FMP Ideas

After two years on my HND Photography course the time has come for me to start my final major project (FMP), this is a project that I can photograph whatever I decide. 

These are three ideas that I have come up with to have a think about for my FMP.

-Portraiture – For this idea I would look at the history of portraiture & try to re-create the same effect but with a slight modern twist.

I couldn’t find who actually took this photograph but it was taken in 1870 & is called ‘portrait of a trumpeter’

-Street – As my main strength in photography is photography people I thought I could photograph people on the street. I have an idea of sitting in the same spot & watch people passing by waiting for the right moment to photograph them, like the decisive moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

-Family Snapshots – My family are a very big part of me especially my nieces and nephew so I have an idea of going out for the day, even if it is just to he park for a couple of hours to feed the ducks & play on the swings. I will snapshot the three children throughout the day being 100% natural & showing a variety of emotions.

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

Audrey Hepburn

 

     

In these images Audrey Hepburn is looking directly into the camera apart from the very last one where she is looking slightly above the camera. The way she poses with the blank expression on her face & with the way the light captures her she looks very elegant and pure. With the last image the dark background against the light on her pale skin gives her a glamorous appearance. There is great contrast in these image as there is a range of whites to greys and blacks. My favourite pose out of thees is the one she is doing on the fourth image as she looks slightly seductive but at the time really sweet and innocent.

Home Studio

Models: Kelly & Cadence

 Models: Kelly & Cadence

Model: Cadence

I found using my home studio quite a challenge to begin with as my lights where unpredictable & it was hard to block out all the natural lighting coming in from outside. However I found it was much easier for the models as they didn't have to worry about getting to places on time and children were much more at ease.