Planning:
In this photoshoot my artistic aim is to recreate some of the ‘famous’ propaganda which was used during the second world war, in order to showcase another element which was vital for Jersey’s journey through the second world war. I am going to try and capture the images in the style of tableaux photography, where I use similar lighting, positing and poses in order to capture my images. I decided not to focus on costumes as me nor my models had outfits like the actual images, doing this allowed me to focus more on the positioning, pose and capturing and accurate replication. To capture these images I will be using the studio, with artificial lighting. I shall experiment with 1,2 and 3 point lighting and the warmth of the soft boxes in order to create different effects when capturing my models doing the poses. Using the different types of lighting will allow me to use different effects like chiaroscuro, which will allow me to showcase my camera skills and knowledge. I intend to keep the shutter speed at fast, as I do not want any blur, as the images will not be like the original images. However, to show further exploration I may decide to experiment with the shutter speed at the end of the shoot to see what types of images I can create and use for my own propaganda. I kept the ISO low throughout the photoshoot so there was no noise being created, and the aperture was also on a normal setting so the image was not darker nor lighter. My modals face is usually going to be my main focus point and so I will look and experiment with using different depth of fields in order to showcase this. Prop wise I will not be using very many as I wanted to make this photoshoot as simplistic as possible.
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Evaluation:
To evaluate this photoshoot I believe I have managed to capture many successful images which shows competence with camera skills in a photography studio. I was able to explore using my shutter speed, ISO and different types of lighting in order to create different effects. I believe that my images that I have captured are very much like the original ones, which shows my ability to follow the style of tableaux photography due to the research I have conducted. Moreover, I managed to think ahead while capturing these images, during the shoot I decided I wanted to make a gif (moving image) of one of my models moving into the pose of the propaganda I was recreating. Due to this decision of mine I managed to capture the first image have my model slightly move and repeat this, as if I was creating a stop frame animation. Not only have I managed to produce accurate recreations I also have produced images which are like Kruger’s work, which will allow me to explore her style in the editing process. One issue that I ran into was getting the model to do exactly what I said, and sometimes my instructions where not clear which lead to poor quality images and models in the wrong pose. However, when I realised this was an issue I ensured that my instructions where much clearer and this resolved the problem.
Action Plan:
As an action plan I intend to use my successful images in photoshop, to further replicate the propaganda I have chosen. Moreover, it will allow me to further explore the style of Kruger’s work and give me the opportunity to explore and utilise my ideas which I have thought of when I conducted the research to see what makes a successful propaganda poster. In addition, I will use the burst of images in order to create a gif of my model getting into the ‘famous’ position, and therefore will have to use a website online to make the gif or make the gif within photoshop using tutorials.