In total, I had 3 photoshoots: First at a youth club, second by some foliage, third in the market.
Contact Sheet
Contact Sheet
In each photoshoot I tried to use a variety of angles and distances in order to get an assortment of shots that looked different from one another whilst still keeping both the model and background in the shot. I found this quite difficult, especially when the model was moving around, as the photos would end up quite blurry/out of focus even when I changed the shutter speed and f-stop. However, despite these challenges, I think I was still able to get some decent environmental portraits.
Editing My Portraits
My original photo
When editing this image I wanted to make the background stand out just as much as the foreground in order to highlight one aspect of the surrounding environment whilst still keeping everything else in focus. This led me to increasing the highlights and shadows a lot whilst keeping the exposure down in order to make sure each object in the image was in focus and distinguishable from one another. I finished off the edit by decreasing the saturation on everything except the blues which gives the viewers eye something to focus on.
My final edit
My Final Edits
This is my favourite edit as I like how the colours stand out, despite being muted, and how they create a small wonderland due to the flowers surrounding her, making her seem like she’s in her own little world.
Environmental Portraits – show and discuss – critique
Work in small groups to take still life compositions in studio – use product table and flash lighting system, copy stand with flash light, and coloured backdrops with soft box lighting (this should be done by now)
Select and edit a range of images from your still life photo-shoot in Adobe Lightroom
Look carefully at this blog post for ideas, research and theory
Create YOUR OWN blog post(s) that clearly shows your selection process and a range of final images from the objects
Final Images = 3-5 object-based images
At least one image should be black and white, and show understanding of tone and contrast
Over half term…try to photograph a range of still-life set-ups, experiment with your own lighting, own objects etc
Remember when EXPORTING from Lightroom you must adjust the file size to 1000 pixels on the Long edge for “blog-friendly” images (JPEGS)
Refer to THIS BLOG POST… for help and guidance in the studio
