3 favourite images (before any photoshop)

Mise En Scene

The setting of this photo is next to a window, therefor I used natural lighting for this photo, my objective being to try and capture Aaron in a more natural sense. The costume in this photo would be his school uniform, reflecting his surroundings; his school. Aaron's expression in this photograph is calm and relaxed, implying his natural characteristics are likewise. There are no props in this photo as I did not feel they were necessary and would distract anyone from the individual in the portrait. in addition to this point, if I had props as well as the background there would be too much going on, making it hard to focus on something. I like this photo because of the light source being natural, due to the fact that personally, as a photographer, I prefer working with natural lighting and that it lights his face, highlighting his features.

Something that I would improve about this photo (without the use of Photoshop) is the fact he is in his school uniform; if I had to re-take this, I may have his dressed in his own clothes that express his personality more. Also I think if it were more apparent of his surroundings in the photo, I could use him wearing his own clothes as a juxtaposition.



Mise En Scene

The settings are not apparent in this portrait; this was intentional, the purpose being that the soul focus of this portrait of Katie is her. I think that any background would be distracting and would take away the effect of her image. I chose a black background as it represents how dark and crazy her character is in the photo. This also contrasts perfectly with her white school shirt, which is the costume for this photo. Half of her face is insane and crazy, and half is regular and 'normal' looking. this can represent how personalities can be easily hidden if needs be. Her face has little expression to it, because it doesn't surprise the character how she looks or acts; she's content with the way she is. My light source was a studio light source, highlighting all of her face. There are no props in this photo.  

Mise En Scene

Whilst I like this photo, I think there are improvements and enhancements that would make this photo better. The setting of this photo is a local quarry / path that is often visited by my family, which is why I wanted to capture this as it looked more natural and at home. however, there is a cyclist in the background that can draw attention away from the two main focus' of the photo. The lighting used in this photo is natural lighting, and the expressions in the this photo are smiles, which are natural portraying genuine happiness. The costumes in this photo are nothing unique or intentional, it just happens to be what my parents wore that day, not that I believe this takes anything away from the photo but, in the future, I could return to this location to take photo's, and have the models wear something you would expect to wear in an environment such as this. There are no props involved.