After having a think about my summer project I have already decided to change it. One of the main reasons being that as I work full time it is going to be very time consuming to either find and drive to certain locations. Furthermore, i do not have the space in studio to be building large room sets.
I have never really had the opportunity to dabble into the wonderful world of the kelvin scale and white balance. I have a passion for lomography and am hoping that I will be able to use some of the ideas such as deep saturation of colour along with the kelvin scale to create a series of strong and powerful images of everyday items.
As mentioned previously my portfolio is based more around portraiture/ pack shots and food and I feel that I need to personalise it a little more. I am hopingto do this by using different tools such as hue/saturation/ contrast/ filters and white balance in both Capture One and Adobe Photoshop. I also intend to use some unconventional angles for my chosen everyday items.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Summer project
About a month ago towards the end of the universities year, our tutor has asked us to continue with photography during our summer break. As I work full time as a photographer this will be something that will be easy to do.
In addition to this we have been asked us to produce a project on a topic of our choice. As once again there is no constraints to the brief, it has taken me quite a while to decide what I want to do, the format that I want to present it in and also try to do something new and different using a range of techniques.
I have pondered with all different ideas from shooting at different locations, shooting electrical items to photographing sports. Finally I narrowed my choices down to two; summer flower photography and home ware products. I am hoping that I will be able to build a set in my studio so that I can shoot some lifestyle shots using a combination of both of these elements.
My photographic portfolio is based more around portraiture and pack shots and so therefore I have not had much experience with room set photography. I am hoping that by doing this project it will provide me with a great learning curve. I will no doubt l learn a great deal about lighting from trial and error of placing hard head lamps and softboxes in different areas of the set. Furthermore I hope that it will provide me with some good shots for my portfolio that can be used when I finish my degree.
In addition to this we have been asked us to produce a project on a topic of our choice. As once again there is no constraints to the brief, it has taken me quite a while to decide what I want to do, the format that I want to present it in and also try to do something new and different using a range of techniques.
I have pondered with all different ideas from shooting at different locations, shooting electrical items to photographing sports. Finally I narrowed my choices down to two; summer flower photography and home ware products. I am hoping that I will be able to build a set in my studio so that I can shoot some lifestyle shots using a combination of both of these elements.
My photographic portfolio is based more around portraiture and pack shots and so therefore I have not had much experience with room set photography. I am hoping that by doing this project it will provide me with a great learning curve. I will no doubt l learn a great deal about lighting from trial and error of placing hard head lamps and softboxes in different areas of the set. Furthermore I hope that it will provide me with some good shots for my portfolio that can be used when I finish my degree.
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