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Friday, January 18, 2013
Portraiture Evaluation
Portraiture Evaluation
I've never experienced doing portraiture, so this was pretty new to me. if i'm honest i didn't think researching portraits would be so hard but then when briefed more on portraiture in group sessions it was hard to establish what it was. I initially thought it could range from family/individual portraits to editorial but that is not so.I used a variety of research throughout such tumblr one of my main sources, along with my own books and library books.
I booked the studio but had never used a studio before this, or a hasslebald and as such this was a little nerving but just having a play around with the camera.Getting used to the fact your seeing your image back to front, this can be frustrated at times while try to make sure your image is in focus, but doing this made it all the more easier to shoot.Editing my images was something i enjoyed, even though i feel as though i need to progress in this area so it need not feel so daunting. I think i have to stop worrying so much and let things flow and just accept that in order to understand what i am doing i have to get things wrong. For example sending my images of to the lab to be printed, only to pick them up and realize i edited them to the wrong size and i now have 20" by 24" inch images, to my knowledge i thought id actually gotten everything right and was feeling very organised.
So for my final images i'm handed both 20" by 24" C-type and also exactly the same images just printed to the correct size, A3. Overall i'm happy with my final results although with appropriate planning i could of done a lot more.I think that is one of the major errors for me. If i was do anything different i would plan more studio time trying a variety of ideas even if i doubted them and give myself plenty off time to send my images off so if anything does go wrong i have the time to correct them.
i enjoyed using the studio and know that the more time i spend shooting the more i will feel confidently doing both Studio and set up.My initial ideas where to do nude portraits but this never followed through so advice to myself would be to follow through with initial ideas or any ideas in general whats the worst that happen.
I've never experienced doing portraiture, so this was pretty new to me. if i'm honest i didn't think researching portraits would be so hard but then when briefed more on portraiture in group sessions it was hard to establish what it was. I initially thought it could range from family/individual portraits to editorial but that is not so.I used a variety of research throughout such tumblr one of my main sources, along with my own books and library books.
I booked the studio but had never used a studio before this, or a hasslebald and as such this was a little nerving but just having a play around with the camera.Getting used to the fact your seeing your image back to front, this can be frustrated at times while try to make sure your image is in focus, but doing this made it all the more easier to shoot.Editing my images was something i enjoyed, even though i feel as though i need to progress in this area so it need not feel so daunting. I think i have to stop worrying so much and let things flow and just accept that in order to understand what i am doing i have to get things wrong. For example sending my images of to the lab to be printed, only to pick them up and realize i edited them to the wrong size and i now have 20" by 24" inch images, to my knowledge i thought id actually gotten everything right and was feeling very organised.
So for my final images i'm handed both 20" by 24" C-type and also exactly the same images just printed to the correct size, A3. Overall i'm happy with my final results although with appropriate planning i could of done a lot more.I think that is one of the major errors for me. If i was do anything different i would plan more studio time trying a variety of ideas even if i doubted them and give myself plenty off time to send my images off so if anything does go wrong i have the time to correct them.
i enjoyed using the studio and know that the more time i spend shooting the more i will feel confidently doing both Studio and set up.My initial ideas where to do nude portraits but this never followed through so advice to myself would be to follow through with initial ideas or any ideas in general whats the worst that happen.
Robert Mapplethorpe
I like this portrait because i feel the photographer is capturing what looks to be some kind of break down moment for individual.I think because of unemotional body language and distressing clothing.
David bailey
I really like the idea of shooting a sequel of images which the model body language and actions are different in each.I also really admire the layout rather than just having individual prints.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Prints
Collected my images from digital lab to discover i had payed for 20 x 24.....huge error on my part.
mathieuvladimir
http://mathieuvladimir.tumblr.com/
I regret not spending more time in the studio as i would of liked to have added cigarette smoke to my images just to see what kind off results i would have gotten.For instance i like how the photographer has captured the smoke hanging around the eye areas giving the model a dark deranged look.
Richard Avendon
loveisspeed.blogspot.com
I have chosen this image as it relates to my studio portraits and final prints like the model/actress in this portrait all my images have an occurring theme in which the models are bare from the shoulders up.What i like about this image is how both the foreground and background compliment each other even though they have similar tones but with the shadowing on the left hand side creates a dividing line between the two.I also like how i'm drawn in by the eyes which are set against the flawless skin.
Nerve Damage
http://nevedamage.tumblr.com/
I like how portraiture can be outside the studio and the backdrop outside doesn't necessarily always distract you from the subject in the foreground.But i also find when viewing the image anyway you are drawn straight into the face which i think the subjects has very distinctive features .
Karel Krizak
Photographer deborah Turberville taken by Karel Krizak
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40545509@N02/6691906699/sizes/m/in/photostream/
This photograph is taken off a photographer whose work i admire .I really like how the photographer has darkened the backdrop as it only adds emphasis and definition to the aging skin of this women which looks well lived in .I feel like the more lines and creases one person has, makes you think what kind of a life that person has led.Also when you look at the deep set eyes they make you feel almost like your looking into never ending black pool.
Irving Penn
kuvata.tumblr.com
mytacist.tumblr.com
pinterest.com
drmacbatts.com
I find Irving takes on portraiture refreshing, i really admire how the photographer has placed the subjects in this confined spaces making them look slightly awkward and uncomfortable.
Tumblr Research
Another find on tumblr showing then and now portraits using the same characteristics with same or similar locations.I like the idea creating portraits over a period of time to show the development and change and growth of a person instead off having just one still image.I think doing this you would could create a kind documentation through images of one persons cycle through life.
Paul Bennett - Portraits 2008
http://a-mass-musing.tumblr.com/
I've found a new method of doing research using tumblr this is where i found these intriguing portraits/paintings. I'm not sure what the inspiration or meanings are behind these images, but for myself when viewing them i feel they illustrate a women being stripped of there vanity.It kind off inspires me to create portraits of models stripped and bared of there vanity necessities to show face behind the mask which can often reveal natural beauty.
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