Work Record - December 2nd 2013

Preparation; 
The aim for this shoot is to create a fun, bright and girly shoot showing fashion. So it does not look simple and just have a model in the image, I am including balloons to make it look more exciting.

These two images both give me inspiration as to how I want the studio set up for my shoot. The top image Shows the colours I want to use and how bright I want the resulting images to be. The bottom image shows how I want the shoot to look in terms of a plain background and the composition. 

To prepare I need to; 

• Get a model
• Plan what she will wear
• Plan hair and makeup 
• Get balloons
• Get film for film camera
• Set up studio - backdrop/lighting 

What I hope to achieve; 
From this shoot I hope to gain a fun, bright, colourful yet slightly rough shoot showing girly yet slightly dark fashion. I hope to get a range of both digital and film images.

What I actually achieved;
I am really happy with how this shoot came out, and I got a range of images showing various different compositions, angles, poses and lighting to look at the overall idea I was portraying from a different view. The idea of using balloons worked really well with this idea, and allowed me to get a varied range of natural expressions from the model as well. The lighting that worked best for my shoot was using the ring flash as it gave a really bright finish with no shadow. I also used soft box lighting as well for more full length shoots. In terms of editing, I generally kept it simple just touching up areas and intensifying/dimming down the colours.

 This is one of the images I used the ring flash. Ring flash use is evident due to the bright colours and minimal shadow. I also used soft boxes to light the background to ensure it would be bright white. I really like the composition of this, with the model mostly central with balloons freely falling. When editing I didn't have to do much, just levels and curves to perfect the colours.

This image I took with  soft boxes lighting from just above the models height looking down to give a natural effect and create even lighting. Although I prefer the ring flash this creates a softer look. I like how the model takes up the majority of the composition with the balloons loosely around her. I like how relaxed and informal this looks as well. When editing, I kept it the same as the above image.




What I am going to do next; 
I am really happy with the result of this, and am waiting for the film to be developed to edit and look at those results.