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METHODOLOGY
For this set of photographs, I used three different shoots combined. The first was a low key studio set up with a smartly but plainly dressed model with an emotionless face. I used one spotlight to the right of the model, shining from the side towards his face, in this way I left the opposite side of his face in shadow. I aimed to keep the lighting dramatic yet I wanted the photographs to be simple. The second shoot had a high-key set up, with two spotlights shining at the face of my model and two more spotlights aimed at the white backdrop to eradicate the presence of shadows behind her. The third shoot was on location of the windows of houses in Dover, I wanted to capture the repeated geometric patterns against the plain white walls.
PHOTOSHOP
(1) The only alterations that I made to this image were to use the patch heal tool to cover any marks on the black backdrop so that the background was one smooth surface behind my model.
(2) For this layered image, I combined a side profile low-key photograph of a male model with a plain face and I put this over a photograph of the bay windows of some houses.I wanted to emphasize the contrast between the sharp lines of the balcony railings against the curves of his face so I reduced the opacity of the top image so that the two pictures could be merged together. I thought that this gave a ghost-like effect to the subject and this links it to my theme of 'out of the ordinary'.
(3)In contrast, to create this composition, I used a combination of a high-key set-up and another photograph of the same windows. I placed the two photographs in two separate layers and again, I reduced the opacity of the top layer however, I used the select tool and the eraser to remove the pattern behind the model so that the background is plain white. I thought that the way that the picture is only visible in the silhouette of the model implies that this is an insight into the life of the model.
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METHODOLOGY
For this set of photographs, I used three different shoots combined. The first was a low key studio set up with a smartly but plainly dressed model with an emotionless face. I used one spotlight to the right of the model, shining from the side towards his face, in this way I left the opposite side of his face in shadow. I aimed to keep the lighting dramatic yet I wanted the photographs to be simple. The second shoot had a high-key set up, with two spotlights shining at the face of my model and two more spotlights aimed at the white backdrop to eradicate the presence of shadows behind her. The third shoot was on location of the windows of houses in Dover, I wanted to capture the repeated geometric patterns against the plain white walls.
PHOTOSHOP
(1) The only alterations that I made to this image were to use the patch heal tool to cover any marks on the black backdrop so that the background was one smooth surface behind my model.
(2) For this layered image, I combined a side profile low-key photograph of a male model with a plain face and I put this over a photograph of the bay windows of some houses.I wanted to emphasize the contrast between the sharp lines of the balcony railings against the curves of his face so I reduced the opacity of the top image so that the two pictures could be merged together. I thought that this gave a ghost-like effect to the subject and this links it to my theme of 'out of the ordinary'.
(3)In contrast, to create this composition, I used a combination of a high-key set-up and another photograph of the same windows. I placed the two photographs in two separate layers and again, I reduced the opacity of the top layer however, I used the select tool and the eraser to remove the pattern behind the model so that the background is plain white. I thought that the way that the picture is only visible in the silhouette of the model implies that this is an insight into the life of the model.
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