Environmental portraits are portraits taken in the subject’s usual environment home or place of work, showing both the subject and the background.

Mood Board-

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Artist research-

Michelle Sank is a South African photographer who uses environmental portraits to explore societal and cultural differences, especially in the UK.

I like the simplicity of her work, often it is a single subject surrounded with an intentionally limited background, the lighting is often neutral and the interest comes from the models themselves.

Planning-

One of my friends is dying her hair so I decided to take pictures of her doing that. Another friend is coming to help her dye it so I can take my pictures with multiple people at the same time. I will take pictures around her house, but specifically her bathroom and bedroom.

The Shoot-

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Evauluation-

I enjoyed taking all of these pictures but if I were to do this task again I would have taken more and tried to organise the composition a bit more. In the future, I want to communicate more with my subjects to get better images. The lighting was not great and I probably should have done the shoot a little later in the day.