For this photo shoot I intend to explore a larger range of lighting and backdrops to display a wide range of studio photographs. My previous photoshoot consisted of plain facial expressions and didn’t create a story or portray any sense of the models personality. Inspired by work produced by Rankin I decided to take some more images within the school studio to try and capture images which can convey a story or sense of emotion in which the model is feeling. I also wanted to try and incorporate a greater understanding of chiaroscuro by editing the images to be highly contrasted.
Contact Sheet
Edits
My Favourite Edit 
Within the process of taking this photo, I used artificial lighting in the studio with a blackened background. Using artificial lighting, mainly which came from the flash on my camera, helped to illuminate my models faces which is the main focus of the picture. I also used back lighting from above to help bring out the models hair, however it wasn’t too bright that made the hair distracting from the key elements of the photograph like the stretched parts of skin. I directed this photo with the intention to create a strong emotional response on the viewer which i believe has been successfully achieved. The image almost reflects a sense of deformity or could relate to physical abuse which is are very touching and horrifying topics. I like how the high contrast between the background and the facial features really brings out these themes which were intended to portray. To create the distorted effect upon the models faces, I played around with all the colours within Lightroom and increased the clarity by around 80 to really emphasis the detail within the face. Increasing the clarity really helped to bring the image alive to give an extra punch and impact. I think this image was successful, not only because of the detail and the editing as a whole, but due to the story I was able to create, which could vary across several topics leading to the viewer able to unpick and interpret the photo how they like.