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.