Studio and Location photography - first practice

Outdoor Location photography

I have been using my 50 mm lens for outdoor location, and only natural light.

This is my first outdoor location. I have decided to ask my friend to stand next to the college sign, where I was able to see her reflection. She was looking directly in to the camera while I have captured her as well as her reflection in a landscape format.  I like the idea of reflection but because it was a quick photo I didn’t think about the background carefully. We can unfortunately see a person walking in the reflection, which makes her shadow unclear. Also we can see some buildings in the background of the photo, but it doesn’t really affect the photo very much as I have used a large depth of field.

In my second outdoor location I have thought more about the background of the photo. We can see some nice leading lines behind Kitty, whereas she’s sanding in the middle of the road where they all start. I have also framed her a little in the right side of the photo rather than in the middle. I also like the old building in a colour of red, and the lines on the road stand out nicely as they’re bright yellow.  

This is my third outdoor location photos. In this photo I was being careful about the foreground. I made sure that the circle in right in the middle, but unfortunately I didn’t pay much attention to the background where we can clearly see that the photo is not straight because of the building line going down a little bit. Overall I like the composition of this photo as well as the pose of my model who is looking to the side, also not standing up, which makes him hide behind the nice steam, which has been blown to the side by the wind, uncovering my models face. 

This is my next photo from outdoor location photo shoot. I have decided to take a portrait of Kitty, while our teacher is also taking a photo of her. I like this because she’s looking in my camera but we can also see him taking photo of her. One thing that I didn’t think about was the background of this photo, because there’s a lot happening in the background and it doesn’t really look nice.  

This is my next photo from outdoor location shoot. I like this photo, but again I have concentrated more on the person rather than background and the model. I like her face expression, as well as idea of holding this fence which looks like she wants to get out of somewhere. The composition is also good, but it would have been a lot better if I would do think on the nice background of some building.

This is my last photo from outdoor location. In this photo, even though the locker is in front of my model I have made sure that she’s the one that is in focus because she’s the main subject in this photo. 

Contact sheet - Outdoor Location photography

It was very helpful to firstly take photos in an outdoor location, because I was able to concentrate on the foreground as well as the background. It was also very interesting as I was able to try out my 50mm lens which I haven't used properly before. I am happy with the photos that I took, even though the weather was very bad.

Indoor Location photography

This is my first photo from indoor location, where I have used my additional flash. I really like this photo, that I have took from low angle. The first thing that I like is that by using additional flash I didn’t create any unwanted shadows. She’s not looking directly into the camera, and her pose is also nice, as she’s holding on to the stairs handles, from which I have created almost a little frame to the photo.

This is my second photo from indoor location. I have also been using my additional flash, but because I have decided to take a portrait format photo it has created some shadows at the bottom part of the photo. Overall I like the place and composition of this photo, as it looks really like. We can find some leading lines through the photo from stairs handle. Whereas my model is standing right in the middle, it makes us follow our eyes to look at her. 

This is another photo from indoor location which I think is one of my best photos from this day. I have also created a frame from stairs and framed her directly in the middle of the photo. I like how she’s looking up because the flash is directly on her face and it didn’t create any unwanted shadows. She’s the only one which is in focus in this photo, which lets us concentrate on her rather than on the stairs handles in front of her in the photo.

This is my next photo, which is very similar to my previous photo, but this time is a close up. I have still decided to do it through the barriers of the stairs to create a frame in my photo, but the focus is still on my main subject of the photo. I have also been using an additional flash to create her skin look nice and soft and also natural. I have framed her a little bit to the left side of the photo, with the format of landscape picture.

This is my next indoor location photo. I have been using a natural light for this. Danny is more or less framed in the middle, but I have also wanted to get the blue door in the background in the photo. I like this photo, because it looks natural.

This last photo from indoor location is very similar to my previous one, but I have decided to take it as Kitty’s shirt match very nicely with the background, as the colours are very similar. I have framed her in the middle of the photo, using natural light coming from big window, also using big depth of field as the background wasn’t very interesting.

Contact sheet - Indoor Location photography

I am really happy that I got a chance to take some indoor location photos in college, because the light is very bad and the conditions were quite hard to take pictures in, but because of this I have learnt how to use my additional flash, and I think that some of the photos came out great. I didn't like the idea of using the flash before, but after this technical task, I have realized that you can take some really nice photos with flash while working in an indoor location, with really bad lightning. I was also using natural light, coming through the big windows on some corridors.

Studio photography

This is my first studio group photo, taken from eye level angle in a landscape format. This photo was taken with a light box, therefore we can see that my models faces are nice and soft, looking natural. I have also asked my models to make a funny face so that the photo is a little bit different from other ones. I have also put the models from smallest to tallest to make it look nice and neat. 

This is my second photo from studio. I have decided to take a portrait of my model, and framed her in the middle of the photo. My model is smiling, looking directly into the camera. Unfortunately my lens was a little bit dirty, and I didn’t realise it until I have put my photos on to the computer and realised there is a blue circle on some of the photos, right in the middle.  Overall I like this portrait, as its sharp and focused correctly.

This is my next photo from studio. I was also using a soft box for this photo which is in a portrait format. I have framed my model in the middle of the photo and decided to use a little bit of movement. Overall I like this photo because it’s also a little bit different from the rest of my studio photos.

This is my next photo of two of my models. I have decided to ask Danny to stand the other way round, and Dimitra to stand in front of him, looking at me through his shoulder. I like the contrast between her red t-shirt and his yellow writing on the t-shirt. I like the photo in general.

This is my next photo from studio, that I have decided to make in black and white, because I thought it would look better, and I my opinion it does. They both look happy and the photo looks really nice in general because of the composition, nice framing and poses of my models.

This is my last group photo from the studio photo shoot. I have decided to ask all three of them to sit on the floor and smile directly into the camera. We have been using light box therefore the photo looks natural and soft. They are all sat in a different position which makes the photo look a little bit messy but I think it’s effective. 

Contact sheet - Studio photography

Overall, I am happy with my photos from studio. It was the third time in my life when I was working in a photography studio, and I have learnt new things. I think that the photos would e even more interesting if we had a time for planning, because I wasn't sure how to pose my models and I have wasted a lot of time because of this, but as it was only a practice I am happy with the final results.