Studio Lighting

Here are three examples of lighting in more detail

Top Lighting, Bottom Lighting, Side Lighting, Front Lighting, Back Lighting

Top lighting is when the source of light is above the object being shot.

Bottom lighting is when it is below the object being pointed up.

Side lighting is when it is to either side of the object lighting up one side of the face.

Front lighting is when the light is at the front being pointed straight at 90 degrees.

Back lighting is when the source of light is behind the object you are shooting shining through the face.

1. Key Light

• What it provides: The Key Light is the main source of illumination in the scene. It’s typically the strongest light and is placed at an angle to the subject to create depth, texture, and contrast. It defines the overall look and mood of the scene.
• Positioning: The Key Light is often placed at about a 45-degree angle to the subject, slightly above eye level, and to one side (either left or right).
• Effect: The Key Light creates shadows and highlights on the subject, shaping their features and adding drama or contrast. The direction and intensity of the Key Light largely control the mood of the shot (e.g., soft lighting for a gentle mood, hard lighting for a more dramatic or intense look).

2. Fill Light

• What it provides: The Fill Light is used to soften the shadows created by the Key Light. It doesn’t create its own shadows but fills in the areas of the subject that would otherwise be dark or underexposed.
• Positioning: The Fill Light is usually placed opposite to the Key Light, often at a lower intensity. It may also be positioned close to the camera to light the subject from a more neutral angle, reducing harsh shadows while maintaining some contrast.
• Effect: The Fill Light ensures that the subject’s features are visible in the shadow areas, preventing the shot from looking too contrast-heavy or having overly dark regions. The amount of Fill Light can be adjusted to achieve the desired balance of shadow and detail.

3. Back Light

• What it provides: The Back Light is placed behind the subject, often at a high angle, to illuminate the subject from the rear. It’s used to separate the subject from the background and add a sense of depth and dimension to the scene.
• Positioning: The Back Light is usually placed opposite the camera, behind the subject, and sometimes slightly elevated, depending on the effect desired. It can also be called a Rim Light if it’s used to highlight the edges of the subject, or a Hair Light if it’s specifically used to light the hair.
• Effect: The Back Light creates a rim or halo around the subject, which can help define the subject’s silhouette and give the subject more visual separation from the background. It adds contrast and depth, preventing the subject from looking flat. In portraiture, it can also create a nice glow around the subject’s hair or shoulders.

Rembrandt Lighting

What it is:
Rembrandt Lighting is a classic lighting setup that creates a distinctive triangle of light on the subject’s cheek, often on the shadowed side of the face. It is named after the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, who famously used this lighting technique in his portrait paintings to create a dramatic yet natural look.

Butterfly Lighting

What it is:
Butterfly Lighting is named for the butterfly-shaped shadow that is cast under the subject’s nose when the light is positioned directly above the subject’s face. It’s a glamorous and high-fashion lighting style that was popularized by Hollywood portrait photographers in the 1930s.

Chiaroscuro

What it is:
Chiaroscuro is an Italian term that means “light-dark” and refers to the technique of using strong contrasts between light and dark to create a dramatic, three-dimensional effect. This technique has its roots in painting, especially in the works of artists like Caravaggio, who mastered the use of light and shadow to create a sense of depth and volume in his subjects.

Fill Lighting

Fill lighting is a key lighting technique used to soften and balance the shadows created by the key light in a lighting setup. While the key light is the primary source of illumination, creating contrast and defining the subject’s form, fill light serves to reduce the intensity of those shadows without eliminating them entirely. This allows for a more natural, balanced look in the image or scene, ensuring that important details in shadowed areas are visible without compromising the dramatic effect created by the key light.

Purpose of Fill Lighting:

• Softens Shadows: The primary purpose of fill light is to soften or “fill in” the dark areas (shadows) created by the key light, reducing contrast in a way that maintains a more even exposure across the subject.
• Balance Exposure: Fill light helps ensure that no areas of the subject are too underexposed (i.e., too dark), which can be especially important for preserving detail in portraits and ensuring the subject’s features are clearly visible.
• Control Mood and Contrast: By adjusting the strength of the fill light, you can control the overall contrast in the image. A stronger fill light will result in a flatter image with fewer shadows, while a weaker fill will maintain more dramatic shadow areas.
• Preserve Depth and Dimension: While fill light softens shadows, it doesn’t remove them entirely, allowing for some sense of depth and three-dimensionality in the shot.

Artist Reference 1

Rankin

John Rankin Waddell (Rankin) is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II. 

