ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS

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PLAN/FINAL OUTCOMES

My plan and moodboard

I wanted my environmental portrait images to portray youth culture in Jersey so I decided to take photos of my friends where we usually hang out- specifically being Curiosity Coffee Shop, my house/roof and St Johns skatepark.

FIRST SHOOT

MULTIPLE PEOPLE- ON ROOF/IN CURI

For my first photoshoot, I have selected to photograph my friends in a coffee shop/on my roof. Above I have selected some of my best photographs to create a mini gallery to illustrate my images. Furthermore, I photographed them during the mid afternoon to attempt to get the best lighting despite it being an overcast day. I believe the bottom middle and the top right images have the potential to be the best after being edited in Lightroom Classic.

FINAL EDITED IMAGES

I believe this group image best fits an environmental portrait, I especially like the way attention is drawn to the middle subject as she is the only one looking directly into the camera.

SECOND SHOOT

OUTSIDE-IN THE SKATEPARK

For my second photoshoot, I have photographed my friend Bella skating. I photographed Bella just before sunset to get the best lighting. Some images are overexposed as my shutter speed and IOS was too high but I hope to fix these flaws in Lightroom.

FINAL EDITED IMAGES

THIRD SHOOT

INSIDE- IN HOUSE/ROOF/STAIRWELL/LIFT

My third and final photoshoot includes images of Bella in my kitchen, sitting in my stairwell and in the lift. In my kitchen and the stairwell the lighting was mostly natural but in the lift the lighting was artificial, leading to a yellow ambient glow. My favourite images include the first two on the second row as I believe they look most inspired by Larry Clark (click here for blog post describing inspirations).

FINAL EDITED PICTURES

This image really reminds me of Michelle Sank’s work. I decided not to edit this image as I really liked the ambient lighting and yellow tones mixed with the green of the staircase as it gives a really interesting colour scheme.
I really like the yellow tones and the way the mirror draws attention to the subject in this image, I believe this image really shows my inspiration-Larry Clark.

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