Advertising & Narrative:
For this module, I want to capture 15 images but keep the forest theme consistent. The plan is for me to try and take multiple different shoots, but I fear that this may not be possible for me due to my very busy work schedule, my home life, and other responsibilities, so I need to find out what is feasible for me. If I am unable to do 5 separate shoots I will aim to get at least two shoots done to capture my 15 flash images.
Lighting Setup For The Shoots:
Flash On Location:
In terms of flash on location, it was very easy to complete, and I believe I was able to capture it very well. This set of images was only lacking in quality due to the editing that had been done to them. Despite the fact that I've never been a fan of editing and it was very difficult for me to do this as my model has very pale skin and she was slightly overexposed. A mask could be put over her face and the exposure on the face could be lowered, but the exposure on the rest of her face could be raised.
Dramatic Use Of Flash:
When it came to dramatic use of flash images I found this very simple. Also, I could use my friend's attachable flash with many brightness settings. I really liked how these images turned out. I decided to make them B&W as it complements her skin tone much more and I think it really illuminates the flash.
Flash On A Landscape:
Flash on landscape was somewhat challenging as the flash needed to be more subtle not too dramatic. However, overall I think the images worked really well and I like how my model is posed and positioned. When it came to editing I played around with it a bit and made it look slightly more rustic. This I think really brings the image together.
Landscape:
I wanted to keep the forest theme running throughout my images and captured my landscape images within the same forest. These images were very clean and simple but a higher saturation made the images work really well. I decided to take three images from different locations around the park as I wanted them to be different from one another.
Fill Flash:
I did not like doing fill flash especially when I didn’t really have the equipment to really be able to do it I wasn’t quite sure how to do these images without them falling into the other flash categories but overall I think it worked out okay not the best images I have taken but I was finding it hard to get the correct focus on my settings.
As I have a very busy work schedule, finding the time to be able to complete my shoots was a very stressful experience for me. Overall, I think my work turned out okay. My project was delayed by a week when one model cancelled on me the day of the shoot, but overall, I believe the concept of this project was somewhat realized. I think that I demonstrated most of the different flash types except for fill flash. I found this one the most challenging as I was shooting on a very gloomy day for both of my shoots. This made my images bright meaning the flash didn’t really do much for my photos. It was quite difficult to do fill flash and not have it look dramatic or flash on location. This is especially important since the equipment I used for the fill flash shoot was only the flash built-in on my camera.
Model Release Form:
Estimate:
Equipment List:
- Nikon D3500
- TT560 Flash
- Portable Attached Lighting
Invoice:
Artist Research One:
Bruce Gilden is a famous american street photographer that has won many awards for his unique flash photography including the european publishers award. Bruce was also able to turn his work into a movie based on his controversial way of taking photos. Bruce is mostly known for going up to random people shoving his camera and portable flash in peoples faces to get a candid natural reaction photo.
Bruce uses a 35mm leica and a Vivitar portable flash to take his location based images. As far as i'm aware all his images are taken on a digital camera as his images need to be taken quickly so that he is able to capture people's pure emotions as they react to some random person taking their photo. Bruce doesn’t make his models pose, he just makes sure the photos are taken so fast that the ‘model’ isn’t able to react and pose.
What I like about Bruce’s work is that each image is different from the rest, no two images are the same. The images normally come out quite blurry and not in focus as he is moving the camera about very quickly. Most of his images are taken in Black & White with a very low saturation and a high contrast to emphasise the shadows. They are then edited to look much older and grainier to make it look more authentic.
Artist Research Two:
Barry Talis is a documentary style flash photographer that was born in Bender and now works in Israel. Within his images he focuses on the orthodox religion and the people who support and follow this belief. Barry has a large following on instagram and his work has been featured on lensculture twice.
Barry uses a digital camera with a portable flash to shoot his images on the street, he uses flash throughout all his images and I would say that his flash gives off a very dramatic look. The photos he takes are mostly candid images where the model is posed very naturally as they are unaware their photo is being taken. Barry has a very slow shutter speed to make his images slightly blurry however he keeps the focus centre on the ‘model’ that is central in the image.
I really like how Barry has edited these images and used a three part composite to make the image more surreal. He has also used a very high contrast and a low saturation which makes the image look grainy as if it was taken on a film camera.
Artist Research Three:
Michelle Groskopf is a well known street photographer who grew up in toronto but now lives in new york. Michelle put her name on the map after she was asked to do her first ever commercial shoot for Apple and since then she has grown massively as a photographer.
Michelle uses a Sony A7R III camera with a 50mm 1.4g lens and a hand help flash which she uses when taking her photos on location. She uses fill flash a lot throughout her work to keep her images looking clean and without any grain. She keeps her models in the middle of the frame posed in a very happy and bubbly way.
Most of Michelles images are kept in sharp focus and they are all very well saturated however they are also quite overexposed and she stated that she wanted her images to look natural and untouched by over dramatic editing.
