Vice shoot
On Thursday 18th October, I carried out my Vice shoot based on my mood board showing the picture inspirations that I had in which for me really helped when it came setting up the shoot and getting my model to become someone but themselves. I wanted not just me as the photographer but my model to have an input of what they were going to look like as they have to be willing to have the photos done so I showed them the image that I wanted them to work from and they used the eyeshadows that I provided and followed the image. With my model there needed to be a limit on the amount that she put on her face because I didn't want it to be to over the top that it would lose the ideas that were in my head whilst shooting.
Before I could even start the shoot there were 6 steps in which needed to be done:
1. Frame the camera and the model
2. Tape off the camera, centre and feet of the model and the middle of the tripod.
3. Modelling light position (Shadow of the nose and eyes to catch the light)
4. Measure the light. Use a light meter to determine and help how the light should be
4. Measure the light. Use a light meter to determine and help how the light should be
5. Use the three grey card and reset the frame to see if the lighting is right or if settings need to be changed.
6. Get into your computer and assess the image by using the histograms, warnings and the colour.
Once all the settings were correct and the lighting was set up, I was able to start shooting and capturing the style that I wanted to portray within my Vice magazine cover. Whilst shooting there were a few problems that I had to try and solve like we were only using two lights when three had to be used so the lights had to be rearranged and moved around so that three could be used for different areas of the model. The major problem that me as the photographer kept on facing was the fact that there was too much space between the top of the frame and the models head in which no matter what was done didn't seem to change. We found one position that made the framing successful which was when the model was sitting on the floor in front of the backdrop. For my original idea, I wanted my model to be standing up so i could focus more on her face than anything else but I realised whilst carrying out the shoot that the framing for both the camera and the scene in front worked better whilst she was on the floor so I decided to work with it and see what images I could produce.
Above are only some of the images that I took during the shoot and clearly shows the changed in the background due to the change of settings and lighting and I feel that by changing areas that could be improved, ended up really helping the way my model was portrayed. I feel as if the way the last two images have been set up show that towards the end of my shoot I became more successful in what I wanted to achieve and I believe that this is the background and framing I want to work with for the Vice magazine moving forward. I feel as if i should do a back up shoot just in case I get more successful images but if I don't, I will come back to this shoot and see what I could achieve.
