To begin my selection process, I first went through all my photos from my previous photoshoot.

Then I colour-coded them from green to red – green being photos I would definitely use and red being ones I wouldn’t – for example photos that were blurry or had bad lighting.

Then I went through the list of green-coded photos and chose my favourites. I picked by photos judging by which ones went best with my theme and ones i felt had meaning behind them. Some others didn’t have a meaning but i chose because I thought they would fit well with my overall photo – for example, the statues of angels in the graveyard.

My best photos and why I chose them

PHOTO #1 or 2

For this photo it took a lot of tries to get the perfect shot. I wanted to mimic infamous photos of Pete Townshend from The Who jumping on stage as music is the inspiration behind my photoshoot.

I wanted the lighting to be dimly lit so I would be the main focus of the photo. I like this photo because it captures action in one still shot. I can’t decide between the two which one I prefer so my plan is to either create a double-exposure or settle for one.

PHOTO #3

This is my personal favourite photo out of my photoshoot because I feel it best represents the theme as it gives the 90s grunge-rock feel that I was going for. The photo itself completely changes my personality as from an outside perspective it looks like a concert photo. To make this photo look the way it did we used a slow shutter speed and for motion blur with the flash on to create a blurred photo with orange and yellow tones that to me could represent ‘stage lights’.

PHOTO #4

For this photo I used flash combined with a dimly lit background to put Alex as the main focus. The idea behind this photo was again inspired by the multiple headshots of rockstars, the main inspiration being the photo below of Robert Plant that I used in a previous post once again to go with my theme.

My plan for this photo is to add an ‘overlay’ over the eyes to convey emotion and have the main focus be the photo over her eyes instead of the photo as a whole.

PHOTO #5

Although this photo wasn’t intentionally taken this way, I plan to still use it as i really like it way it turned out – the photo itself again gives me the grunge, Kurt Cobain style vibe that could potentially go well with my intentional plan. My favourite part of the photo is the overlay of the shadows from Alex taking the picture. My idea for this is to maybe combine this photo with photo #3 because they have similar lighting and feel to them.

BACKGROUND IMAGES / OVERLAYS

Through photoshop I am planning to edit these onto my photos either through double/multiple exposure or layering. Each photo used is symbolic of my theme as it gives a nod to the impact music, especially early classic rock had on society as a whole. These images also contribute to my identity as a whole – the records and scrapbook are both my personal belongings – either bought or passed down from family to me.