This image is of Chloe and was taken in the studio quite recent in the style of Chiaroscuro byme in the style of Robert Moran for my photography coursework. A man who uses shadows and light to highlight what he wants the viewers to focus on for example in one of his photographs he used a women’s silhouette and shined light on her curves making that the viewers focal point. In my photo rather than focusing on her silhouette I made the viewer’s focal point her face and also her shirt which I think is just as empowering as the silhouette of the women Robert Moran photographed as she is embracing her body shape and curves I however used the shirt because of WonderWomen as she is one of the few female superheroes empowering to females in the DC comics. The shirt should also be a place where the viewer’s eyes draw into as it has bold colour like, blue, red and yellow. The soft shadows conceals a part of her face and clothes and the light illuminates her best features. For this photograph I used one point artificial lighting to create a chiaroscuroeffect with a backdrop. I positioned the camera right in front of Chloe and just had her turn a small portion of her body. One thing I did differently to Robert Moran was that I used more light than shadow. However when I went to edit the photo and changed the brightness and contrast.

JOACHIM SCHMID

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what do I like about JOACHIM SCHMID’s images?

• how simple the look on face value
• how complex they are when you delve deeper into the meaning of the pairing of the images
• how the halves flow and work together to create a good composition

how could I link my photographs to JOACHIM SCHMID?

• photograph my individual and take a photograph from their childhood and match them up together, to create the sense of how their identity has change over time.
• photograph my individual and find an archival image that links to how they identify, eg. race.

EDWARD HONAKER

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what do I like about EDWARD HONAKER’s images?

• how the faces are blurred
• how these images could be true for any individual as the face is unknown
• links to lots of identity problems such as, lack of identity

how could I link to EDWARD HONAKER?

• blur faces on photographs to show how identity issues could happen to anyone
• find old family photographs and cross out faces of those who have changed or how are no longer alive

CHRISTIAN MARCLAY

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what I like about CHRISTIAN MARCLAY’s images

• the mix between different black and white and coloured album covers
• the way each cover sits on another and fits together
• the thought that has gone into each album cover being placed by another, as in why it has been placed with another
• the mix between genders
• the notion of how each album links to another in some way

how could I to link to CHRISTIAN MARCLAY?

• link my individuals to what music they enjoy listening to
• explore the stereotypical music tastes for people and how it may not be correct

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Studio photography is used to shoot a wide variety of subjects, including people, animals and wide variety of products, from automobiles to jewelry. A photography studio will usually start out as a blank space, meaning just an empty room. In this case, my theme of portraiture allows the models emotion/expression to become bolder and more intense than an usual everyday background.

In the images that i have picked from particular photographers, they seem to have more character compared to other photos that i have seen. In Lisa Visser’s photos the models look very innocent and the fact that these photos are in black and white make them look even more simple and pure than usual. As well as this, the blank expression on their faces makes it even harder to know what they’re thinking/feeling; this can make the viewer feel slightly unnerving and uncomfortable, especially because they are children and most children are full of energy and would rarely have a blank expression on their face. The studio setting intensifies this unnerving feeling as there is no meaningful background for the viewer to observe to be able to know something about the models life, unlike environmental photography. On the other hand, Mads Perch’s photos express a lot of emotion through colours and contrast. The dark and dramatic black background contrasts immensely with the model that has a lot of colour projected on her. By having a large amount of different colours on the model, her expressions become more meaningful, maybe even more mysterious as the colour is filtering her facial expressions. Her photos are interesting and inspiring as they catch the observers eye as the the lighter colours against the black background make the white shades stand out more and the human eye is automatically drawn to white/lighter colours. Again, the studio setting intensifies this as all you can see in the photo is the model, no background. As for Nicolas Savine, his photos are similar to Lisa Visser’s work, as they are also black and white and a lot of his photos also have the model making a blank expression. Although, he has some models pull a different expression, therefore showing emotion, this can make the viewer even more uncomfortable, especially if they’ve seen the model with no expression, this is because the model can come across a fake; as if they don’t actually have emotion but they are only showing emotion because they are being told to.

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for this photo shoot I used one point artificial lighting to create a chiaroscuro affect with a backdrop.