Portraiture Work Diary

PORTRAITURE WORK DIARY 

IMAGE  1 

Evaluation - I really like the way this photo turned out with the soft, natural lighting that was used, it gave the image a very feminine and bright feel. The colours that are in the photo really reflect the natural background as they are mainly neutral. I think that went well about this photo is the closeness of the photo, as it is just of Ellie's face it shows the expression she has much more than it would from a distance. 

Editing - When editing this image I wanted to keep the natural feel that I mentioned before, therefore I didn't want to over saturate the photo. Therefore I used the 'curves' tool the brighten some of the tones in the photo. This gave it a really natural glow whereby the colours and the expression stood out so much more than when there were lots of shadows. 

Development - If I was to take this image again I would make sure that there wasn't anyone in the background which I didn't notice at the time. I would also move Ellie slightly to the left more in order to have a more interesting composition in the image. 

IMAGE 2 

Evaluation - This image was in the style of Richard Avedon as it was a shot of most of Ellie's body. To take this image we got Ellie to pick out props and just have fun with thrum which resulted in a naturally happy and interesting image rather than it being very staged and obvious that we told her what to do. I really like how the picture looks in black and white as it gives it a more defined look which again follows the style of Richard Avedon. 

Editing - When editing this photo I wanted it to be black and white to fit the Richard Avedon style. To do this I used the Black and White tool which allowed me to darken certain colours if I wanted to. As you can see I darken the reds particularly as it made shadows darker and lightened cyan so it made Ellie's jeans look more detailed. 

Development - I don't think I would change anything about this photo if I took it again because I like the way it was an in the moment photo that couldn't be replicated if we done the shoot again. 

IMAGE THAT REQUIRES DEVELOPMENT 

I think out of all the images I took this one requires the most improvement as it is quite dark and quite distant. These two aspects combined together means that it is hard to read the expression on Ellie's face and it lacks a lot of detail. Although it is still a good image, it could be retaken when the sun is at a different place so that more light is on Ellie.