I am going to write up the work that I have done in the studio on my 6 final shots, I am also going to put up the best images form that session and out of a certain image I have a few but not sure what one is the best to use for my final images.
1. First we have the image of the 'giving of orders', I wanted this piece to be rather dark as the job depicted is a rather dark one, it depicts a commander giving his men the orders to go to war and die for there country. I wanted this image to have dark shadows and shadows on the face; I achieved this by having only on light on in the studio. I used one light with a honey comb diffuser and barn doors to direct the light. The light was then brought down to ground level and pointed up at the subject to cast light up at the face but keep the rest in shadow, I also turned down the light to create more shadow in the image. The first few shots that I tried to do were done with the one light at the front and the two lights with the soft boxes on at the back of the subject and all three where turned down low. This did not give me the right effect so that is when I tried using only the one light.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.1
1/60S
ISO 100
Zoom 65mm
First image (did not like so changed lighting)
2. Next I have the image of 'the solder returned from battle', I wanted this image to be light and bright to show happiness, I did not want it to be dark at all as this is not what the image is about. I used the two lights with soft boxes on in the back ground to make the back of the image totally white; on the subject I used the light with the soft diffuser on to cast a soft light on to the subject mainly the face area. All three lights were turned up to full to give the right brightness of light.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.3
1/65S
ISO 100
Zoom 65mm
(Not sure what image to use.)
3. My next image is the 'planning of a mission'. I did this shot a few times with different lighting and I am not sure what one I like best. For the first shots I made the image a lot darker and with more shadow. I focused the light solely on to the map as that is the main focuses of the image so the human subject can been seen but its not totally in light and is not the main focuses of the image. I created this effect by using only one light with the honey comb diffuser on and the barn doors to focuses the light on to the map and a little bit of it on to the human subject. I turned the light down and had it high in the air pointing down at the map. I also took the image from the same height as the light to make it look like you are looking down on the scene.
The last image I made the scene a little lighter by adding one light with the soft box to the right of the image and had it turned down to very low. In this image you can see more of what’s going on and both map and human subject are in view. I like the fact that you can see everything in the image but I feel that it takes away some of the atmosphere, that the first images manage to keep.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.1
1/55S
ISO 100
Zoom 40mm
(Not sure what one to use.)
4. This image is one I tried to recreate from an image I found a while ago. I tried to make the lighting look as dark and grainy as possible, I used the light with the soft diffuser on facing the subject and behind the subject left and right I used the lights with the soft boxes on. I turned the levels down to just under half to give that dank grainy look in the lighting. Next I had to focuses the camera on the phone and had to do it manually as it would not autofocus as the subject of the phone was to dark for it to focuses. The first image focused on the person but I rather liked the look of it yet the second two images focused on the phone and that is the look I was going for. A recreation of the image I found. Yet again I am not sure what one I like the most, the last two are a recreation of the image yet the fist I like the feel of as it feels more like a phone call not a staged shot.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.0
1/50S
ISO 100
Zoom 35mm
5. This was my hardest image to do as I was not sure how to get the desired effect, that effect being a silo wet of the subject. I managed to achieve the effect rather easily after a few goes with different lighting set ups. In the end the right set up was having the two lights with the soft boxes on only and having there light setting down very low. This meant that it would only light up the back wall and not the subject keeping the subject in total darkness creating the silo wet. I could not get the wall totally white as that would have meant turning the lights up and that would in turn illuminate the subject so they would no longer be in silo wet. So I had to compromise and have the wall dark and shadowy, I rather liked this effect as it gave the image more depth and a sadness that fitted the images theme well, that is the 'loss of a fellow solder'.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.1
1/60S
ISO 100
Zoom 24mm
6. This is my final image and was not in my planning as it was a quick change after one of my images did not come out how I planed it. This image depicts the blood on a commanders hands, the loss of life at there command. It was a rather easy shot to do but I had to make sure the blood colour was rich and stood out on the hands. I did this by having the lighting levels rather high. I used the front light with the soft diffuser on pointing down at the hands and the two lights at the back with the soft boxes on, all three lights were turned up full to give the maximum amount of light on the subject. This caused the blood to come out a rich red colour. I also got my target to lift there hands so it gives you the feeling that you are looking at your own hands.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.5
1/65S
ISO 100
Zoom 30mm
(Not sure what image to use.)
This is the image that I was not happy with but I have decided to put it up to show my working and my reasons for why it has not made it to my final six. For one I could not get the light levels or settings right and it was fare to dark. I also thought that the theme its self was rather weak and not as serous and as thought provoking as the other ideas that I had. I also thought that it just looked rather tacky and was very weak compared to my other images.
Camera: Canon E05 50, 25-105mm lens.
Settings: F7.1
1/60S
ISO 100
Zoom 65mm
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