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Studio Session 1

During the first workshop in which we were in the studio, we experimented with the lighting that was available in both low key and high key. This was enjoyable to work with as we got to collaborate as a team to help each other create something a bit different to just a ‘school portrait’ which is what most people think of when in the studio with lights and a white backdrop. I have had a previous experience in the studio at A Level but with much less equipment and less help. This experience has opened me up to more studio shooting which I thought wasn’t for me because I like the more candid outdoor shooting with little instruction, capturing the little moments that I see.

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I took a few like this image but this one stuck out to me because of the way in which there is a catch light in the eye which adds dimension to the whole piece. The shadows that are cast across the jumpers also are really interesting to me, they give you something else to look at more visual interest.
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The second portrait I chose to show is the one which is similar to the first, but this one is more solemn as we changed the lighting and how I was directing Callum, the resulting image is quite a nice thing to see, it is subtle and soft, I decided to make the shadows in the image a lot darker in post-production to make the image stand out more. The shapes that are created in this image are flowing and move you through the image. The colour palette is really complementary nothing sticks out too much and the image seems to fit itself in without too much pull from the viewer.
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Although her love of fish is not real this image captures the love that is shared between a person and the environment, keeping the fish safe from the fishermen. Shot with a snoot this image had very directed light that made it a good low key image, the use of shadows to create a more structured face is also a good point of this image with a strong connection with the emotion of Alice and how she is portraying being attached to the fish in a stronger way than just food.

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