The London Evening Standard described Rankin’s fashion and portrait photography style as “high-gloss, highly sexed and hyper-perfect”. He has directed music videos, documentaries, a feature film, short films and commercials. He is renowned for revolutionising visual culture.

Rankin charges around £500 per shoot. He lets customers pose in front of the lens, solo or with a friend and takes there photos. After the shoot they will receive a digital version of their final portrait and an A4 authenticated print.

This is one of his photos which I really love. He has put the photo in black and white which I think is really effective as it helps emphasise and highlight all the different tones whilst keeping it simple. The lighting in this photo is well thought about her whole face is lit up and you can clearly see she is happy. However, the sides of her face are a bit darker which could mean he is using front lighting where the light is pointed straight at her face. I also really like how her hands are placed the one close to the camera adds a 3D perspective and looks really cool.

As you can see I drew lines on the image and realised that Rankin also uses the rule of thirds in this image as her face sits on the line.

Mood Board

Environmental portraits are portraits that usually feature the person in their “natural environment” for example it could be in their bedroom or their work place. These portraits are a good way to convey a message and get people interested in the story behind the person.

Lighting: Front facing natural soft light. I think this the lighting is coming from behind the photographer and I think the light is coming from a window so that its natural light, however I do think the window may be slightly to the left of the photographer based on the shadows of the image.

Environment: In a diner / restaurant the social class is probably working class. An American women in her place of work.

Framing: Three quarter length body shot, with the arms slightly crossed in front of her. The angle is straight on and deadpan. The dark colour of her hair helps frame her face from the colour and pattern of the wallpaper.

Approach: A formal (posed) image a neutral pose and slightly smiling but other than the slight smile its a neutral expression.

Gaze: The women in the image is making eye contact with the camera / viewer of the image., this shows that she is engaged.

Camera Settings ( predicted )

• Focal length – I think the focal length is 50mm and its a standard lens
• Depth of field – I think this image has a large depth of field as everything in the image is in focus probably, f/5.6-f/8
• ISO – it is an indoor image and everything is crisp so I think that the ISO is low

August Sander

August Sander was a German portrait and documentation photographer. Much of Sanders photography includes nature, architecture, and street photography, however he is most known for his portraits. Sander first learnt about photography whilst working in  Herdorf iron-ore mine while he was assisting a photographer who was also working in the mine at the time.

Sander published his first book in 1929 and it was called Face Of Our Time which includes 60 portraits from his collection called people of the 20th century. In this series of images he aimed to show society  during the Weimar Republic, and the series is divided up into 7 sections called: The Farmer, The skilled tradesman, Women, Classes and Professions, The Artists, The City, and the last people.

Twenty years after his unfortunate passing August Sanders work and entered into the International Photography Hall Of Fame and Museum in 1984.

Images by August Sanders

Sanders Analysis

August Sanders takes his images using an old-fashioned large-format camera, glass negatives and long exposure times. The genre of this image is portraiture.

The mise-en-scene presents the portrait photo of three men in a field / walking path, they are looking straight in to the camera and they don’t look like they’re dressed for the environment they’re in. The tone of this image is quite dark, for example if you look at the colour of they’re suits are sort of blending into colour/ tone of the background, it may even be a little bit underexposed. The use of light in this image is very soft natural lighting as they’re outside, it looks as if its not even that sunny of a day outside and a bit cloudy. The focus distance is short as it is a close up photo and the depth of field is short as only the people are in focus in the image and the background is blurred. The photographer has used leading lines which would be the light colours of the sky and path to draw your eyes across the image.

I believe the ISO is 600 as most things are in focus however there is a bit of grain. I believe that the shutter speed is 1000 as everything is clear.

As August Sander states: “I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest and tell the truth about our age and its people” and I think this really comes across in his images as they are “plain” image of just people posed, however I think he has really managed to capture a story and cause intrigue in his images. As when I look at Sanders portraits I can’t help but wonder about the person in the images life, what the job is ?, how are they feeling in that moment? I think to be able to convey this from such simple images is just incredible and is an enormous amount of talent and skill.

Typologies

Images by Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher started photographing together in 1959. Most of their work included architecture and had extensive images on water towers, blast furnaces, coal mine tipples, industrial facades and many other industrial architecture pieces.

