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Green circles indicate images that I considered using, as I liked them.
Red arrows indicate images that I didn't like at all.
Two Sides.
This photoshoot was designed to experiment more with Noell S. Osvald's use of a single source of lighting and Johanna Knauer's technique of using material to obscure the model. Unlike the last photoshoot in this section, I was able to set up a strong lamp to the left of the model, and had it shine primarily on the wall so I could keep the model as a silhouette. My main objective was to mimic Noell S. Osvald's portraiture technique, however I wanted to continue to develop my use of the material to cover the model. Originally, I had planned to have half of the image with the model silhouetted, but no material, and the other half in a lighter shade with the material covering the model. However, upon reviewing the images afterwards I found that the two versions didn't quite match up - with the viewpoints being slightly different. Because of this, I decided to just take strips of the lighter image and overlay them on the original image.
This first photograph was taken using my NikonD3100. I decided against using flash as the material is slightly shiny and would reflect it. I blacked out any windows in the room, and turned all the lights off except for a single lamp which sat on a desk. The first photograph was taken without the material, the second photograph with the material draped over the model.
Regarding interpretation of this photograph, in my personal opinion it can be interpreted as 'seeing through the disguise' or 'seeing the truth.' In my previous shoots, the idea was to show how successful a disguise can seem at first glance, however in this shoot I decided to look at disguise from a different perspective. In this shoot my aim was to look at when a disguise is at fault, so the audience can see through it. Although the material obscures the model, we can see past this at the primary photograph where she sits, vulnerable. The fact the model is sitting with her back to the camera, and that we can't see her face, could be interpretated as the fact that she doesn't want to be seen. However, the empty space around her and use of bleak sepia tones gives the overall photograph a dismal mood, further supporting my idea of the model feeling isolated and alone.
The 'disguise' that the subject has tried to hide behind, is seen in the lighter strips of the photograph. However, it is incomplete and fractured. Through these strips we can see the models attempt at a disguise, material sheilding parts of her body and head from view. Overall, I am pleased with how this first photograph turned out, however I much prefer the second image below, as I feel that having the subject off centre draws the eye away from the primary focus area.
This first photograph was taken using my NikonD3100. I decided against using flash as the material is slightly shiny and would reflect it. I blacked out any windows in the room, and turned all the lights off except for a single lamp which sat on a desk. The first photograph was taken without the material, the second photograph with the material draped over the model.
Regarding interpretation of this photograph, in my personal opinion it can be interpreted as 'seeing through the disguise' or 'seeing the truth.' In my previous shoots, the idea was to show how successful a disguise can seem at first glance, however in this shoot I decided to look at disguise from a different perspective. In this shoot my aim was to look at when a disguise is at fault, so the audience can see through it. Although the material obscures the model, we can see past this at the primary photograph where she sits, vulnerable. The fact the model is sitting with her back to the camera, and that we can't see her face, could be interpretated as the fact that she doesn't want to be seen. However, the empty space around her and use of bleak sepia tones gives the overall photograph a dismal mood, further supporting my idea of the model feeling isolated and alone.
The 'disguise' that the subject has tried to hide behind, is seen in the lighter strips of the photograph. However, it is incomplete and fractured. Through these strips we can see the models attempt at a disguise, material sheilding parts of her body and head from view. Overall, I am pleased with how this first photograph turned out, however I much prefer the second image below, as I feel that having the subject off centre draws the eye away from the primary focus area.
This second image is my favourite out of this shoot. I wanted to capture the vulnerability of the subject, but also encompassing Knauer's use of fading parts of the image into a misty background. Once again, I decided to utilize Noell S. Osvalds clever use of lighting. In this shot, the light doesnt bounce off of the corner of the room - which was a mistake in the first image, however I left it as it was because I felt it added texture to the image. The lighting fades across the wall perfectly, lighting up the left hand side of the models body. The light creates very delicate and feminine lines on the model, furher supporting my interpretation of vulnerability. If the lines were straight, the image would feel tense and the mood would ultimatly be very different, however soft lines are pleasing on the eye and make the model seem relaxed.
A significant amount of editing went into this particular image. There were several objects that needed to be removed, such as a table in the bottom left, the canvas at the top, and the radiator that obscured the bottom right of the image. I used a clone stamp to edit these bits out, however in doing so I made the image look slightly messy. So, using the healing tool, I smoothed out the edges - and decided to blend the models right shoulder and body into the background. This created the impression that mist is creeping up on her from the side - much like Knauer's use of it on the bottom of her images. This can be interpreted as the model's emotions - the feeling of fading away and becoming something else, becoming a disguise.
Overall, I believe that these two images came out surprisingly well. I had initially expected them to be too over exposed, or that they wouldn't line up with their corresponding veil images. However, despite these worries, I feel that out of everything that I have done in my project so far, these are by far my favourite images and I hope to develop them further into a final piece.
A significant amount of editing went into this particular image. There were several objects that needed to be removed, such as a table in the bottom left, the canvas at the top, and the radiator that obscured the bottom right of the image. I used a clone stamp to edit these bits out, however in doing so I made the image look slightly messy. So, using the healing tool, I smoothed out the edges - and decided to blend the models right shoulder and body into the background. This created the impression that mist is creeping up on her from the side - much like Knauer's use of it on the bottom of her images. This can be interpreted as the model's emotions - the feeling of fading away and becoming something else, becoming a disguise.
Overall, I believe that these two images came out surprisingly well. I had initially expected them to be too over exposed, or that they wouldn't line up with their corresponding veil images. However, despite these worries, I feel that out of everything that I have done in my project so far, these are by far my favourite images and I hope to develop them further into a final piece.
Process of Editing
PRIMARY IMAGE:
- Clone stamped out radiator and canvas.
- Turned image black and white.
- Edited curves to darken image.
PRIMARY IMAGE:
- Changed image to sepia duotone.
SECONDARY IMAGE:
- Changed image to black and white.
SECONDARY IMAGE:
- Changed image to a sepia duotone to match primary image.
SECONDARY IMAGE:
- Cut out rectangles of parts of this image I wanted to overlay
PRIMARY IMAGE:
- Pasted rectangles onto primary images and matched them to the right positions.
On the second image of the shoot, the same method was applied. The only difference being that I used blur and clone stamp on the right hand side of the subject.