Third Shoot

35mm

 Here are the best images from this roll with only simply edits like crop and levels in an adjustment layer.

Medium format

All of these images show strong contrast and a lot of detail. However sometimes the shirt is blending in with the background due to being the same tone. I think if I have time to shoot again I am going to use a dark backdrop which will define the model better.

Second Shoot

I wanted to try the same style again however I want to see how it would work if the model wore a lighter or even white shirt.

 

None of these images met my expectations. This is because I forgot to set the aperture correctly on Olympus Trip 35,  instead of being on f16 it was still on auto. Therefore the images are all too dark and there is a minimal amount of contrast; making the images look very flat. I will have to try this again however I think I may also shoot medium format film as well to see if I can get any better results.

First Photoshoot

I am going to be shooting in black and white in a studio using a white back drop and flash units. Bowens Flash units with ceiling mounting to reduce tripping hazards of wires.

I have placed a flash unit with soft boxes on either side of the models face creating a shadow down the centre of the models face. The dark shirt creates a large contrast between the model and the very clean white background.

I am very pleased with this image. There is a lot of contrast and slightly diffrent angles of the body to face creates a very appealing aesthetic to the image.

Initial ideals

When I first heard that I would have to make postcards I came to the conclusion that I would have to take landscape images. However this turned out to just be the final image format and souvenirs was the real theme. The tourist shops in cities like London came to mind straight away. As the true meaning of souvenirs and examples of postcards were shown I saw images that used block colours in specific places of the image. I wonder if I can use block colours to excite portraits. 

That actually makes me think of Warhol's Marilyn Monroe images using consistancy and defined colour to define the image. An illustrator names Luke Weller recently came to give a talk and explained how he uses mono printing to give a rustic and rough look to what would have been a boring block colour. Maybe this is something that I could look into. 

I feel that still life would be too easy to achieve because the objects and the lighting is fully adjustable however controlling a model is a lot harder especially if I am working alone because I have to get the model right and adjust the lighting to match that position all myself. I find this challenging and that's why I enjoy taking fashion and organised portraits. Initial thoughts lead to taking black and white film photographs and then using prints, ink, paint etc to manipulate the image. This could possible change the whole image entirely. 

The shaded areas are there to show the use of colour or manipulation. Possible shapes and different uses/positions of the colours.