Typologies are a body of photographs ( more than one or two ) that share a high level of consistency, so they are often placed next to each other to create a series of similar looking images. And grouping them together based on similar characteristics, often showing repetition and patterns. Typologies can be used to explore how small variations within a group can create meaning or convey information about the subject.

photoshoot plan

For my photoshoot I thought that I would use some of my family members and partners. My first idea was to go to my dads karate club that we runs and take some photos of him with his GI and doing some poses such as punches. Then I thought I would take some photos of my friends that would relate to Sian Davey although her images are of her family i thought some of the images relating to her older daughter Martha and her life would be cool to take.

photoshoot 1

edited images

To edit these images in light room classic, I first used the remove toll as there were some scuffs on the floor that I wanted to get rid of. Then for this image specifically I used the

B&W selenium tone for the monochrome, to get the base colour then changed the individual items, for example I increased the contrast by 15%.

For this image I used the B&W sepia to get the old image sort of look. Personally, I really like the warmer tone of this image as I think it really compliment the tones of the wood and the scenery of the dojo. As well as the colour of the black belt against the white GI is good contrast a long with the dark colour of the hair against the light colour of the wall.

The reason I have put my images into these tones is to try and relate it to August Sanders as all of Sanders images were monochrome of slightly warmer monochrome such as this image above.

Overall, I’m really happy with the way that my first photoshoot has turned out as the images are really plain and simple however they are moody and dramatic.

Siân Davey

images by Sian Davey

Sian Davey is a British photographer, much of her work focusses on family and friends and is informed by her background in psychology. Davey was a psychotherapist for 15 years before starting photography in 2014

In 2015 Davey created a series of images titled Looking For Alice which is a series of portrait images focussed around her younger daughter Alice who was born with down syndrome, which was published by Trolley Books in 2015. This series led on to the particular image I like which are about her teenager daughter’s (Martha) life. Two of the images in her series about Martha’s teenage life were selected for the 2016 Taylor Wessing photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition.

Davey held a solo exhibition for her series of images called Together in the National Portrait Gallery London. This was a series of images based on her family and her family life in 2017.

I really like the series documenting Martha’s life as it reminds me of a similar photographer which I like called Elaine Constantine who also document teenage life.

Davey Analysis

This is image is taken using a digital camera and the genre of this photography is portraiture.

The mise-en-scene presents the portrait photo of a group of teens sat on a bench in the park. The tone of this image is quite bright, as they are outside of what looks like a bright day with fairly clear skies. The use of light in this image is very soft natural lighting as they’re outside, it looks as if it is a a little bit cloudy, however you can see where there could be gaps in the clouds with the soft warm light coming through. The focus distance is short as it is a close up photo and the depth of field is short as only the people are in focus in the image and the background is slightly blurred. The photographer has used leading lines which would be the dark coloured clothes of the teens against the bright background.

I believe the ISO is 100 as everything is in focus and not grainy. I believe that the shutter speed is 1000 as everything is clear.

photoshoot 2

edited images

This image from the photoshoot is one of my particular favourites as I think it relates the most to Sian Davey’s images of Martha, this is an image I took on my digital camera of my friends on the beach after we had gone for a swim. This image looks a bit blurry due to the motion blur of the people moving around so in my editing I tried to make the image as clear as possible.

This is a screen shot of the editing that I have done on Lightroom classic to the above image

Virtual Gallery

The way I have laid out the images in the gallery I have done for specific reasons. with my images I took for Sian Davey, two of the images have a blue colour so I have put them opposite each other whilst having the two darker images in the middle.

The way I have laid out the images of my dad I decided to have the images with the 3 different tones of black and white together and I thought although they aren’t the same tone they complimented each other well. So I thought that the other image should be able to have it’s own wall.

Environmental portraits are portraits taken in the subjects usual environment, they highlight and bring attention to there life and everything going on around them, environmental portraits are a genre of photography.

The goal of these photos is to capture somebody’s everyday life, what they like to do and there personality traits (you could control there facial expression to show this)

Evaluating the key features of this photo

The photo has artificial lighting coming from above.

The photos environment is a reception desk at a rich place of work, we can tell its a wealthy place of work because the frame of the painting.

The framing is a half body angle and taken dead pan.

The approach taken was to have the guy pull a neutral face giving him a nonchalant serious feel.

The gaze of the photo is the guy making direct eye contact with camera, engagement with the photo.

The camera settings are wide lens with mid-range f stop and a low ISO.

Alfred Krupp

Alfred Krupp is a revolutionary inventor, worth roughly a billion dollars in the 1960s, Arnold Newman (a Jewish photographer) is a well known environmental portrait photographer, the photo Arnold took of the inventor Alfred was used to preserve his legacy and became a iconic piece of work.

