Shoot 8 Angel

My shoot with Angel went well. As she is a second year photography and video student she responded well to pose instructions and understood what I wanted to achieve. Though she is polish she understood me easily and there wasn't a language barrier. I was happy when I found out she was foreign as it strengthens by model line up as I wanted them to be different and chose a range of ethnicities.
I think the orange background worked really well with her hair colour, however it did leave a orange tone over her skin tone that I couldn't get rid of until post production but other than that I had no technical issues.

Shoot 7 - Olivia

Olivia - I shot Olivia on a Red background. I chose this colour as I hadn't used it before and I thought it was striking enough to look good next to the portraits I have already got.

Olivia was very responsive to the shoot and was happy to be infront of the camera, this helped as most of my models have been quite camera shy. The only issue I had was her facial expressions were very 'posey' and not the natural look I was trying to capture however I am confident I have enough images that I will be able to pick out and edit a couple of images. 

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Shoot 6 - Reshooting Rhian

Prior to these shoot I made mood boards which showed example poses for the model to look at and get inspiration from, it also made them more at ease during the shoot which was helpful.

Rhian- This was a reshoot because there were a few aesthetic issues with the pervious one. Unfortunately this shoot didn't go well at all. I had technical difficulties with one of the lights as even though it was on the lowest setting it was chucking out a lot of light, creating a yellow hue over Rhian. Another issue I had was that Rhian only bought one item of clothing, even though I did ask her to bring a selection. This meant I felt limited with what I could shoot. I have learnt from this experience and in the future I will do tests with the lights prior to the model turning up however I won't be using this for my finals.

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Media in todays society

I looked into an article online called Media, Culture and Society which provides a peer reviewed international forum for research and discussion on the media. It comments on the increasing role of the media in todays world. It states that society is influenced by the media and people aspire to meet the unattainable standards of the people they see online. It goes on to say that the media affects peoples perspective and it has intervened so much it has given people a warped sense of whats right and wrong. Commenting on popular tv shows such as dating shows that are sexist or promote a specific ideal that isn't attainable nor 'real life' situations giving people a false ideology of whats attractive.

I don't want my images to just solely focus on society and ideals within it but I would like them to touch on the fact that people from different ethnicities can come together and as a series stand strong portraying many ideals of appearance all as strong as one another.

Shoot 6 & 7 Plans

I will be reshooting Rhian and making the necessary changes that were mentioned in my tutorials so I can create the best possible portrait of her. I am going to keep her on a yellow back drop and make sure I style her and position her better.

I also have a shoot booked with a girl called Olivia. I plan on shooting her in front of a Red back drop to bring out the tones in her hair and to do a slightly darker makeup look to separate her from the others, but also keeping in mind that the portrait will need to easily fit in with the previous ones.

As Olivia hasn't got much experience modelling I will print off some example pictures to show her so she can get some inspiration for poses and outfit ideas.

Silver Print

Silver print is an online service that sells photographic supplies. It was recommend to use Silver print to find a portfolio box. I thought the prices and overall look of the box was good so I used their serve to order an A3 Print box and A3 plastic sleeves. This will make the overall look of my finals more professional when being shown. 

When my print box arrived I wasn't too happy with how it looked as it had a scratch on the front but it wasn't too obvious so I didn't see it as too much of a problem. 

Where my idea is going

When I first moved my idea on from surrealism portraits to just looking at Portraiture I wanted my photos to be visually cohesive and have the same relationship with the camera. I have specifically chosen all students that visually differ from one another. I have chosen models who look slightly different/ unique because I want my Portraits to break out of societies version of 'pretty' and use this to my advantage by showing how viewers that you'd not need to conform to societies standards. I think so far my choice of models have been quite diverse and photogenic to make a successful portrait photograph. I want to try and shoot a few more females with different hair colours as Emilita is blonde to make sure no one looks the same. 

Summative Assessment Presentation

800 words Work outline document