Work Records- Studio

Studio 1
In this lesson it was the first time I had been in the studio and the purpose of the use of the studio was to shoot form. I enjoyed doing this because I learnt about the studio at the same time, for example, I lightly grasped how to do the light testing, I learnt how to adjust the lighting on the studio lights and I learnt how to use the camera. With this I changed the studio lighting to create a shadow on my models face, which showed her as 3 dimensional which made her have the formal element of form. After shooting a various amount of photos I came back into the classroom and uploaded my pictures onto the mac and put them into contact sheets on photoshop. From this, I chose my 4 favourites and then Paul chose his, which became my straight prints which I edited via photoshop.

Both Paul and I chose this photo because the shadow is soft making the form soft, although it is evident, it isn't overly striking, which I like. It is actually a thing about form that I like, it is quite subtle and unnoticeable, however it produces the person to be 3 dimensional. The shadow also produces an image of light and dark, which I like.

I chose this picture however Paul did not, and after looking back at it I can see why. The picture is practically the same as the first picture and as the picture involves her chest it doesn't highlight her face and therefore doesn't highlight the formal element of form. Im glad this picture didn't get chosen as now that I look back at it, I don't really like the way it has been photographed either.





To improve my knowledge on form in the studio I would play around with the lights a little bit more to produce different formations of form.

Studio 2
In this lesson we picked up leaves and incorporated them into studio work. I also used Demi and Amelia with the leaves and other studio props such as a mirror frame for this shoot. I liked doing thins shot and as it was the first time I really used the props, i got good use out of them. After shooting, I went back into the classroom and put the pictures into contact sheets, I then chose the 4 pictures which I liked most and selected those as my 4 straight prints. However, they didn't make it to my actual straight prints as Paul then chose his and these were the ones that had to be my straight prints, I edited these pictures in various ways, printed them off as the straight prints and then put them into my folder.

 Initially, I did not choose this photo (Paul did), but because of the way I edited it, it has became one of my favorite photos. With this picture I turned it black and white and then used selective color so the flower was the only bright color, it was only small but I like the way she is looking down at it as if it is it has its own light. This took a long time to do because I had to keep zooming in and out and then changing the size of the eraser tool to get it accurate. I feel the time I spent on it was worth it, though.

 Paul chose this picture but I didn't, but now looking back on it, I like the context of the photo, its almost like a photo inside a photo because of the use of the frame prop, but also the leaves are coming out of the frame, which to me resembles how things within a picture, a memory, was once real life and perhaps still is. I like the context of this picture however I think I could of edited it better and made it brighter so it seemed more of a positive picture.




I don't know how I would improve my knowledge, I would perhaps use the leaves a bit more because I mainly used the girls in this shoot.