Photoshoot Plan: I want to take some simple portraits to edit in the style of Nigel Tomm, I have already looked at his work and the concept behind it using found images from magazine to manipulate the stereotypical ideals of beauty conveyed. I now want to take my own photos which I can edit in a similar way and experiment further with. As a starting point I want to take photos on a plain white background in the style of a model headshot focusing of facial features and angles. I want to use bright natural light to illuminate my models face evenly, the model will be wearing neutral colours which will match the colour scheme.
I am happy with how this shoot turned out, not all of the photos will be able to be used after going through the images I am confident I will have enough to start experimenting with. The lighting on the day was extremely bright, this gave the images a nice glowing colour however it made harsh shadows caused my model squint in some photos. My favourite photos from this shoot are the ones taken from a side angle with the model looking at the camera directly, the one of the model looking back over her shoulder follows a traditional style of female beauty. It gives a feminine, gentle look to the image which can not be achieved as well by portraits taken at a straight on square angle. Many of the images i found in magazines were taken at this angle and i wanted to replicate this in the images I take.
