Evaluation final portraiture project

EVALUATION FINAL PORTRAITURE PROJECT

I have produced seven images for my final portraiture project i choose to do digital as i am comfortable using studio equipment.I feel a little regrettable that i didn't combined both film and digital as printing your own photos is more satisfying and feels more of an achievement.Other than a minor downfall everything went according to plan and I'm delighted with the outcome .
I choose to keep the backdrop black so my subject is the only thing you study when viewing the image rather than your eyes being diverted to something further in the background.i was inspired by various photographers such as Deborah Turberville and Albert Watson to create something creatively dramatic in a subtle form.I also think my images question what is portraiture as all my images the face of the subject is always hidden given a sense of uncertainty to ones identity my subject uses there body to express themselves rather than with there facial expressions.

shooting hasselblad and locations

                

Hasselblad portraiture project research

This is part of my final portraiture project research where i felt i wanted to be more creative than to just create simple portraits.Using the hasselblad i shot the two above photos with the intention of them not fully being in focus.The reason for this is i had recently researched one of many photographers i admire Deborah Turberville, she created many fashion photos which all have a disturbingly eerily feel to them.

This was just an idea one in which i did do intentionally but did not work. i would have preferred if it had been in focus a little,using a tripod would have changed things completely and this idea may have panned out the way i had imagined it to.

hasselblad portraiture project reserach

More pleased with the outcome of these negs than the other two.I am pleased with the way I've structured the format of these photographs.The background adds emphasis and mood to the foregrounds subject.

Final portraiture project prints

These are the first four of my final portraiture project.Reasons for putting them separately is the above have a sequence and stages in which you look at them.Although it should be first to last in this case last to first.I deciding to do nude mixed with what sometimes is labelled fashion like corrinne day photographing Kate Moss.There was a feeling of uncertainty of what i was photographing , although I'm generally happy with the outcome there was a slight concern whether this could even be considered portraiture.But after plenty research and being inspired by others photographers work i came