First Shoot

First Shoot

Last week I did my first shoot in the studio at UCLAN and it was really good, I thoroughly enjoyed working with the model and in a professional studio. The theme I was trying to give off from my photographs was festival, I brought in a Beatles Band t-shirt, sunglasses, flower headband, converse and denim shorts which most people would recognise as the sort of outfit that would be worn at a festival. I also bought some UV paint but as I had no make-up wipes I chose not to use them. When I looked back at my photographs, it wasn't quite obvious the theme they are trying to show but I was really happy with them anyway and I have decided to just continue with the same outfit, just possibly change the sunglasses as I think they look slightly too big, I also want a few more photographs with the model smiling rather than pouting and posing. Apart from that I am really happy with the results I achieved and I think the majority of my photos look really good. These are a couple of photographs just to show what I was trying to achieve. I think the model was really good to work with and she did what I asked and I'm happy with the results I have so far and am quite set on using one of my first images for the exhibition but I am also now more aware of how I want my photographs to turn out.

 These are just a few of the many photographs I took last week, I personally think they have turned out really well and I especially like the way the background colour contrasts really well with her outfit and especially the headband.

I hoped to achieve a photograph that clearly shows a festival environment and was considering photoshopping a festival scene onto the background but I decided against that and chose a lilac background and now looking at the photographs I am still really happy with the outcome, people may not suddenly see a festival theme but it's still rather obvious, I am happy with the photographs and think they look really good and in some sense it is clear to see they're based on a festival from the clothing, this week I have got a festival lanyard if I think it's neccessary and if Sarah-Alyce is happy to comply, I also have some UV paint crayons which will most definitely add to fact it is a festival theme, it is just rather difficult and may ruin the photographs if it is all rushed as we all have an allocated time slot.

I did not edit these photos as I was waiting for my second shoot to see if I had a better photograph that I preferred. After looking through all my photographs from both shoots and chose my favorite which was from my second shoot which I then edited and used for my final image.

My idea remained the same throughout both shoots, which was a festival theme. With the first shoot I was happy with the photographs but I wasn't particularly keen on the models facial expressions as I wanted her to seem happy like she was enjoying herself which is what you would expect to see at a festival. With that in mind, for the second shoot I knew what I wanted to achieve from the shoot and so I got Sarah-Alyce to appear more happy in the photographs which is why I chose one of the photos from the second shoot to use for my final photograph.