Commercial Shot

1.16.2012

In this picture, there is a woman wearing black Ray Ban sunglasses. The fan is blowing her hair to the left while she looks to the right. She is wearing a black v neck shirt and is placed in front of a gray background.
It was taken intentionally in focus and up close because it is a head shot focusing on the sunglasses than anything else. I darkened the picture to give it a "cool" and laid back tone and to portray how the Ray Bans sunglasses make you look cool. To emphasize the coolness, I manipulated an electric fan to blow directly in front of her face. I changed the colors of the photo to black and white with a tone of gray to also give off a chill tone and feel. I placed her in front of a gray background to give the photo a simple look and to not distract the viewer from the whole point of the photo, which are the Ray Bans.
In this photo, I attempted to portray the simplicity and cool vibe that Ray Bans give you when you wear them. The photo was taken indoors against a wall. It is semi dark to illustrate the laid back tone.
I believe my photo was a success because it came out how I imagined it to come out.

6 Different Lightings

January 6, 2012

January 6, 2012

January 6, 2012

January 6, 2012

January 6, 2012

January 6, 2012

These photos are of a ballerina with a white top, black spandex shorts, pink tights, and pink pointe shoes. She is sitting on a velvet red couch and is placed in front of a black background to portray a room. The subject is not far away, but is not up close and has different types of light shining on her.
All the images were taken intentionally in focus to capture every aspect of detail in the picture. The lighting in the first picture was taken with the strobe light for the lighting to illuminate the entire subject and setting. The second picture was taken with one hot light pointed at the subject from a slight diagonal in order to imitate a spotlight on the subject as a dancer would be on stage with a spotlight. The tone of the picture is intense. The third picture was taken with two hot lights pointed from the right diagonal front and left diagonal front to give off a bright scene. The fourth picture was taken with one hot light pointing at the subject from the bottom right diagonal to light up the bottom part of the subject and attract attention to her important dancer features such as her tights and pointe shoes. The fifth picture was taken with outdoor light coming from the left to make the picture look natural. The sixth picture was taken with a high hot light pointing down at the subject from the left side to make the left side of the picture dark in order to portray an ominous side to ballet.
In these photos, I intended to portray the different trials or perspectives of a ballerina. The first picture is the common perception of how ballet and dancers are seen. However, there's more to dancers than meets the ey. The second picture showcases the dancer as if they were on stage, with a spotlight, correct posture, and character. The third picture portrays how most dancers see themselves. The shaded sides around the dancer explain how there will always be room for improvement and exploration for new moves. But the bright part of the picture represents the passion of the dancer as an artist. The fourth picture brings light to the tights and pointe shoes to display how important the features of a dancer are and that they help create the artist. Since the fifth picture was taken with natural light, it implies that dancing is a natural art for humanity and that it is made up from natural aspects such as muscles, flexibility, style, and passion. In the sixth picture, the top part of the subject is partially dark, while the bottom part of the subject is brightened, and the left side of the picture is dark while the right side is bright. This portrays how the audience only sees the dancing of the dancer and their result from practicing, but don't see or know the practice, hard work, time, effort, criticism, lectures, stamina, sweat, blood, and tears that make the dancer, a dancer. All the pictures were taken indoors.
I believe my work was very successful because it came out exactly as I envisioned it to be. I went into the project not knowing how I would want the lighting to appear, but as I was doing this photo shoot, I began to realize how I wanted them to turn out, and they turned out very nice.