New Project

New Project

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Editing Final Images

Final Images

As mentioned these are my final images and I decided to experiment by adding textures of paint on top of the images.

Firstly I looked for paint brushes for photoshop online for my brush effect on top of the images. Then I added all the photos into lightroom so I can crop the images, fix the white balance, etc.

Sample image that didn’t make the final cut

Afterwards, I transferred edited the images on photoshop using the frequency separation method and played around with adding scratches ,brush strokes, and grin as wells as changing the saturation to see what the effect would be.

Sample image that didn’t make the final cut

I then thought of changing the image to B&W and experimenting with only adding colour to my face while keeping the brush stroke to focus the attention on this area.

I ended up doing this for all the images. Also I made sure to research the right tone of red for the brush stroke and I chose red since it is a very emotionally intense colour, suiting my self-reflection theme.

Finished results

After editing I asked my family whether they like the red brush across my face, however, majority of the votes preferred the ones without the brush stroke so I removed it and actually decided to increase the saturation on the areas that are coloured to enhance my skin tone.

Below are the finished images.

Overall I am satisfied with the finished results and would like to continue and improve this series by taking more self-portraits and be more comfortable in front of the camera.

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Final Shoot

For the final shoot I decided to have two different styled outfits. One of which is quite laid back and baggy and the other is feminine and casual.

Sample images from the shoot

I took a few pictures for each outfit as I wasn’t sure whether I liked them or not, however, I went onto pinterest after the shoot and browsed through images that would help me when editing these pictures.

Below are the final images I decided to choose. I thought of using two images from each shoot/outfit to portray my self-reflection or how I feel in my surroundings and clothing.

Final Images
Pinterest

I came across images that are edited/ painted over the eyes/face of the subject and decided to take inspiration and try this on my final images.

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Another Test Shoot

I found these images on pinterest and decided to take some shots in my bath tub in the afternoon since the lighting reflects brightly on the tub.

Pinterest

Below are a few I took:

Experiments

I was going for the moody aura and decided to take some mid close up shots to capture my facial expressions. I didn’t take enough pictures as I said before I am quite uncomfortable in the camera hence why but I am quite satisfied with these. I did notice that my camera was quite wonky on my tripod which after the shoot. I have chosen two pictures from this set that I’d like to include as my final images.

Final two images

The reason for choosing these is because they both perfectly capture the moody aura wanted for my project.

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Evidence of Test Shoot (New Project)

Test Shoot

For the new project I decided to focus on self-reflection during the isolation period. I have never done a project on self-portraits and I am not confident in front of the camera on my own so it was a new challenge for me. Firstly, I had a backdrop positioned behind me and set my camera on self-timer. One thing I struggled with is the latter as I couldn’t see whether I was in focused or not resulting in a quite a few blurred shots.

I decided to be bare-faced for the test shoot as I wanted to focus on becoming comfortable in posing and seeing whether the lighting was appropriate. Having a prime lense meant the frame would only be focused from my shoulders upwards. I did have a tripod however since it was a self-reflection I wanted to focus on my self expression and the above are the results.

For the next shoot, I will try to compose my shot so I could capture from my waist up by increasing the height of my tripod and see whether it would work. Otherwise, I will try and research for poses I can try next time.