This portrait was taken on July 6 1963, using a wide angle lens, the lighting is weird and eerie with a green tinge that makes the subject appear to be a evil/not nice person.

When Newman and Krupp first spoke, Krupp was racist to Newman after finding out he was a Jew and wouldn’t let him create the photo, Newman ended up eventually convincing Krupp to let him take it by having him look at his portfolio, after how poorly Krupp treated Newman, Newman used the photo to make Krupp look as evil as possible.

This is a environmental photo I took of two pupils working in the studio, shooting a cover for there poster.

Environmental photography is a subgenre of portraiture photography that generally tends to feature the subject in their ‘natural’ environment, eg skateboarders in the skatepark or in the streets, workers at work, labourers at a building site, and that general stuff. Differently to traditional portraiture, environmental portraiture tries to capture the subject in their natural environment, using props lighting and accessories to create more context to the image and create a deeper story which might add layers of meaning to the image.

ANALYSIS – This is an example of environmental portraiture. This photo is clearly taken on a digital format. The mise-en-scene presents an old woman with a sombre, bored expression sat in her old, 70s style house playing solitaire. The lighting is natural lighting, through the window, perhaps with an element of warm, artificial indoor lighting. The lighting is mainly coming from her right and I can tell this because the right side of her face is much lighter that the left side. The ISO is probably low-medium because the lighting is good and there isn’t the stereotypical grain typically seen when a high ISO is used. \the aperture is probably medium as well maybe f/5.6 – I can tell this because most if the photo is in focus but the table has a little bit of blur – the depth of field is fairly medium. The shutter speed is probably also medium to keep these settings balanced. The framing of the image is three quarter length, and she is sat down. She is making eye contact (the opposite of averted gaze) and she is clearly engaging with the camera. The white balance of this image is quite on the yellow side, giving it a warm homely feeling as you would feel inside a dimly lit old persons house.

AUGUST SANDER

August Sander was a german portrait photographer who focused on capturing a wide range of people in society, from farmers and workers to artists and city dwellers, in an honest and realistic way. His famous project, “People of the 20th Century,” grouped portraits by social roles, creating a visual study of Germany in that era. Sander’s style was very straightforward, with natural poses that showed each person as they are, which set a foundation for documentary photography and influenced later photographers like Diane Arbus (according to wikipedia). During the war, his photos faced challenges from the Nazis, as his realistic portrayals didn’t fit what they wanted, which then led to censorship and he lost some photos. Despite this, sander’s work was preserved by his son and continues to be valued for its deep insight into society and human personality. He learnt about photography when he was working in the coal mines and assisting a photographer.

MISE EN SCENE – This is a black and white film photo by August Sander. The mise-en-scene presents a sculpture artist contemplating his work. Surrounding him are tools to sculpt along with different, finished sculptures and this room is clearly an artists studio – his natural environment. The man wears a long white robe fit for an sculptist who is avoiding getting messy. He has an averted gaze, looking towards the light source which hits him dead in the face and comes from the left side of the frame. This mans is comes the the working social class – clearly spending his days labouring away creating sculptures probably to sell to the state of the higher classes above him. This photo tells this story magnificently and clearly has lots of backstory.

PROCESS – When I imagine how this photo was taken, I imagine the photographer had to spend hours with this man, having a cup of tea before, eventually building up a rapport to be able to ask him to take his photo. The photo captures the essence of the scene perfectly – August sanders did a breath taking job about capturing the man in his natural environment, and his natural, contemplative state because of this.

LIGHTING -The lighting is soft, capturing a mysterious, dusty aura around this man and his workshop, however, there is a start contrast between light and shadows created by the darkness of the room and the single natural light source – probably a window overlooking the town.

FRAME – The photo is a full length body photo – capturing his worn out shoes all the way to the emotions on his face. The approach to the photo is informal, natural and unposed, and the man has a fairly neutral expression.

SETTINGS – The camera settings probably have quite a high ISO because of the clearly dark setting and the tell tale grain on the photo. The shutter speed is probably quite slow because the photo isn’t amazingly sharp and there is a clear amount of darkness in the image. The aperture is probably quite low because the statues are blurred and the depth of field is very narrow. The white balance is more on the warm side however in black and white it is hard to tell.

SOME MORE EXAMPLES OF AUGUST SANDERS WORK

TYPOLOGIES

August Sander specifically used the theory of typology to capture portraits from varied social groups.

