Initial studio portraits with a mix of 1 and 2 point lighting. They didn’t come out in the quality or style that I had hoped for so I decided to re shoot more portraits. However there are some interesting lighting effects that came out of this photo shoot.
Final outcomes
I then moved on to using colour lighting in the studio to create a different style of image. It was difficult to get a good quality image as the coloured lights created a blurry image. However I ended up with some good quality photos that I was able to edit.
Final images
I experimented with the saturation and contrast with these images to make the colour stand out. With the last three I also made the exposure a little bit longer to get a blurred motion effect
Tableaux vivant is a static photo containing one or more actors. French for ‘living picture’ shows these actors stationary often with props, costume and precise positioning. It is a mixture of theater and visual arts.
Examples of David LaChapelle’s work
Possible example of a shot I may try to recreate, however i will aim to change the destruction of household items to something more fitting with todays social standards.
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer. He was considered by many to be a master of candid / street photography, and an early user of 35 mm film. He created the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment. Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947. Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo.
Cartier – Bresson’s mostly works in black and white and focus’s on elements such as reflection, motion/movement and framing.
He founded the Magnum Photo Agency in 1947 along with 3 other photographers at the time. Magnum Photos now consists of around 80 members who all help run the agency. Magnum Photos also attained the copyrights to all of Cartier – Bresson’s work after he passed away at the age of 96.
Technical – The lighting in this image in reasonably high key with the bright white sky taking up half of the frame. The lighting is all natural with some extra light reflecting off of the water. The tonal range remains consistent with a small amount of contrast. Visual – The choice of a black and white image adds to the emotional response created by the viewer and the buildings in the background, bridge in the middle of the shot and the boat in the foreground create a nice sense of depth. The image its self appear to obey to the rule of thirds. The position of the house which symbolises a safe place and then the forest which can symbolism danger and darkness on either side of the image creates a good sense of juxtaposition, especially since the women is running away from the house and towards the forest. Contextual – This photo could be related to the romantic art movement with the connotations of the river, bridge and possibly a building of importance (church). Conceptual – Bresson’s idea with this and many of his images was to ‘capture the moment’. He did this perfectly with this picture showing a women running, causing the viewer to question what she is running from.
Street photography comes from taking photos of people or events close up and in the moment. Catching people off guard can often lead to a good street photograph or using a more subtle approach of taking photos of random people doing small, insignificant but interesting things.
France. Cannes. Gucci. Cruise. 2018.
GB. ENGLAND. Kent. Margate. 1986.
These photos are example of Martin Parr’s street photography work. He adopts a heavy use of colours to emphasis his images and possibly increase the sense of chaos they often give off. Most of his work seems to be asking the question of what is actually going on as some appear rather bizarre and peculiar.
Portrait photography is a picture of a single person or group of people. The photo often aims to demonstrate the personality of the subject(s) with effective techniques such as lighting, background and poses. A portrait does not have to just be a photo of someone or some people from the shoulders up. Portraits can be full body as they are trying to say something about the subject which may not be specific to their face.
Some examples of professional portrait work from Arnold Newman
My examples of Candid and Environmental portrait work:
