Shoot Six - Work Diary

Aperture: 20

Shutter Speed: 1/125

ISO: 200

This image is probably my favourite from this shoot, the lighting worked really well because the background is dark as well as the clothing so we don't see a sharp difference between the two. I also edited this image because I wanted to show it with a higher contrast like Chuck Close's images. The subjects hair has a bit of light reflecting off of it which I like because it adds an extra bit of texture to the photograph.

Aperture: 20

Shutter Speed: 1/125

ISO: 200

I also like this photograph, however the clothing is less inconspicuous due to the the fact that some of it is a lot lighter than the rest, the shoulder area is black, but the front is very light so it draws attention to it. I think this photograph would work better if he was wearing a plain black top as it would bring all the attention back to his face. There is quite a lot of shadowing on his face because  

Aperture: 20
Shutter Speed: 1/125
ISO: 200
This photograph is incredibly overexposed, which is why I didn't use it, firstly, the background is too light and you can see a shadow on the background, in addition, the clothing is a lot brighter than I wanted and the facial features are very washed out, I wanted to do the shoot similar to Chuck Close's daguerreotypes, they are very dark and the clothing isn't in focus as much as the rest of the face as he uses a very small depth of field; as you can see in the photograph above.

If I was to re-do this shoot, I think that I would use more subjects, however this took quite a long time to set up which made it difficult as once I had set everything up, I didn't have time to do that many photographs, however, overall, I think I am happy with the photographs that I did do. The technique worked really well and although it isn't exactly the same as Chuck Close's, I think it worked well.

Lighting diagram:

This lighting diagram shows the position of my models, I used a snoot on the light and directed it at the models face on the right side of the face, this meant that the light didn't hit the other side of the face as much, causing shadowing on that side.