Evaluation

Evaluation Digital Image

Overall I really enjoyed this whole process of learning different skills in photography and even just learning the basics I really enjoyable because now I feel confident enough to do a makeup look and know I can take an image of it without my photography skills letting it down because if you take the image from a angle which isn’t flattering it ruins the makeup because your not taking it right. I am extremely happy with my final outcomes because I think I managed to achieve the style and mood I wanted for my images by using the right lighting and postproduction correctly.

I think the thing I struggled with most in setting up on my own in the studio because when your in class Chris was there to ask for help if you got something simple wrong but made a big difference. I think I struggled with this the most because in the shoot I seemed to waste a lot of time setting up and trying to get the perfect lighting ect.

Next time I will defiantly ask a lot more questions in class and make sure I note them all down because I think if I had the notes from class I would have been more confident setting up because I could go back to them and remember what Chris said in the lesson.

The parts that helped me a lot was the planning of the shoot, I think if I didn’t plan my shoots as well as I did I would have struggled with ideas while shooting but I made sure I always had ideas of different poses for my model and also what type of style I was going for, making the magazine mood board that I did really helped me reflect back on while in the shoot to make sure I wasn’t going off track and focused on my initial idea.

Over all I was extremely happy with my final outcomes, I am a lot more confident with using a camera in the correct way and how to create the perfect beauty image.

Photoshop final images

These are my final edited images which I have put in indesign to create the 3 picture collage. I am extremely happy with the final outcome because I was slightly worried that I wouldn't be able to create the slightly edgy look I wanted to create with these images but I managed to do this using the right lighting and change of contrast in photoshop.

In photoshop I changed the brightness slightly and the contrast to create the perfect base by adjusting this. This helped me active the images I wanted.

I also used the clone tool to get rid of some blemishes  I also used the burn and dodge tool to brighten eyes slightly and darken brows and eye lashes.

I then used the sharpen tool on the eye brows to make them stand out a little bit more. 

I was really impressed with the final outcome as I have never used photoshop much before and I think by just doing a few simple adjustments I achieved the images I wanted.

Outcome of second shoot

Outcome of second shoot - Black and White

These images are the 3 images i have chosen from my second shoot which will be turned into my black and white images. 
In these images i have used a soft box lighting system which have be a bright image but also have me some contrasting shadows which i hope to bring out in photo shop to create more of an edgy image as thats what my shoot was based on.
In the shoot i found it quite difficult to create the image i exacly wanted becuase every time i turned the light up or down it didnt create shadowed just made the models skin look bad or it would make the image not look like a beauty image becuase it would look too dark. I really struggled with this at the beginging so i decided to go for the level of lighting where it looked bright enough to be a beauty image and then can change the contrast of this in photoshop i thought this was a better idea than doing it the other way round in photoshop.
The last image of the model side of i will be cropping as i got a bit of the background in this image as i didnt shoot it portrait. 

Planning second shoot

Planning Second Shoot - Black & White 

When planning my second shoot which are going to be my black and white images I flicked through some magazines including Vogue and Dazed and confused. These showed some more wintery image which were in black and white and gave off quite a cold and edgy look to the image.
I am going to try and create this look by creating shadows on the face by using the light slightly above the models face and directed from different angles to create beautiful highlights on the face and shadows under the cheek bones and jaw. 

Im planning on using a beetie dish which will hopefully create the shadows and look that I want. I feel like using this is more of a risky lighting system that the rest because in class when practising sometimes it worked with some people and other times it didn't because of the face shape or skin type. So if this doesn't work then I will be using a soft box but using it with the light quite bright. 


I also want my model to look very natural because I think this is a great look when using this type of set up and mood. 
Planning on my model to have curly bed hair look, minimal makeup look so will just be using the bace on the face, fill the eyebrows in slightly and mascara. 
I didn't want to over do it with the makeup because some people suit it and some don't and my model has such a natural look that she doesn't need to put loads on.

Out come of first Shoot

Outcome to first shoot...

On the left i have the three images i have chosen from the shoot to use as my final colour images. I will be editing them only slightly to make them slighly more contrasted and brighten it up slightly. 

The shoot as a whole went really well and really enjoyed experimenting with the lighting in the shoot becuase to start with the shoot wasnt going too well becuase the lighting that i chose which was a beetie dish wasnt working at all, it made the images look really over exposed and ruined the image in a way becuase even went i turned it down it made my models skin look worse. So i decided to change from this lighting to using a soft box which worked a lot better and gave me the oucome i was looking for.
Over all these images came out exacly how i wanted them too and really happy using these as my final images.

Planning of the first shoot colour

Planning my first shoot - Colour Images

After creating a visual mood board from looking though magazines I have got an idea of the kind of style and mood I will be going for with my images. 
I want the images to look slightly seductive by just having a suggestion with using a jumper off the shoulder because this is what we learnt in Kat's lesson about how female models are used to sell stuff by being suggestive for example having the hands round the mouth , etc. So I think im also going to use this type of pose in my images. 
I also really want to capture more of a lazy, bed head style because I think this looks the most natural because the brief does say the perfect base and my model doesn't need to wear a lot of makeup and have her hair straightened or curled.
I will be using brows and golds around the eyes to create a warm glowing look. 

In this shoot I will be using soft box lighting to create soft shadows on the face and back. 

Digital Mood Board

Digital mood board

We started to create digital mood boards on photoshop to show our initial ideas and what we want to base our final images on.

This was a chance for us to look online and see what images we really liked and then think about how the images were lit, what kind of makeup was used, what was the main focus point in these images, how did they make the main focal point obviouse. 

This really helped me to plan my shoots and what equitment i would be needing and also the way i would be styling my model.