Task 1
Our
first part of first task was historical and contemporary research. We were
asked to research photographers, film stars, portraiture as well as films, both
historical and contemporary. This has really helped me as I have gained a lot
of inspiration from photographers as well as different films. . I was able to
see the difference between historical and contemporary work of different
photographers. Then I have also researched studio and location portraiture,
which gave me a lot more inspiration. The third part of this task was to
research editorial pieces. This has really helped me to understand what
editorial piece means, and what should be included. It also gave me a lot of
ideas of how editorial piece can be laid out. The last part was to do a
research on our chosen films. I have decided to choose two films which were
Maleficent and Miracle on 34th Street. In this task I have
researched deeply into the films as well as watched both of the films to make
sure I understand the meaning of the films.
As a
group we went out to do location photography. First of all we were taking
photos of each other within our group in an outdoor location. We went to town
and while taking photos we were asked to concentrated on foreground and
background of our portraits. Then we did
an indoor location shoot, where I was able to use additional flash, which
really helped me to understand how it all works.
We
also did a photo shoot in studio.
Technical
task A and B
Technical
task and B have really helped me to understand the health and safety in the
studio as well as the difference between measuring light between ambient and
flash as well as incident and reflective meter readings. These two tasks have
really helped me, as when I went into studio I was a lot more confident with
all of the rules. I knew what I had to look around for and why I should be careful,
because after the research I have found out how dangerous it can be if you don’t
follow the rules. Second part of this task, which was technical task B, about
measuring the light, has really helped me with studio photo shoot, as well as
location.
Technical
task 3A
This
has really helped me to understand high and low key as well as the difference
between them two I have also looked at some photographers who really like high
and low key photos. I was a little bit struggling to find low key
photographers, but I have found quite a few of high key and I was able to see
their work and I have found some really good examples.
Technical
task 3B
This
task has really helped me to understand the difference between all of the
different light that can be used in a studio. By doing this research I was able
to see the examples of each light and then I could have decided which light I
want to use in my final photo shoot. I really liked this task, because it was really
helpful.
We
also got another chance to work in studio using three different kinds of
lights. This practise has really helped me with understanding the difference
between available lights in studio. I have also understood how important light
is and how it can completely change the effect of the photo in terms of mood
and feelings. This also helped me to understand which lights I want to choose
in my final photos and why, it was very helpful as we were also able to try out
each lighting.
Final
studio photo shoot went well. Overall I am very happy about my final photos. I
really like them and it was very hard to only pick few favourite ones. Unfortunately because of my make-up artist and
props that wasn’t carefully thought through, and all of it went wrong, I had to
quickly change my plan to completely different film. I have decided to do
Cleopatra which ment that I had to quickly change make up of my model and the
dress which she was wearing was matching the theme of Cleopatra therefore it
wasn’t hard to change the film within 15 minutes. After the photo shoot I did a
research about Cleopatra film from 1999, which tell us about Cleopatra’s life.
Final
location photo shoot went well. I have spent few days
on doing my location photo shoot. I have been taking photos during
different family events, including Christmas as well as days out with family. I
am happy with most of the photos. I have a variety of photos from outdoor as well
as indoor location, few from night time and the rest from day time. It was very
hard to take photos in an outdoor location as the weather is Poland was very
cold, and it was hard to control the camera on a very cold as well as snowy
day. That’s why I might not have a big selection of photos, but I was trying my
best to take at least 5 photos per day when we were out in a location. Overall
I have used an additional flash as well as tripod to take some night time
photos. It was also nice taking photos of family, as I was confident to ask
them to stand here or there.
I
have also used Pinteres which is linked to my blogger profile. On Pinterest I
have collected inspirational photography, to help me with my final photos as
well as ideas. Another thing that affected my work during this project was that
half way through the project all of my photo analysis deleted of my blog, and
because I had to do this again, I have wasted quite a lot of time just because
I didn’t make sure that I have saved it somewhere else as a copy. Overall I
have really enjoyed the project, but I think it would have been even better if
we would have more of the technical tasks, and a lot more practice as well as regularly
getting feedback on our photos.
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