For this photoshoot I focused on photographing my family in similar ways to old photos which I gathered from old family albums. I did this by using similar props to the old photos.

I went through my images and flagged the ones which are successful in a white flag, and the ones which arent as successful in a black flag. I also colour coded some images in blue, these are my best images which I am going to make edits of.

Best photos

Before and after edits:

Edit 1:

I also decided to create a black and white version as black and white images are largely linked to the past which I am trying to recreate through restaging old photos.

Edit 2:

For this image I did similar edits to the last one such as increasing contrast. I also decreased the saturation slightly as I found when I adjusted the other settings the colours became too vibrant.

Edit 3:

In the before photo the exposure is quite low as the face is quite dark compared to the background which is why I increased the exposure.

I prefer this edit in black and white as the bright white background doesn’t stick out as much as it does in the coloured version.

Edit 4:

Edit 5:

Evaluation:

I think this photoshoot was successful as I was able to recreate multiple of the old images in a similar way. My images I created represent the artist I responded to Irina Werning as I took them in a similar way to her, which is recreating old images in the same pose with the same props. I also created the same concept of her project ‘back to the future’, as all my images are recreations of old photos. Next I plan to recreate more images, I also plan on doing more portraits which I can combine with landscapes in a similar way to John Stezaker. I will do multiple photoshoots for my landscape images possibly in places which mean alot to each individual.