Typology is a way of grouping things that share lots of similar features. Sander specifically organised people based on tings like their professions and social status to show the diversity of society. There is a few different key points in typology like objective portraits which focus on peoples social roles instead of their personalities, social categories which group people to reveal social structure and the big picture which helps viewers see patterns in society.

Typology is unique because of its systematic approach, which involves capturing a series of images which will soon be a collection, using a consistent method (like similar lighting and background or similar composition). The focus on patterns is another reason why typology is unique – this involves highlighting what is common among the subjects of the images – whether that would be shapes of buildings, facial expressions or everyday objects – in this case however it would be the peoples professions or hobbies since I’m studying environmental portraiture.

PHOTOSHOOT PLAN

1. Overview

• Project Title: Environmental portraiture
• Date & Time: Monday 11/11/24 – 4:30 PM (GOLDEN HOUR)
• Location: Les Quennevais Skatepark
• Subject: I am going to capture skateboarders in their natural environment which is the skatepark – hopefully somehow has a retro video camera which will add to the scene and of course I will ensure their skateboards are in frame.
• Goal/Purpose: I am going to try to capture the essence of skateboarding by attempting to be comfortable with the subject, and hopefully I can make the photos look more street oriented and cultured by making sure there is some graffiti in the background. To capture authentic photos – I need to build some rapport and spend some time talking to the skateboarders. Building rapport can create a more comfortable environment which might let me take more candid photos that don’t feel as rigid. (this will be easy as I am already friends with a lot of the skateboarders.)

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2. Concept & Mood

• Mood/Style: I hope the mood is natural, but if I’m lucky the light will line up and there will be a sunset glow to the image.
• Scene/Background: Scene will be the different ramps at the skatepark, the graffiti wall, the 3 blocks everyone sits on which is usually packed with stuff
• Lighting Plan: I won’t be using a soft box or anything, just natural light and potentially the flash on my camera if needed.
• Props/Accessories: Skateboards, vintage camcorders, fashion (baggy clothes)

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3. Equipment Checklist

• Camera: Canon Camera 7D MK1
• Lenses: Wide angle (will crop in for more of a 50mm portraiture effect.
• Lighting: natural, camera flash.
• Tripod: n/a
• Extra Batteries & Memory Cards: yes

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4. Notes & Reminders

• Pose Ideas: Sitting down – looking away (averted gaze) – looking towards the camera (eye contact). Standing up, about to go for a trick. Watching someone else doing something as well could work.
• Backup Plan: skate video editor (indoors)

PHOTOSHOOT

Presentation

I used photoshop to create a little collage of my images. For the background I used one of the black and white images and added a gaussian blur filter which makes the main images pop out more. I used the guides tools to make sure that the gaps between the images were even and centered them. My favorite image is the biggest one and this makes it the clear place your eye is drawn to.

What is Rembrandt lighting?

Rembrandt lighting is a technique that is used in portraiture which is named after named after Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn who was a Dutch painter. It is a method of lighting the face which in doing so makes it so an inverted light triangle is created under the eyes.

Why should you use it?

Rembrandt Lighting should be used because it makes the subject the main focus of the image by creating a lit up face and a dark background, in doing so the eye of the subject of the image is the first thing that you will see giving a unique view point of the image. Using this style of creative writing is something that will help the portrait that you have taken stand out while still being something different from what people usually expect.

Who was Rembrandt?

Rembrandt (born July 15, 1606, Leiden, Netherlands—died October 4, 1669, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, he was a very talented artist and was well known for being able to catch people moods in his portraits, he was also well known for the use of shadows in his work.

How to create a Rembrandt Lighting set up –

Light: Lighting styles are determined by the positioning of your light source.  Rembrandt lighting is created by the single light source being at a 40 to 45-degree angle and higher than the subject. Use cans use both flashlights and continuous lights.

Lens: Use a 35mm or 50mm if space is at a premium – or if you’re looking at including more of the subject than just the head and shoulders. A 50mm works really nicely for portraits and will give a nice depth of field if you’re shooting at a shallow aperture. But a 35mm will give you a wider point of view and is great to fit more of the body in of your subject.

Camera settings (flash lighting)
Tripod
White balance: daylight (5000K)
ISO: 100
Exposure: Manual 1/125 shutter-speed > f/16 aperture
Focal length: 105mm portrait lens

Camera settings (continuous lighting)
Tripod
Manual exposure mode
White balance
ISO: 400-1600 – depending on how many light sources are used
Exposure: Manual 1/60-1/125 shutter-speed > f/4-f/8 aperture
Focal length: 50mm portrait lens

Environmental Portraits are photographs of people in their natural environment like: a workplace, a hobby or their home something that captures that person as they are.

