Here are the outcomes from a portraiture photoshoot I did in the studio. The majority of my photographs are half-body shots, which allowed me to instruct the models to do certain poses. I have edited them in Lightroom, for some to make the background colours more apparent, and for others to make them in black and white to dramatize them.

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My first subject:

These are the outcomes of the photographs I took of my first subject, it is clear that she is confident in front of the camera. I instructed her on certain poses, to make the photograph more engaging and entertaining but also to make her try feel more relaxed. I have also edited some so that they’re in black and white, though this is to dramatize them a bit more but also because the original images don’t contain much colour, therefore they’re arguably more appealing in black and white.

The lighting technique I used to photograph this model was Rembrandt lighting.

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My second subject:

The lighting technique I used to photograph this model was Rembrandt lighting.

The lighting technique I used to capture these photographs was butterfly lighting.

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My third subject:

I believe these photographs show elements of the Chiaroscuro lighting technique.

The lighting technique I used to capture these photographs was Rembrandt lighting.

I believe the majority of these photographs to be example of the butterfly lighting technique.

Diamond Cameo edit

I cropped a circle from 4 photographs I took during the lighting techniques photoshoot above. I then arranged them into the diamond cameo structure

Final outcome:

I made the final edit black and white to dramatize it. This was also so that the colours of the photographs and the previous beige background didn’t clash.