Specialist Location Photography- Planning

Specialist Location Photography- Planning

I am starting my planning on the specialist location photography shoot, after out briefing in lesson today it has become very apparent I can pick almost any area I would like to focus this project on. Whether this be commercial, fashion, music, landscape the possibilities are endless, I guessI found this slightly daunting. I thought about staying in my comfort zone and sticking with live music photography but for my final project i'd like to challange myself and try something a bit different. So after a long hard think I have chosen to focus on Fashion photography. 

Fashion Photography:

Within picking this subject my mind immediately began racing, I have so many idea's of where/ what/ who I can use for this project but then getting them actually done could be quite challenging. There is a lot to think about but for my main subject i think i'd like to create a series of images as if I was adding them into a fashion magazine. This means i'd like to create some basic studio shots and some completely different ones outdoors. 

Some locations I would like to use would include, Heaton Park, Deansgate Locks, Castle Field and also some within the studio. I'm sure as I go around this may vary slightly but I already know some nice spots to shoot in these locations and it would be great to finally get to incorporate them into my work.

I think it's important for the style of the images I pick for each location to contribute to the scenery, such as i'd like to do a grungy style shoot in Heaton Park within the forests I think this would make a great shot if I can create it good enough. I think the messy style would create a good contrast in a wooded area as they would contrubute and reate to one another. Also within the studio, I would like to do a couple shoot with the woman very smarty dressed and the man quite rough looking to show different aspects and personalities I think this will be best in the studio so the models and my interpretation is this main focus in the image.

Here are some images which I find really inspiring and would like to try use some of the aspects they have created within my work:

credit: Jphotos Photography

I think the contrast they have created between the model and the background in the shot is beautiful and really makes the image. I would like to try something like this for my grunge style shoot.

Credit: Wilson Mcsheffrey Photography

I would also like to try a wedding/classy style shoot I think Heaton Park would be a great place to shoot something like this, Among all the glassy land areas. 

Photography Unknown

Photographer Unknown

Photographer Unknown

I would also like to try incorporate some dance style fashion photography, as this falls under the same category I think I could get some interesting shots from this and therefor will create a good range of different styles of fashion photography to go towards my final 'magazine pieces'. These images are some of the ones I saw and thought they were inspiring enough for me to want to create some similar for my work.

Credit: Nicola Selby

Credit: Freddieandcinnamon.com

Photographer Unknown

Photo Montage

Photo Montage Brief:

For this photo montage i wanted to take my passion for dance and incorporate it into the picture. I chose the beach Scene as i thought the contrast would look great as i wanted to used the space like kind of sky. I used the magnetic lasso tool to select the section of stary sky from the image i wanted to use then used the move tool to place it where i wanted. I did the same for both of the Silhouette of the dancers. I had a bit of a problem with the dancers as they were loads to big, so i then went on to select the image tab, scrolled down to transform and selected scale. To make sure the image was intact i used the corner tab to re-scale it whilst holding down the 'CTRL' button to make sure it doesn't change shape. Finally i used the rubber tool to correct any loose ends to make sure it all blended in nicely.

I think how there placed on the path shows my never ending journey within dance, I also like the contracting of colours how bright they are but then the wood within the bridge is quite grainy and more dull colours. In the end i used four different images to create this photo Montage.

Following on from creating this i was searching through my own images, and decided to try create a montage from my own Live music images. I think it works really well, I used the exact same techniques the only extra thing i did different was used the opacity of a couple of the images i then used the rubber tool to select sections of the image in which i wanted to overlap. 

Overall i found the photo montages quite challenging to create but now i think I've got the hang of it more i quite enjoy doing them and it will defiantly help me though out the future.

Unit 23: Photographic Media, Techniques and Technology

Unit 23: Photographic Media, Techniques and Technology.

Task one:

You can find each of these images in different blogs i have added a label to these names 'unit 23' Following each individual project e.g: depth of field, Motion Blur.