Mood Board

I’ve decided to look at two different portrait photographers (Arnold Newman and Michelle Sank), this is because I wanted to create a variety of images for my final pieces.

Artists Research

Arnold Newman was born in 1938 in New York City and studied at the University of Miami however, he died in 2006. He was considered as the pioneer of the environmental portrait, he was the most influential photographers in the 20th Century. He started by working at chain portrait studios in Philadelphia and immediately began creating his own abstract and documentary style photography. Normally, his style of photography is black and white however, in some photos he has chose to use colour to show the contrast or how the light is captured. He also uses a low angle to capture the person eye to eye and most of the time the person getting photographed is looking directly into the camera.

Michelle Sank was born in South Africa and settled in the UK in 1987. She cites this background as informing her interest in sub-cultures and the exploration of contemporary social issues and challenges. Her crafted portraits and landscapes meld place and person creating sociological, visual and psychological narratives. She normally uses colour for her images as she uses vibrant colours throughout her pictures. She usually take pictures of young people which to me captures youth and the personality they have which is why she might use bright colours as it represents young people. She uses a range of angles as some of her pictures are full body whilst some are three quarter length. She doesn’t have a specific way she wants them to look at the camera as there is a mix of direct eye contact and an averted gaze.

I’ve decided to base my project on home photography and capturing people in their bedrooms which to me show what type of person they are and what they are interested in. This gives me lots of creative freedom because every room is different giving me a different result each time. I will also try and get pictures of people in the place of work or doing a hobby this would link with the artist Arnold Newman. To do this I would go to the market and ask people there if I could take a picture in their workplace. This would get me a good positioning of the person and it would be better.

This is my selection of my photos for shutter speed. I cut down my amount of images via Lightroom by using the flagging filter.

Who is He?

August Sander (November 17, 1876 – April 20, 1964) was a notable German photographer known for his portraits and documentary style. His first book, Face of Our Time, came out in 1929. Many consider Sander to be the most significant German portrait photographer of the early 1900s. While he also captured landscapes, nature, architecture, and street scenes, his portraits are what he is most famous for, particularly in his series People of the 20th Century. This series was designed to reflect a diverse range of society during the Weimar Republic.

Examples of his Work

More about August Sander here – https://hautlieucreative.co.uk/photo26al/2024/10/28/environmental-portraits-example-blog-post/

Typologies

What are They?

A photographic typology is all about exploring different “types” through a series of images. Instead of focusing on individual photos, it emphasizes the idea of gathering and categorizing. This approach to photography is really impactful because it can change how we see and understand the world we live in.

Examples

Contact Sheet

By making a contact sheet it has helped me determine which images I think are best to be shown as my final images, There were images I colour coded yellow as my subject either appeared blurry or the image quality/angle wasn’t at the standards I wanted. There were images I colour coded red as my subject was looking away from the camera or the image wasn’t very relevant to what I was trying to capture. The images I colour coded green are images I think are worth choosing as my final images as they meet all my criteria and I think will look great when presented.

My Best Photos

I have selected these photos to be edited and used as my final images as they show a clear representation of my subjects usual environment and they are captured in the moment of their work which makes these images feel more genuine.

Initial ideas:

Environments:

Subjects: I intend to take photos of is my family and friends.

Environments: I will try to capture my subjects in their environment most suited to them. For example: Sister: Will be photographed at her bank or at her home office Dad: Will be photographed at his garage Mum: Will be photographed at home on her patio Sisters boyfriend: Will be photographed at his workshop or his work van Friends: Will be photographed at the football pitch or basketball court

Poses: I intend to make my subjects keep quite a natural face and expression, I may also get them to hold items that will help hint of what their profession is.

Gaze: I intend to make my subjects keep eye contact with the camera in order to make the photo feel more authentic.

Composition: I intend to experiment with various amounts of compositions. Mainly on Rule of thirds and symmetry.

Framing: I intend to get the perfect balance of keeping the subject in frame and in focus while still maintaining the quality of the background behind the subject so the viewer will be able to identify the subjects environment easily.

Orientation: I will be taking most of my pictures in landscape in order to achieve a wider view of the environment.

Aperture: I will experiment with small to medium aperture in order to create a long and medium depth of field which will help me determine which is the best style to take my environmental portraits.