Friday 14 December 2012

Music Photography evaluation.

Evaluation.
 

In regards to my location shoot there could have been a lot more planning to make it more efficient and so we knew exactly what we were doing. But on the other hand not having a plan made it more natural. Lighting was a issue for the location because of the position of the sun cause shadows that were not wanted but I overcame that by adjusting the location. Linas location shoot were done on a plain red wall, this helped alot because it made everything look neat, there was nothing in the background and no risk of other people walking by and getting into the shots, but also having the effec of the damaged wall was a great look on the photos.
 

Laurens location shoot was held on the same day as Lina's, she chose an abandoned building down the dock to get the gritty look. this worked really well with Laurens style and its different to the normal type of self portraiture. Laurens shoot could have gone better because she was too worried about what shes going to look like so it made her shy. Two of the photos taken through a window of the building worked really well because it was natural and she looked comfortable in the shots, also they turned out to be in an Adele kind of style.


 
I photographed 3 people for the studio shoot, Lina, Lauren and Liam, the studio shoot for all 3 clients went really well and I got some fantastic shots that needed next to nothing editing afterwards.
During Lina's shoot I managed to take 125 great photos so it was really hard to narrow all those photos down to just 3, but I chose two different styles of lighting, the first set oh photos I had to lights on Lina (one with a honeycomb fitting)and two lights on the background to make the whole thing brighter, the backdrop was white to also give Lina the brighter look she wanted. in photoshop i turned up the brightness and turned the contrast down to give it this look...
  The second set of lighting I tried out, I simply turned of the two back lights, this gave it a great look, it kept Lina bright and she stood out from the background, this lighting made her skin and clothes stand out more than the photo above, we are both really pleased with the outcome.
 
 And finally with this photo I turned down the black and white scale so it still had some colour, almost giving it the sepia look.
 
Laurens studio shoot went really well as she had gotten used to being in front of the camera and her poses were quite natural, I used a black backdrop for Lauren and used a harsh light shining down on her and a honeycomb light shining on her microphone to make the fact she is a singer more prominent.


my third photo for lauren was one of the first i took, it was lit by 4 lights and really made her stand out, but in photoshop i turned it to black and white which I beleive gave it a nicer feel to it.

 

Liams shoot was a live action shoot, he was playing his guitar whilst i took the photos, this made him feel alot more comfortable and I really got some good photos out of it. this shoot was again lit with one light on him the other on his guitar to also make the guitar stand out.




These are my final 3 photos because i beleive they looked the best and gave the best feel as to what Liam is like and how much he has a passion for what he does.

overall I think my photoshoot went very well, everyone was reliable, all of the photos come out great, but if I had the chance to do this again I would make more time for planning and technique, and more time to discuss what they want out of the photos.

 


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