Photoshoot Process

In total, I had 3 photoshoots: First at a youth club, second by some foliage, third in the market.

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

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 Edits