The product research helped me big time for this shoot. I enjoyed looking for the different fashion/product photographers and taking the ideas forward for my shoot.
As stated in my prep for the portrait shoot I did a survey for the seasons of what people associated with each season....
Reminder......
Winter
Christmas trees and decorations
Cold
Hat, Scarfs and gloves
Presents
Halloween
Skiing
Autumn
Wind
Leaves
Getting dark
Summer
Seaside
Shells
Sun
Sunglasses
Warmth
Spring
Flowers
Easter
Colours
So I decided to use Christmas decorations to represent the Winter party time. Autumn I took along some leafs I gathered from my garden. Summer I used shells, sun umbrella and the lighting in studio to represent the sun. And finally I used flowers and colours for Spring.
For the shoot I took along my trusty fashion magazines for inspiration along with the research I had already done logged in my head!
Being in the Studio was very different taking pictures of a model to taking pictures of still life.... Having someone else there I think there was a little bit of a adrenalin rush and more pressure with the camera and to get decent shots. I felt I had more time being in the Studio this time only having objects and myself to put me under pressure.
I used similar props to what I had used with my portrait theme as even though they are separate themes I wanted there to be a connection.
Again I used my Canon 20D camera for all of the pictures and made sure I had all of necessary props and studio time booked. All pictures were taken with a standard lens.....
With my pictures I tried to use as many different depths of field as possible and as may different angles to get different kinds of images. I tried to use as many of the different lights and did concentrate on the spot light to create a warm softer feel in the Autumn and Winter months so used a higher F stop and shadows etc.
For the Summer and Spring months, I want to use lots of light, so will try and use more of the studio lights and also work with my camera by using a low f stop t let lots of light in.... The ISO was kept at 100 to make the frames nice and fine and clear.
My pictures are very relevant to my theme..... Jewellery, shoes, glasses, Sunglasses are all fashion objects and would feature in any fashion magazine obviously to try and sell....
The lights were a lot easier to use this time round and new what buttons to press and which angles and where to out the lights to get which affects - this definitely came in handy for Winter and Autumn.
I took care while in the studio and made sure all health and safety procedures were met at all times and kept bags and props that were not needed out of the way. Ensured lights were moved correctly. Taking care when moving around the studio at all times. I was also very careful with the cables/wires and took care when moving around to get different angles. I also used the tripod for more of my pictures than I did with my portrait theme as wanted the pictures to be a bit more controlled.
Again I took around 20 shots for each theme and ended up with 2 or 3 for each Season making a total of 10. I do feel the my portrait theme is the stronger of the 2 but am very happy with my final images and would believe you could see them in any fashion magazine on the shelves today!
The reason I picked my final 10 to be my final 10....
I took a lot of time deliberating over my final images for this theme and did find it harder which mean probably had more stronger images in my portrait theme. However I am very happy with my final 10 and with the camera and lighting work done and feel the pictures chosen fit with each season and obviously my theme. I will go through each image in depth in show of Unedited final images.
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