Shoot 1

This is my first attempt at shooting some portraiture images in the studio using a black backdrop and natural lighting from the sun, for a beginning shoot, shoot one went okay but could be improved upon. I have used the artist influence of Annie Leibovitz in my images and have done this by taking portrait images. Annie's images are very soft and subtle but still show a selection of emotions in her work. I tried to experiment and create the same effect by using a member of my class and trying to capture their different emotions of serious and happy and smiling. What went well in the shoot is by using a plain dark backdrop in my images it has made the models face stand out more in the image. Towards the end of the shoot in image 8841 the model was gaining more confidence and shows a lot of happiness in the image. Also in images 8839 and 8840 the light is coming from the top left hand corner which I think highlights the models face nicely. What didn't go so well is that some of the images have come out overexposed such as image 8819, a couple are blurry like image 8809 and I do not feel I have captured different facial expressions very well which may be due to my model not feeling as confident at the beginning of the shoot. If I was to do this shoot again I would improve by using female and male models to add variety to my images, I think that by using a male model I can capture a lot of depth in his facial expressions if I ask the model to be serious and keep using the female model to display a happy facial expression and other emotions such as laughter or sadness. I could also experiment by trying out a white backdrop instead of a black backdrop and seeing what difference this makes and getting the model to do different poses and sit or stand in different positions.