Task Two: Health and Safety

I have recently learnt a lot during the health and safety class. I was shown the 5 steps to the risk assessment which can be found on the HSE website as i have shown below.

I already had some previous experience in COSHH within previous workplaces, however we talked about these more in depth and i feel i have a better knowledge of them now. Such as different labels on packaging:

We have COSHH labels on all harmful solutions and products. We much ablige to this and follow these due to the health and safety at work act:

"Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 , also referred to as HSWA, HSW Act or HASAWA, is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment."

Due to harmful products whilst working in the dark room, or in other cases as well we should make sure we wear the suitable equiptment at all times such as:

• gloves
• Sleeves
• Lab Coat

Also for activities such as landscape photography, making sure you are aware of your surroundings and putting up safety rails if necessary. 

Display Screen Equipment Regulations Act 1992:

We must follow this to prevent self injury making sure we have the correct support such as:

• Using a computer chair
• Making sure it is glare free, no reflections to prevent headaches
• Back support
• Foot support

We must also check we pat ( Portable appliance test) test all equipment to make sure if it safe for use within the studio. This is under the European Regulations on electrical goods.

Fashion Photography- Preparation

Fashion Photography- Preparation for Shoot

After searching through many different photographers i decided to research more into one names Daniel Jackson, I found his work quite simply stunning some are quite plain and straight forward but the lighting really makes them stand out. He also converts a lot of his images into black and white i will look into his work further to try come up with my own fashion photography shoot. These are some of the shots i would like to interpret into my work to create something of my own.

Daniel Jackson Shoots Triple Cover Story forVogue Germany

VOGUE GERMANY’S MARCH ISSUE 

Daniel Jackson ShootsPrabal Gurung SS13 Campaign

Calvin Klein Sportswear Campaign

NQ Live- 09/03/2013

NQ Live- 09/03/2013

Album Cover

Album Cover

Model: Becky Wade

I decided to base my album cover on the soundtrack for the film Suckerpunch. Becky is posed as the main character ' Babydoll'. 

Plan for this shoot:
For my unit 23 project i decided to create an album cover for the soundtrack of the film 'Suckerpunch' i decided this after thinking long and hard what to do this project on. I though of many different album covers i could interpret into my own, but then they would still be similar so i decided on a film so i could make it completely my own as it already had a soundtrack but just the film cover for their album cover. I researched the music on you tube and came across the song baby doll sang ' sweet dreams ' this is what the basis of my shoot was aiming at showing.  I chose to use Becky Wade as the model as i thought she would fit the role well, she already has blonde hair and has similar features to the 'Baby doll' character.
I chose to use a white backdrop i thought this would make everything more bold and stand out more where as black would have made everything merge slightly with the dark colours in the costume.
I used two lights one either side one soft box and one with a snoot.
I used the settings on my camera IOS 200, 1/160 and  F5.
Following the photo shoot i edited the photo together using Photoshop 6 i added on the 'Suckerpunch' logo to my image. It took a lot of time for me to decide on using quite a plain background due to the tones in the image originally. I knew i defiantly wanted to add in the Suckerpunch logo so made a montage and added this onto the original plain image of the model. I tried diffident textures and colors for the background but in the end i think the neatural toning works the best, i wanted all the focus to be on the model and not what else is going on in the image. She is showing she is being strong and Independence and within the film ' fighting crime ' so i think the main aspect of the photo should be her. 

Wide Angle

Wide Angle 

I took some wide angle shots within my house, I tried to find some interesting things to capture instead of doing buildings, however i found it harder then you would think and found myself stalking my cat around the house for a while as you can see from my image! 

I then decided to try the dolls house, which i think came out okay but due to the ground i couldn't quite get as low as i'd wanted then i tried my poster which was also hard to capture due to it always looking quite flat what ever angle you try and take it from. 

I quite like the one of the statue, I think it does it justice being shot from above using wide angle.

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