Shoot 3: Photography studio dance
For this next shoot, I reflected on my second shoot of taking images of the dancers in the dance studio from this out come I wanted to take a more formal approach that I would hope create more defined images. At this stage I had began to reflect more on artist references while looking at the development of this studio I have been investigated Gjon Mili’s work who used suoboscopic photography which allowed each position of a movement to be presented and shown, so the photograph looked like the complete movement. For this studio I used the photography studio that has an infinity backdrop which will help benefit my images as if will create the illusion that there is no background or lines, this creates a more formal outcome. I asked each of my subjects to wear one of their favourite costumes throughout their dance career; as from personal experience a costume can either make or break a dance and by wearing their favourite costume their would be a different type of refection being represented though the image and more positive emotions. However the final outcomes doesn’t necessarily fit my hypothesis, it seemed that depending on the type of movement and turn depended on the type of emotion that each dancer subconsciously reflected. I believe this to have happened as its likely they subconsciously refereed a typical dance step with past experiences and dances that relate to the move itself. For this photoshoot I used the flash lights in the studio that linked with my camera this allowed the perfect lit up space for each dancer and created the best outcome. Overall I was happy with the photoshoot however one aspect that I would change if I were to redo this I would experiment with different types of lighting as although there is good illumination, the tone and temperature of lighting is something that would consider changing and developing. Finally when it came to editing, it was an experimental process as each type of photograph allowed for a different type of editing to create the best outcome overall. After the photoshoot I opened the images on Light room which allows me to select the best photographs and easily separate them from the worst images; this further aided the development and editing process of each image.
A few finer selections of my images however not edited yet or sorted any issue with the images.
Final edited images:
For my final images I used both balk and white editing and brightening the contrast to highlight the colours. I decided to use both technique as when it came to creating my final narrative of my phonebook it would offer different oppitunity to tell a different story overall.
