Final Images Unedited- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Product

These are my final 10 images for my Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Product Unedited.

In total - 2 for Autumn, 3 for Winter, 3 for Summer and 2 for Spring.

Again I wanted to go through my pictures before being edited to why I like them and pick them for my final portfolio.

Going from left to right, Top row first.....

Autumn 1 - This is one of my favorite product shots out of my final images.... And this was actually one of the first images I took being in the studio.  I used my leaves as a prop to make the season and used the wooden boards from out of the studio as a base.  I love the dark woody feel to the picture and have a real feel of Autumn looking at this image. 5.6 F Stop - 2 Shutter Speed -  ISO- 100

Autumn 2 - This shot is similar to picture 1, however I loved the angle on this picture and will be edited in a different way to make it look more individual.  5.6 F Stop - 2 Shutter Speed -  ISO - 100

Winter 1 - These are Christmas Party Shoes....  I was unsure how to take pictures of shoes and did find it a little difficult with the straps and was hard to get them at angle where they looked good.... But after a lot of persistence I think I manage to get a decent shot which follows with my theme.... 5.6 F Stop - 1/13 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100

Summer 1 - I did a lot of research in to how to take pictures of sunglasses and even though sunglasses go with my theme, I did use the sun umbrella in the back ground to provide a little colour.... I did take a number of shots of various glasses but this one is my favourite and am aware that it is over exposed but really do like how it looks and could be advertising the Sunglasses in any magazine. 5.0 F Stop - 1/6 Shutter Speed - ISO- 100

I loved Leo Acker's work - it was so colourful, different and young and I feel that that is the direction that I would like my work to go... So I tried to recreate Acker's picture of the sunglasses- obviously I don't have as many pairs as he does so I designed my own but with the same kind of theme and I feel with the use of light and exposure on this picture I have created something similar to what he has done....  Post photoshop I hope this will look even better.....

Summer 2 - This shot is of a pink flower ring... I did enjoy taking pictures of the jewellery and did find it the easiest out of all the product shots.  I like the depth of field in the frame and think it shows the product well.... 5.6 F Stop - 1/80 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100

Summer 3 - This is one of my favorite pictures in the product theme and used a patterned wallpaper as a base and some flowers just slightly in the background.  The beads are colorful and fit with the bright season.  I wanted to have the beads in focus and background blurred which I have achieved.... 6.3 F Stop - 1/25 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100

I did try to create this image in a similar way to one of Edward Edwards photographs above.  Edwards was one of the photographers I researched and felt I could try and imitate to a certain degree.... Obviously my jewellery is no where near in the same league as the expensive jewellery in his photograph.  However by using a patterned based and some flowers just fluttering in the back ground I feel it has given as similar feel of nature as Edwards frame.  I enjoy his photography and even though not exact, I did enjoy bearing his work in mind while in the studio.

Winter 3 - I did struggle with the glass a little as was quite reflective and haven't taken pictures of glass before but I like the composition of this picture and feel with a little editing will make this picture come out a lot more.... I used Xmas star decorations as my prop just slightly in the background.  7.1 F Stop - 1/100 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100

Winter 2 - This is a picture of a Chanel scarf....  This picture will change dramatically after editing as I am not pleased with it how it is now but have an idea in my head how to make it look like it would be in a fashion magazine! 5.6 F Stop - 1/100 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100

Spring 1 -  I used another wallpaper pattern for my base and laid the necklace out - I love the depth of field on this as well as the main effect i.e the butterfly is in focus and the chain blurs out the further you go along... 7.1 F Stop - 1/100 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100

Spring 2 -  Again depth of field and focus I like on this shot.  I will probably edit this picture a lot different to how it is at the moment - I also like the tint of pink the back ground has which has come off the base wallpaper used and the contrast from the colour of the earrings. 8.0 F Stop - 1/100 Shutter Speed - ISO - 100 

Overall I am happy with my final images and look forward to seeing them post photoshop where I feel the pictures will come together and fit my theme quite well....  This theme was a little harder for me than portrait but feel I also I have learnt a lot more from it which is what I am here for!

Preparation and Shoot for Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Product Theme

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.

My first time in the studio....

My first time in the studio was a little overwhelming.... It was as i imagined it to be with the white walls and lots of lights!  I used the college camera which was Canon which was good as my personal camera is a canon. 

Steve did the orginal set up with the lights and gave us a talk on health and safety i.e how the lights get hotter the longer they are on and to be careful of the wires and props when moving around the studio.  We used different types of light to get different effects, from spot light to soft light to overall lights.

As you can see we just used simple objects from within the studio.  We used the brown wood as a base and each took it turns to shoot the objects.  I used the 'tripod' to do long exposure shots and set my ISO to 100 and adapted my F stop and shutter speed to get differnet kinds of shots.

We did then go on to doing some portrait photography using each other as models and getting used to having ideas ising props etc and got quite in to by the end and got me inspired to get in there and do some of my own stuff and start planning on what I would do while in the studio.  It got me thinking about what props, lights and what sort of pictures I hope to get out of my studio time!