In the sixth week of photography we made use of a studio for taking portrait photos, the advantages of using this space was the access to space allowing us to set up a load of different lighting to create different effects in the photo.
This was the first portrait taken of me. What I like about this photo is the deep black shadows almost engulfing most of my body and half of my face, so the light in the frame draws the attention to the left side of my face. It creates for quite a mysterious effect, as my identity is half shrouded.
In this photo, a purple gel was placed over the light source, to give an overall purple tint. This further amplifies the mystery of the shadows, as purple is quite a mysterious colour.
Here, the purple gel was replaced with a red gel. As you can see, just by changing the overlaying colour and my facial expression, we go from a moody mysterious shot, to a dark and sinister shot.
Finally, a green gel was applied over the light, this emerald green colour combined with my longing stare at the ceiling creates a very envious mood within the photo. envious of what however is unclear as I am staring off camera.
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