My final outcomes very successful in my opinion as they came how I wanted them too. I’m especially proud of the first edit despite it looking simple yet complex at the same time due to the collision and blending of the “housewife” photographs and look at the darker sinister yet troubled feeling behind the final outcome with the black and white. I decided to use both the masculine (focus on skin and body) and focus on the traditional female housewife in 1950-60s in the kitchen and how that plays a part with the subject looking upset, innocent and fragile.
My intention with this photograph above was looking at Cindy Sherman’s photographs including her vulnerability and angles that she used in her photographs and her “untitled still life” work and adapted it into my work and the way I decide to position my camera.
In these photographs I decided to focus on the different lighting techniques such as split lighting, butterfly/loop, rembrandt. I looked at my headshots and other studio photographs and chose my best one and the ones a think look the brightest and most creative and yet simple. I included my remembrandt bright photograph that I think looks sweet and minimalistic, that it emphasis even more the apples in her cheeks. In the centre photograph I included one of my edits of the “disguise-like ” covered hands photoshop editing. I believe it looks creative and interesting like a hand in motion type of story, how the hands looked being covered over the eyes vs how they look moved away from the face.
In the third photograph I included the subject with half the face being covered with the light (split lighting). I think it looks sinister and appealing to the audience as the subject appears to be smiling at the lens so it gives it a more uncomforting sense to the image.
In these environmental portraits I included two female works both in selling items to consumers but different environments. I realised my intentions with the photographs and photoshoot, I intended to make the workers the main and centre body of the image as they made it a whole as without the subject the background body of the photograph would only be an “environment” not “environmental portrait”. I wanted the photographs to look positive and not complex to understand for the audience so therefore the mugs in the first picture especially with the colourful background meant that the audience knew that the “environmental portrait” made sense with “pottery” and the element of painting and creativity in that specific place of work. Whereas the lady subject on the right had being selling knitting and different types of yarn ,I positioned the individual with the item therefore being able to deliver the message and understanding to the audience.
