Final Image - Portrait

Above is my final photo for my portraiture shoot. The have used side lighting within the photo, using a beauty dish to disuse the light which was to the left of the model, meaning strong shadows have formed on the right where no light can reach. I also used a snoot to direct light onto the perfume bottle so it would stand out more, as well as a backlight to light the background. I really like the composition within the photo and how she is making some contact with the camera by looking into the lens, the way she is holding the bottle adds to the composition. I feel it is a successful photo and advertises the product yet does not take away from the model and vice versa, everything within the photograph is in focus creating a large depth of field. I have also written the name of the product and whom it by, to enable the viewer to know the name of the product that I am showing within this photograph.

Final Image- Nail Varnish

Above is my final outcome for my product shoot for nail varnish, the make that I decided to focus on was called 'Technic'. I have chosen this photo to be my final outcome as I really like the composition and how the nail varnish is dripping out of the bottle in the foreground and there is a trail of nail varnish going back to the bottle on the far right which gives a nice effect. I really like the composition within this image, I think its interesting with the dripping nail varnish and tipped over bottle. I also really like the different tones and colours within the photo which have been made sharper by the studio lights that I used.

Final Image - Perfume

Above is my final outcome for my perfume product shoot. The reason that I have chosen this photo is because I really like the composition, I have two of the same bottles within this photo but the main focus is on the bottle in the foreground and the bottle in the background is slightly out of  focus, I think this works really well. I also really like the colours and tones that have been created within the photo which have been created using studio lights. I am pleased with this photo and I think its a good advertisement for the product 'Ricci Ricci' by Nina Ricci.

Depth of Field Assignments

Assignment 1 - Aperture.

Below are two different series' of photographs using two different subjects to show the different in depth of field that happens when you use different apertures, the bigger the aperture, the more in focus you image will be.

Sequence 1

1/500 f/3.2

  1/85 f/8.0

 1/10 f/22

Sequence 2

 1/25 f/6.3

 1/85 f/3.5

1/250 f/1.8

Assignment 2 - Foreground to Background.

Here I have take some photos where everything is in focus. The subjects which are both close to me and that are far away are all in focus, creating a large depth of field.

1/500 f/4.5

 1/25 f/4.5

 1/50 f/5.6

  1/320 f/5.6

1/400 f/5.6

Assignment 3 - Foreground v's Background.

 

Below I have a series of shot in which I have differentiated between the foreground and the background, by either having the foreground of the image in focus and the background blurred or vice versa. In the first 5 photos the main focus is in the foreground and in the last 2 the main focus is in the background.

    1/320 f/5.0

1/200 f/1.8

 1/82 f/2.8

 1/100 f/5.6

 1/125 f/5.6

 1/100 f/2.8

1/645 f/5.0

Assignment 4 - Shallow.

Here I have a series of shots where I have created a sense of preference or visual focus between a series of objects that are similar to each other, by creating one area that is in focus, which is where your eyes are draw to when you look at the photo.

 1/85 f/2.8

  1/125 f/5.6

1/100 f.5.6

 1/125 f/4.5

 1/40 f/1.8

From producing these different photographs, I have gained a better understanding of how the aperture affects the depth of field within a photo. The bigger the aperture the more in focus your photo will be, the smaller the aperture the less focused it will be.

Shutter Speed Assignment

Here I have taken a series of photographs of different subjects using a shutter speed that is below 1/20 of a second. By using slow shutter speeds I was able to capture light, movement and rich colours.

 4.0 f/3.2

 5.2 f/5.6

 1/15 f/5.6

 1/15 f/32

1/12 f/5.6

I really like the different effects you can get by using a shutter speed that is below 1/20. As the lens is open for longer it can pick up different things within that time, that you wouldnt get if you were taking the photo with a fast shutter speed.

Portrait

Below are some of the outcomes I got from the portraiture shoot, my intention was to produce an image with the model holding a perfume bottle. Whilst taking the photos I asked my model to hold the bottle in i different positions as well as stand in different positions to see what different effects I could get with the light I had set up.

I used a few different types of lighting throughout this shoot to see what different effects I could get from the shadows and highlights. I first started with a beauty dish as a side light to the left of the model and a background light to light the background , I then added a snoot next to the beauty disc to focus some light directly onto the perfume bottle. This is the lighting used in the images above, i really like the effect you get from side lighting as you get shadows over the side of the face furthest from the light, which contrasts with the perfume bottle which is lit a little from having a light pointing at it.

I then also tried high key lighting to light the subject more as well as the perfume bottle, which is shown in the images above. I really like the effects that you can get with both types of lighting which is why I decided to try different lighting rather that just stick to one type.

I feel that I have done what I inteded to do by taking a portrait image and including the perfume bottle, which is simple yet effective as I said I wanted.

Nail varnish outcomes

Here are some of the more successful outcomes that I got from the product shoot for nail varnish. As a starting point I simple photographed the bottles lined up

 

Although I said this is what I wanted to avoid as I think it is very simple, a bit boring and shows the bottles more than the nail varnish inside them. I then took this initial photograph and developed on it by creating different compositions with the bottles and spilling them in different ways to see what different outcomes I could get.

 I tried 3 different compositions and with each one I was able to get a variety of different shots. I really like all 3 of the compositions, yet I feel that the last one is the most successful as its more striking due to the colours I have used and there are a few different things happening. I really like the effect I have managed to get in all of the images from spilling the nail varnish. I think this is a nice way to show a product, rather than just having it in the bottle. I feel that some images are more successful than others, but I am going to choose a final image using the last composition. Also within the images you can see the lip of the box I used to put the bottles on, as I did not want to get any of the nail varnish on anything. Therefore with my final outcome I intend to edit it out, and I now know for next time that I need to find something else that's less noticeable.

Below is a rough sketch of the studio set up and the equipment that I used for this shoot.

 

I again used the light table as I wanted to light both the background and underneath the nail varnish bottles.Using two lights, one underneath the light table and a soft box to my right I was able to create highlights on the bottles which adds to the images. I also sometimes used a reflector or absorber depending on how I wanted the light to shine onto the bottles.