These are the four final images I have produced from a photoshoot with Bob Le Sueur. Three of them are portraits and one is a more abstract photo of his footwear.
I decided to take this photo as although he is 99 years old his footwear matches up with what people my age would wear. After some conversation with Bob he gave an impression of still having a youthful mind, which I think this photo represents rather well. That is also why this is the only colour image I have chosen to use. It is split up into three separate photos; the furthest right having high offset and low saturation, which helps achieve a worn out aesthetic which can relate back to Bob’s physical appearance, of worn out skin and so on. The middle photo being much more vibrant with a colour balance changed to lean towards blue. I have also added colourful visual noise to the image to help bring out as much colour as possible. Finally, the furthest left image is the middle image with the right image overlayed ontop of it, at 40% opacity and moved slightly out of line. I couldn’t decide which one of these three photos to use so I decided to just use all of them instead.
The following photos are all half body-shot portraits which have been made black & white in order to help capture the seriousness of the moment.
For this photo I asked Bob to have a serious and angry look on his face. This is as no one else had asked for such thing and I wanted to show a different side to Bob which we may not have seen on that day. There is resilience visible in his eyes, and he looks almost as if he’s ready to fight, which makes me think of possibly relating back to the occupation.
This is a much happier portrait, of Bob sat and slightly propped up on his walking stick, witha slight smile on his face.
For this photo I wanted Bob to look down in reflection, thinking back to the occupation. I also wanted him to look to his left as everyone else got him to look right. Although looking the other direction would give a better highlight to his jaw and face in general, looking to his left shows quite literally a different side to him, but also helps show little hidden secrets, such as any scars or other marks collected over the years or during the occupation.
