This shoot was the first of the body shoots. I planned to use myself as the subject because I just wanted to get simple images of different parts of the body but it was a lot harder then I anticipated. I asked my mum if I could use her as the subject instead. The shoot turned out very well because I was able to capture the image that I wanted. I aimed to get the details of the skin and the form which is what I managed to do. The shoot was done in the bathroom because I needed a white plain background. The shoot was done in the evening so the lighting wasn’t the best. I decided to use the flash to help capture the details. I wanted a pure, cool colour to the images so I used white fluorescent as the white balance setting. When I used the flash it was making the images too over exposed so I used my hand to cover the flash slightly. This created a really nice effect of a pinkish colour to the images. Overall I am very happy with the results of the shoot.
I made sure I got all the different angles I wanted to get such as the feet, hands and the face. I also wanted to get some of the bone structure because its an unusual part of the body. When I was photographing the hands and feet I wanted to get the unusual angles that nobody really captures, such as the soul and the ball of the feet. When photographing the hands I wanted to capture the insignificant details such as the wrinkles and folds. For the face, I wanted to fragment the individual details such as the eyes and ears.
Since my project Is about growth and decay and capturing the insignificant details this is what I wanted to try and represent within this shoot. I made sure I captured the growth of the body and the way its changing through time. I captured this by photographing the feet and hands, and the wrinkles which show the decaying of the body. Also by focusing on the hair and it changing to grey shows how its changing over time.
I selected the best images from the shoot and edited them using Photoshop. I wanted a variation of angles and details and I am happy with the amount and variation I have. The editing was very simple because I was happy with the colour and exposure of the images all ready. I made the images slightly brighter and lessened the contrast to create this pure bright atmosphere. I didn’t crop any of the images because I was happy with the framing.
