As my time to take photos of Joyce and Hedley were limited, I only managed to capture a few images. Here is a screenshot of the non-manipulated images I took. WE took the images in the studio and used key lights in a light box which were connected to the flash commander on the camera. I took this on a canon DSLR and I used a 50m portrait lens.
My Manipulated Images
For this image, I mainly focused on Hedley's face as the light wasn't hitting it. I therefore brightened up some of his face and fixed some of the over exposure on the left side of his face. I then adjusted the white balance of his face to make it more similar to Joyce's face. I also used to spot healing tool to remove a lot of white fluff from his sweater. I also added a bit more brightness into Joyce's eyes so that they're more noticeable.
Experimentation
I added this frame in Photoshop which makes the image looks like a distressed photograph. Nowadays, images are mainly stored on phones, computers and social media. However, the older generation still mainly store all their photographs in physical form. I applied this filter to reflect how Hedley and Joyce are still more likely to keep their photographs in physical form.I photo shopped this frame to make the image look like a slide from a film camera. I like this effect because during the war the cameras were all use by film so it reflects the time Hedley and Joyce were children.
Other Manipulated Image
For this image I decided to manipulate this photo to become black and white. This is to reflect that as Hedley and Joyce are old, many of their childhood photos / photos of their parents or grandparents would've been in black and white. I then adjusted the contrast and on particular parts of the face such as around the eyes, I made them brighter to draw more attention to them. Hedley's face was particularly dark in the photo, so i worked on brightening Hedley's face a lot more so his features are a lot easier to see. I also used the spot healing tool on Hedley's jumper to remove fluff balls that were stuck on his jumper.
Experimentation
For this image, I added a frame that had burnt corners. I feel like the burnt corners can represent two things: the age of Joyce and Hedley / their experiences and how some of their experiences of the war can damage them. For this image I applied a different film frame. During the war, there were no digital cameras. Only film cameras were around at the time so the film frame can represent the moment of day to day life of the war and how the older generation who survived the war can also be mentally stuck in it.
