Candid Photography

A Candid portrait is one where the subject is unaware that a photo has been taken. The idea of a candid portrait is to capture people acting naturally. They should be unaware they are being photographed, as their behaviour often changes once they become aware of the camera.

Above is my photoshoot for candid photography.

The final images I have chosen are:

Out of all the images I decided that these were the best outcomes. These shoots didn’t work out the way I wanted due to the timing of day I chose to do it. Underestimating how dark it is now in the afternoon my images have a slightly darker tone to them than desired. Nevertheless I have used Lightroom and photoshop and edited the brightness and exposure of each image making it slightly lighter but keeping the contrast to a middle tone so the image wouldn’t look less focused and too dark in some areas.

If I was to do this shoot again I would definitely do it during the day and try and photograph outside rather than inside. The lighting being used in the first 3 pictures is normal daylight simply shining through my lounge windows. However in the last image of my younger baby brother I was indoors using artificial light which meant that already some of my images have turned out with these yellow undertones which is why I have decided to change my images too black and white.