For my self-portraiture project, I plan to shoot in the school’s studio primarily so that I can get the best possible lighting, and so that I can achieve a cleaner, hospital-like setting for the images I want to take for one of my pieces that I’ve planned. Using the studio, I can also get shots of myself wearing my motorcycle gear for that same piece, which could save me time in finding the right space to do it outside of school.

In addition, I would like to get a large variety of different shots of myself in my bedroom, to provide insight on how I live, who I am and what I do outside of school. As my bedroom window faces to the west, I may try to get a shoot done during the golden hour to achieve softer, warmer tones across my images. I could also use my key light, or the different coloured lights in my room to create different effects and to emphasise some of these hues for a more visually appealing piece.

I will be using my own camera and telephoto lens for these shoots, and most likely a tripod to set them up. On my camera, the settings shouldn’t be too different from normal – on manual and adjusted to the environment I shoot in (should be a relatively bright environment) – and I don’t think I have anything in particular I want to experiment with for this.