I was not happy with how this photoshoot turned out. Many of the photos are blurry due to difficulties with my camera, the lighting was not correct and was too one sided for the indoor shoot due to the only light source being a bay window. This would have made some nice images had my camera settings been correct. Additionally, for the outdoor shoot there were high winds which made it very difficult for my female model holly to keep her hair under control as well as it beginning to rain so i had to call it with what i had. Due to the small display on the camera i didn’t realise that the settings were wrong until i uploaded them onto my computer by which point my models had left and were unavailable to come back. In development software I did not succeed at improving the photos and making them usable. Due to having a deadline and a plan to stick too i decided it was best to not spend any more time trying to make the photos work and rather spend more time planning the rest of my photoshoots so that i could ensure that they would not go wrong.

My first photoshoot was conducted at a football match- it was night with only overhead floodlights as lighting which was primarily concentrated on the pitch making my images particularly dark with motion blurs, which was the opposite of what I wanted. Once I figured out the camera settings I needed to decrease motion blurs (quicker shutter speed) my images became more cinematic.

Although my images are dark- I can brighten them in Lightroom which will give them a grainy texture- although this may lead to a decline in the quality of the images I feel as if this will suit the colour scheme in the image and positively add to the atmosphere of the images.

MY BEST IMAGES FROM THIS SHOOT

This image above- although dark- I feel may have potential after editing. The background is blurred however the subject in the right of the image is perfectly in focus, stark artificial overhead lighting creates almost a split lighting effect on the subjects face- with the subjects face turned away from the light, bold defining shadows are created around his eyes and on his shoulder.

I like this image above as it looks very cinematic due to the highlighted subjects which are defined by dramatic shadows and are in focus while there is a blurred background. There is also a slight green tint to the images due to the light which I really like as it can be easily compared to works by Wing Shya- there is also a slight symmetry with the background floodlights which I think adds to the cinematic look.

As seen in the image above I would like to play with the natural yellow/green tinge in the lighting of the images, I plan to make these colours more prominent (subtlety) in the editing. This image is also an example of stark shadows with the subject being the main focus (background blurred)

Overall I believe the images I have taken on this photoshoot provide a good baseline for editing as the lighting captured all I wanted to capture; stark shadows, cinematic style compositions and coloured lighting making this photoshoot a successful one- however possibly a flaw in this photoshoot is the lack of successful images, although taking over 200 images very few of them are “good” images due to the presence of motion blur and darkness.