Final Phobia Images (Edited)

Here is my final image for my inspired word. I am so happy with how this shoot went and how the edited image turned out. I enjoyed all the research behind it and doing the make up. 

When editing the photos I felt like I didn't need to do much with them part from tidy up the lose strands of hair and edit my models dry lips. My favourite part is how natural the face is (part from the water colour), it shows the person being 100% them, hiding nothing as the watercolour was to represent their imperfections.

MAC Final Image (edited)

Here is my final edited image for my brand. I added the template through Indesign and cropped it like Sharon asked me to do in my feedback session. I also decided to take away the lipstick that I originally had in my first final image because I didn't think it fitted in with the image. I had so many different images from this shoot and half way through I wasn't sure I was getting the images I wanted. But then I decided I to wet the hair and I felt like it completely changed my look and related to MAC more. 

Overall I'm really happy how this shoot and editing went for these set of images, I even learnt new skills on photoshop, which I'm really proud of (even though it is very basic). I also felt like I didn't need to airbrush too much which made me happy.

Evaluation

Overall I am happy with how everything went during this unit. I felt like I've learnt so many new skills (including new lighting set ups) that will help me in the future. The start of this semester, our lessons were really important because Chris taught us new set ups. It has helped me improve the quality of my images so much.

When it came to my final shoots, I was worried I would forget how to set it up but I had the help of few classmates and we set up our shoots together. Felt weird not having Chris tell us what was right or wrong but we did eventually get everything put up. I did both images in in two sessions. I really liked both shoots but my favourite one was my word shoot. I really enjoyed applying the make-up and taking the photos for it.

When it came to editing the photos, I changed my brand image into black and white with only the lips in colour. I retouched my word images by taking away any spots and adjusted the contrast. I am so happy with the final images and I really liked my word images the most.

Feedback

In my feedback with Sharon today, I went in confident with my images even thought they weren't the final photos. I showed Sharon my images and discussed what changes were need to the photos. I had one photo that I thought would be my final photo but I was told to crop out a lot of it to make it look more sleek and professional. It completely changed the photo and made such a difference, so I'm glad I had Sharon check my image before I handed it in. She was happy once I cropped that out and said my model looked like goddess.
With my second set of images, she was pleased with my concept and the make up but picked up on a few little bit that stopped it from being 100% perfect. It was few strands of hair that were out of place and dry lips (even though the model had lip balm on). When it comes to editing the images I will make sure to change that to help make my image look the best it can. 

But overall I'm happy with the feedback I got from Sharon today and made me feel more confident about handing my images in. I feel like I have improved so much in one semester and can what a difference it has had on my work. I can't wait to see what second year brings for us and what units we will have then.

Phobia Photoshoot Images

Here are my final chosen unedited images for my chosen word shoot. I used two soft box lights pointing towards my model but facing the camera along with a soft box on a bomb light looking at my model and above where I was my tripod was.

This is by far my favourite shoot I have done and I loved doing research for this project. I had seen a similar kind of look done before and always wanted to create my own version. I also glad how I represented how people go throughly daily struggles with their own bodies and face. Showing how someones imperfection can be seen as a perfection to others. 

I can already tell there is a few things I will like to edit from the photos, including the dry/cracked lips and the few strands of hair sticking out. I'd also like to make the paint stand out more, so I'll play around with the adjustment/contrast settings. I can't wait to see the final image and to hand it in.

Evaluation from Digital Image 1

"I like your writing style, adding a personal edge to things is always entertaining to read. Technical blog is well rounded and decent personal reflection and interpretation which I really like. I wish there was more photography notes and practice shots that show some development and (not meaning to repeat myself but) practice. You mention that photographers everywhere are shouting at you, but I actually rather like the shadows there. Which brings me onto the final images, the black and white pictures are well exposed, decently composed and fit the brief really well, the colour images while they are a different lighting setup they just seem a bit of an after thought. The styling is exactly the same as the other shots, and they feel like they've had very little to no post production applied, which is a real shame. Especially so as your monochrome images are so strong."

For my first digital image images I was pleasantly happy with my images but know I could have made the make up more daring. I was pleased with my feedback, I know my images weren't perfect but for my first attempt I was really proud of what I did and I no feel like I've progressed to do better for next semester. I hope my writing skills are just as entertaining (hopefully even better this time). I am will definitely considering doing practise shots next semester as I feel like they will help me decide what is good and what I can change for the real shoot. I know to give myself more time to write my blog posts, as last time I spent two nights staying up till the early morning making sure I got them down (and I did it without coffee, so I am proud of that). 

Overall I feel like I have learnt so much from just one semester and already learnt from my mistakes. I can't wait to start the new project to learn new lighting set ups with Chris and use my new improved skills to the test. 

MAC Hair Chart: 2

My second idea I was thinking of wetting the hair and pulling the hair right back behind the ears. Pushing it all back will show the whole face and vulnerability of the make up on the face. I would achieve this look by applying VO5 wet look styling gel to the front of the hair and combing it through the rest of the hair. Combing it will make sure all parts of the hair is pulled back behind the ears and no little bits would come lose. I'm still not sure how far I'd like the hair to bit wet as I'll be taking photos from the front, but on the day I will decide what will work and what won't work.

Out of the two designs this is my favourite one, purely because I like how different it is for an editorial. For this shoot/design in general I wanted to capture a sleek look and will complete the overall look that I would like for this shoot.