Looking back at the beginnings of the portraiture outcomes, I gained a good understanding of environmental portraiture, as I have done a lot of research on the topic, I knew how to approach this task. I remember this was also not a comfortable photoshoot to do, as I approached strangers in their working environment. However because I did that I was able to make many different photographs, and the outcomes varied from each other, the downside of this was that I needed to be quick so although there was a big variety, there was roughly 2-3 photographs per person produced. this narrowed down my picks as some images came out blurred. The easiest part about this was to create a theme between them and edit them in order so it suits the place and person.
another form of environmental portraits i have created was of the school show. this was another difficult photoshoot, as when it came to taking the pictures i had to not only focus on producing images for my blog and for artistic purposed, but also to produce images for the school. I am happy I did it as it allowed me to have outcomes that give me a contrast to other items, and are different then other images , produced by me or others. when looking at images usually produced by me, they followed my style, therefore what I didn’t like about this was that the subject I was photographing was not my style at all, rather a documentative photography. however the outcome the photograph I am most proud of and like the most is the bello image on the left, this is because it may even be a sort of performance act as the actress stood still for a while, giving me time to capture it, other images from the shoot have more movement in them, but this one is rather calm.
Out of the whole environmental portraiture project, I was most disappointed in not creating a photoshoot responding to Michelle Sank. as I ran out of time, I still wanted to create images that look similar to hers. I found her work very interesting. hence I did a detailed study of her work. although i didn’t produce a response to her work, I still learned many values from studying her.
Another outcomes I think are les successful are the environmental portraits done around school, this is because to me the simply look like ordinary photographs, and I haven’t put much effort or thought before taking them. to someone these may look like good photographs as they can create a new story to them, but because I know the original thought wasn’t intriguing, they loose value.
Focusing on studio portraits, was a good learning experience for me, as I was able to focus on the importance of different camera setting and the different effects they would have on the subject being photographed.
I prefer the bellow pictures rather then ideas exploring different lighting.
Although the bellow pictures show the main lighting ideas, i think depending on the person being photographed , different lighting would suit other in different ways. I like learning and exploring these different lighting as I was able to make a decision on which one I prefer to use. this is why my favourite image from bellow is the one on the far left, which was Rembrandt lighting.
As I had a go at producing a diamond cameo example, I think it turned out quite successful as comparing to the example image that I was basing it of, it looked very similar. What I would have done differently is to make an outline on the photograph as it blends in with the website, or have shadows around the oval faces, so that they stand out more.
I really like colour in my photographs, therefore when it came to experimenting with coloured gels it was very fun. I am disappointed that I haven’t produced more outcomes, maybe with a different models and poses. as I stuck to quite strict , straight and serious poses. I am happy that I was able to change these pictures then later as a digital shutter speed experimentation, because this is what made them a bit more interesting photographs.
As I experimented with shutter speed, I’m glad I did a digital version as well as a real life version of the outcomes. I have learnt the adjustment that are needed to be made in order to create the bellow image on the camera. it was quite tricky to do as there were many fails during my first attempts, however the second time I have got around to experimenting with the technique again, the outcomes were much better. with this photoshoot I didn’t have many intentions of how it would turn out, simply because it is hard to predict how a photograph will be taken by the camera, but i am the most happy with the image bellow.
Photographs that I have taken to relate them to an artist reference study were so successful that I decided to include the bellow one as my final image. although I didn’t produce an overall many photographs from the shoot, I has 1-2 that stood out. Why I like about the whole response as a whole is that I was inspired to try something similar to the artist, but I haven’t done everything exactly the same. I like how I was able to be influenced by the idea but though of another approach to the effect.
Finally the last photoshoot responding to femininity and self identity had outcomes that varied aesthetically. This was because of the style of editing I have chosen. the bottom 3 images didn’t really relate to the artist study I have done, although I have been inspired by the artist before, the outcomes didn’t look exactly like the artists work. However why I love these photographs, especially displayed in a sequence bellow, because of how well they fit with what I was trying to achieve. What my intentions were was to make photographs that feel very feminine as well as meaningful and images that have a storyline that flows. these have these qualities, however the only thing I would change I the technical aspects when taking the pictures. I wanted to achieve a dreamy effect and these do just that, but technically taking photographs against the light is quite tricky on the camera. it was hard to add on a dreamy, soft looking filter on top of an image without it blurring it as it was. this is why the far right image is not in much focus especially on the face it is hard to figure out the image, as there’s only shadows for the main features of the face.
What I’m most happy with was how the bellow image links so well to a classical historic painting of this field. I was aware of the traditional artwork that used to be made, and I thought that that would link to responding to femininity, especially because I was exploring traditional view on women and the exaggeration of it. I think this image was very successful as it responds to the artist very well and even looking at the technical aspects, is a good quality photograph. This photograph also met my expectations as it showed a traditional look on women, especially how they were seen in art, and historic art.
Overall the outcome I’m most happy with out of the whole portraiture project are the photographs most recently produced, as a response to femininity and self identity. This is because I have given the most meaning to them and story. However what I noticed is that the most unsuccessful photographs were the ones that I don’t have a good relationship with. where I might have not thought about them well enough or meaning.