Evaluation
For this shoot my camera was set at Exposure: 1/200 sec, F/9 and ISO 100. I intended on doing a shoot this time where it involved the patterns found in clothing items, such as Aztec patterns. As I am looking to do a shoot in my exam related to patterns in fashion, I felt it was necessary to first experiment in my coursework with this idea. I shot outside in the daylight because it was a bright day, so there was plenty of light to enhance the colours and exposure of my shots. I shot these images on a field because I wanted the background of the subject to be empty and spacious, along with using the bright green grass to suggest the connotation of warm weather; Spring. I used Danielle as my model and made her wear a black and white cardigan as the main fashion piece, as this poured pattern all the way down from her neck to her thighs, allowing the majority of her body to convey the Aztec print. The monochrome colours contrast with her bright blue shorts, as the rest of her outfit consists of nothing but black and white, except the blue pop of colour. I shot in a variety of techniques, such as close ups, mid shots, back of head shots and from a variety of different angles to end up with a collection of varied pieces.
For this shoot my camera was set at Exposure: 1/200 sec, F/9 and ISO 100. I intended on doing a shoot this time where it involved the patterns found in clothing items, such as Aztec patterns. As I am looking to do a shoot in my exam related to patterns in fashion, I felt it was necessary to first experiment in my coursework with this idea. I shot outside in the daylight because it was a bright day, so there was plenty of light to enhance the colours and exposure of my shots. I shot these images on a field because I wanted the background of the subject to be empty and spacious, along with using the bright green grass to suggest the connotation of warm weather; Spring. I used Danielle as my model and made her wear a black and white cardigan as the main fashion piece, as this poured pattern all the way down from her neck to her thighs, allowing the majority of her body to convey the Aztec print. The monochrome colours contrast with her bright blue shorts, as the rest of her outfit consists of nothing but black and white, except the blue pop of colour. I shot in a variety of techniques, such as close ups, mid shots, back of head shots and from a variety of different angles to end up with a collection of varied pieces.
This was my most successful photograph from the shoot. The main reason for this in my opinion is the natural pose that I captured when Danielle was laughing, along with the unsaturated sepia tint to the image. This tone spread over the whole of the image creates the sense of a vintage style, which can be complimented by Danielle's outfit choice, as the Aztec cardigan is an outgoing item of clothing that could suggest her unique and positive personality. By adding this tint to the frame, it has allowed for every colour in the composition to look the same, with no bright vibrant tone standing out and dominating the photograph. This resulted in the formal element pattern being the dominating subject, which was my intention, as this is my topic; unlike the photograph below where the cardigan shares dominance with the blue shorts as they are both features that stand out in the frame. I composed the composition so that the subject was placed to the right side of the frame, allowing parts of the empty background to stand out on the left and leave space for a potential slogan that could be added if this photograph was used as a piece of advertising.
In this photograph, I framed it so that both sides of Danielle's body had the cardigan draping down evenly, making the composition look tidy and thoughtfully composed. I left the colours bright and saturated in this image because I wanted a few pieces that presented the connotation of warm weather, to compliment Danielle's outfit choice of short shorts. I altered the curves a lot in this photograph to create some depth and tone in the clothes, emphasising their texture, the shape and the lines - focusing on the detail of formal elements. It wasn't my most successful photograph, because I feel as though the way I have framed the picture suggests that the shorts are the main item of clothing that I'm advertising, whereas this isn't the idea I wanted to present to an audience. Despite this, it still makes a successful piece of photography for displaying pattern, which is the overall aim of this shoot as a whole.
Progression
Having now reached the minimum requirement of shoots for my coursework, I am hoping to shoot a few more to make my work stronger. I am interested in developing the style of Carl Kleiner's work with the birds eye view and table top set up in a shoot as this allows me to create a diverse amount of pattern by perhaps situating sweets and objects around in a mixture of sequences in the frame. I am not looking to develop this fashion shoot further as I thoroughly experimented with this theme in my exam, and was extremely pleased with some of the shots I captured. However, I am looking to develop some of the photographs in the style of Damien Blottiere as he was a large influence for my decision to look at shooting people and creating patterns through printing a repeated amount of copies and cutting them into shapes, to make up the same image, similar to a montage.
Having now reached the minimum requirement of shoots for my coursework, I am hoping to shoot a few more to make my work stronger. I am interested in developing the style of Carl Kleiner's work with the birds eye view and table top set up in a shoot as this allows me to create a diverse amount of pattern by perhaps situating sweets and objects around in a mixture of sequences in the frame. I am not looking to develop this fashion shoot further as I thoroughly experimented with this theme in my exam, and was extremely pleased with some of the shots I captured. However, I am looking to develop some of the photographs in the style of Damien Blottiere as he was a large influence for my decision to look at shooting people and creating patterns through printing a repeated amount of copies and cutting them into shapes, to make up the same image, similar to a montage.
No comments:
Post a Comment