My attempt

Marlene Dietrich

 When doing my Hollywood style images I wanted to recapture the image in the left but when I come to do it the lighting was actually really simple so my tutor wanted me to do something a little bit more difficult so I chose the image on the right.

The contrast in the second image isn't as great as the first but there is a lot more different grey tones.

This is the photograph I took to practice getting the pose right but I did this when I was doing my original image. However when it came to changing my image I didn't have time to do a practice shot, I had to just hope for the best.

To the left is my lighting diagram of how the lights where set up in the studio to photograph this shot.

The image below is my original image that I took but I had to take 10 images to get it right. The lighting isn't 100% but it was the best  could get it plus we ran out of time.

The image I wanted to recreate with my attempt of creating it.

I struggled with editing my image because its been a while since iv edited photographs thoroughly as I don't really like editing my image. However I am really happy with the outcome because I think I captured it quite well and it turned out a lot better then what I expected it to.

Hollywood Portatiture

Marlene Dietrich

 

                     

In each of these images Marlene Dietrich is holding a cigarette in her hand, this somehow gives her a dominant look, makes her look like she's in control, especially with the last three images where her hair is back off of her face. The photograph I am going to try and reconstruct is the very first one where she has got the cigarette in her mouth and she is winking at the camera. I like this images because she looks a little cheeky with the wink as well as being dominant. The shallow depth of field the photographer has captured shows her importance even more with the hard light on her right hand side.