wasn’t moving, and the camera wasn’t being touched - I lowered the ISO from the previous ISO of 3200 , to 2000 in order to improve quality.Shot from above - meant it gave a better perspective, and was easier to ensure the background was completely black.  This time, it was easier to drape a black cloth over the back of the chair, and sit the items on black paper.  Apart from where paint had rubbed off on to the paper , this was very effective. Previously, I had sat the model in a darkened porch in order to limit reflected light, but it had proven difficult. Tried lamp at varying distances in order to optimize the UV effect, and then at different angles (above, side, below the camera lens) in order to achieve different result.Painted 2 glass bottles, 2 plant pots, a leaf and a plant foliage to see which gave best results.  Problem with the glass bottles - couldn’t see the outline.  Same with the foliage Plant pots were tried lying down and upright.   Showed better definition than the glass bottles, and partly helped by painting the top rim. Leaf showed good results when photographed from the side which had the leaf veins painted, and it was more obvious from the finished picture, that it was a leaf.  Not quite as obvious what everything else was - other than some pretty colors.

Third Shoot & Evaluation

Overall I am pleased with how the final images came out in this shoot, as i wasn't that confident about how the shoot would come out as the shoot wasn't in the studio. This was because my model cancelled so I wasn't able to complete my shoot in the studio. I then had to compromise and had to think outside the box as to how i would get this shoot done in time for the deadline. I came up with the idea to do the pictures at home use my house as the studio in a pitch black room with no light but the UV light however you can see from this first images on the contact sheets that  this didnt work. This was because the light ended up lighting up the walls and the door behind the model. I then decided to put a black suite case against the door so that hopefully the light wouldn't light up the suite case and would block the light reflecting of the door. This then made me really unmotivated and i decided to stop for the night to give me time to improvise with an other idea.
I then had the inspiration to using an extension lead from my open garage to go out when its completely dark at night and take the images. This proved successful because the only thing being lit up with the UV light was the model because there was nothing around to be lit up because it was complete darkness.

Overall I am pleased with how I went about this brief really going out of my way to find a solution with my model canceling which in the end after a few experiments i found the right way which I could go about the brief. Some of my images were blurry however because I am now shooting everything in raw i was able to change the exposure brightness without creating the image to look over edited. So if however my images were a little dark I was able to change the exposure to get the correct exposure easily. 

Shoot 4 Plan

Shoot 4 

For this shoot I intend for it to be the most experimental of all my shoots for this brief. I will be painting objects such as medicine bottles and the outline of plants to show the difference between having a life model and having still life objects. The difference between how much easier the focussing will be with still life images and how the sharpness might be different (better) because the objects won't be moving. I intend to experiment with different objects and also moving around the light from different sides of the objects, the light shining from above and also the light shining from below to experiment with which position of the light works best. 
I will be experimenting with the self timer in this shoot to see if not aging to touch the camera when the images is being taken- meaning that there will be less vibration and less camera shake seeing if the images become sharper. 

Below is an example of the UV paint on a car which is an extreme object i will be using more household objects to demonstrate with: 

Third Shoot Plan

Third shoot plan. 

For my third shoot I am going to go back to just using one model as the light wasn't strong enough to light up two people with the same affect. Due to this shoot being in half term I had scheduled with my model to do the shoot early afternoon on the tuesday of half term however due to personal circumstances my model had to cancel which therefore meant i was put back in time. As this was the only day in half term where i could use the studio I had to think of another way to do the shoot. My initial idea was to do it n a dark room at home (a bathroom) that has no natural light being let into it however when experimenting with this I found that the UV light was lighting up the walls doors and reflecting light of the mirrors resulting in the images not being completely dark. Having trailed this in different areas of the house i was facing the same problem everywhere I went with me not having a black walled room at home. This led to me having to gibe up on the idea of being able to get a shoot done over half term. However having done some more thinking I thought of the idea to go outside when its completely dark outside and try there. 

I plan on using the same technique as in spraying the model with the paint rather than putting it on in a pattern style as I think this made the images more vibrant. I plan on getting my model to look in different directions left and right and shoot so I get more side profile shots. This is because I really liked from my first shoot my image of the models side of the face having the affect of depth of field. I will be expanding on this in this third shoot if the lighting works doing it at night outside. 

I really am inspired by the work of stolen memories photography because when researching into there work I found that its not always about how much paint to use on the body but also little amounts concentrating on the position and expression of the model. Below are images I particularly like from this work: 

Poster Exhibition

Example Poster

The layout for this poster that I have chosen is that the portrait picture of the Queen is the main aspect of the poster, with the text being on-top of the image however not distracting the eye from the main portrait. The color scheme used for this poster is a nude natural colors which is what you expect when the image is off the Queen because it represents class, wealth, cultured and royalty all in a upper class way. You wouldn't expect a poster of someone royal to be with vibrant colors as this would be classed as tacky. The connotations that you expect when looking at the royal family is natural rich colours such as purple which is related to wealth. The design of the exhibition represents the theme as the image is off the Queen with the picture looking like it could be a painting this relates to the title "the Queen art and image" because the Queen is shown as the main portrait, art is shown in the way the image could be a painting. 
The title being in the largest boldest font works well as after the main image the title is what the eye is drawn into with the website address being smaller font the price and date being in even smaller fonts at different sides of the image. The fonts used are plain and simple and don't make the poster look busy the poster remains looking classy. The title is a heavier weight of font than the subheading this is so the title stands out more.