DGD220 [2]

So I’ve been in the studio twice now and I’ve got some really interesting photos from it, the photos above are two of my favourites. The second time I went in the studio I really tried to get as close as I could and from different angles whereas the first shoot I was just testing out the camera and the lights. I’m really enjoying it so far although it is a lot more tiring than I thought it would be.

Conceptual photography is something I really want to try, hopefully once I’m more comfortable in the studio I can. Fingers crossed I can bring the props to try some things like that. I’m also really interested in learning how to edit the images we take, I’ve never used light room before so I can’t wait for that.

Something I’ve found through taking photos in the studio is I really prefer when there’ some kind of shadow in the portrait, I’m not a big fan of just the full light. I am on track with my schedule, I’ve been experimenting and trying to choose my object so far, next week should be when I can start bringing my object into the photos as I’ll have a good understanding of the studio and lights.

DGD220 [1]

For the first half of the new trimester we’re focusing on photography, mainly learning portrait photography in the studio. After we’d learned the camera settings and how to adjust them we went outside with a list of things to get photos of, like reflection or sound.

I’m really excited this trimester to try out studio photography because I’ve always liked portrait photography the most, I used to take photos of my friends all the time but I’ve only ever used natural light (like the photos below). I’ve also never bothered with putting the camera to manual and learning all the settings which has already made a big difference for me. Not taking photos for a while I forgot how much I loved doing it, taking props into the studio will probably be my only problem because of travelling there. My project schedule as of now seems like it will allow me enough time to get everything together for the final hand-in.